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The Comics in the Golden Age Podcast. And sometimes the Platinum Age. Celebrating comics books & comic strips of all genres & their creators (especially their creators) from the 1930s to the 1950s, & other comics history!

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · Nov 21

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964).

An image from Special Edition Comics #1 (1940) by C.C. Beck of Captain Marvel riding a large bomb.

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Tomb Heintjes @hogansalley.bsky.social · 2h

Comics strips of the world, unite! The Daily Worker's longest-running comic strip, "Little Lefty" (created by staff cartoonist Maurice del Bourgo under the pen name Del), first appeared on October 8, 1934. Here are the first two strips—the second with cameos by popular comics characters of the day.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 1h

Cover by Lou Cameron.

Web of Mystery #17 (1953). The cover shows a young couple standing near an old abandoned "Tunnel of Love" ride. Above it is the giant head of an old, green witch.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 12h

a man with a mustache and a name tag that says mal

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 12h

Today is the birthday of actor Kirk Alyn, born John Feggo Jr. (Oct. 8, 1910-March 14, 1999), who played two DC Comics heroes in movie serials of the 1940s & 50s, Superman and Blackhawk.

Alyn as Superman.

Alyn as Blackhawk.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 15h

Of course

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 15h

Sooooo much blood

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 15h

All of these Hong Kong action films flooding streaming services are really messing with my usual all-horror October movie binge.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 15h

Kinky

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 15h

I didn't even have to mention Chow Yun-fat.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 15h

If you are ten minutes into a movie, and there are candles, doves, and lots of gunfire, you know you are in for an amazing John Woo film.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 15h

Tonight's movie.

A poster for The Killer (1989).

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 16h

I'm an atheist but I'm praying

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 16h

I'm tired ya'll...

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 16h

Fuck no

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16h

Dolly Parton's sister is asking fans to "pray with me" amid the country music icon's health issues

Dolly Parton’s Sister Says ‘I Was Up All Night Praying’ Amid Country Icon’s Health Issues and Asks Fans to ‘Pray With Me’

Dolly Parton's sister Frieda is asking fans of the Queen of Country to "pray with me" amid Dolly's continued health struggles.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 16h

Cover by Bill Everett.

Journey Into Mystery #7 (1953). On the cover, a man and woman are approaching a grave with a shovel, and are horrified when a skeleton starts climbing out of it. He says “Don’t bother digging! I’ll save you the trouble!”

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 19h

Mood

A panel showing Tawky Tawny (the talking tiger) holding two suitcases and walking away from Captain Marvel. Cap shouts "Don't go away, Mr. Tawny! Please!" Tawny responds "Bah! I have lost all faith in mankind! Goodbye forever!"

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Tom Peyer @tompeyer.bsky.social · 2d

Fifth anniversary of this masterpiece

Heathcliff cartoon, 10/6/2020. Two mice observe that Heathcliff is dressed as the John Astin Riddler.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 20h

Cover by Mike Sekowsky.

Out of the Shadows #11 (1954). On the cover, a man is carting a trunk when suddenly the door opens and a skeleton starts to climb out.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 21h

Cover art by Harry Anderson, with colors by Stan Goldberg.

Strange Tales #28 (1954). The cover is a close-up image of a terrified man being pulled into a coffin by the skeleton inside.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 23h

The Beyond #25 (1954). On the cover two pilots fly a plane while the stewardess stands at the cockpit door and passengers can be seen on the other side. However, the reader can see that the pilots are skeletons in uniforms. One comments, “Yes, stewardess. We’ll weather the storm. You can tell the passengers they’ll sleep tonight. They’ll have a nice, long sleep!”

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 23h

two men standing next to each other with the words the power of christ compels you on the bottom

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 1d

This will fix me.

The bluray set Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology 1940-1958.

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Tomb Heintjes @hogansalley.bsky.social · 1d

"Canary Row," featuring the debut of Granny (Tweety Bird's owner), premiered 75 years ago, on October 7, 1950.

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 1d

Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay from October 7, 1906.

Nemo and the Princess have gone for a ride on a large elephant. They switch to a car and ride a giant loop and then off a ramp into the sky, while the moon looks on smiling. Before they land, Nemo wakes up in his bed.