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Number 1479: Queen of Uranus

Snickering aside over the title of this little opus from Forbidden Worlds #78 (1959), this story is the kind that appears well-intentioned, but the result is not.

The message is if you aren’t beautiful, you don’t deserve to be loved. Poor Miss Purdy, she doesn’t doll herself up so she can’t attract a man or even have respect from the schoolchildren she teaches. Ah, but then an alien from Uranus arrives and he is smitten by Miss Purdy looking just the way she is! Of course, going by the values of the society from whence she comes she thinks, “If he loves me the way I look now, I should improve on my looks just for him.” It backfires in that case, and yet after that rejection Miss Purdy finds true happiness here on Earth with her students and principal by putting on a false face. Happy ending.

The story is drawn by Ogden Whitney, and written by the editor, Richard E. Hughes, using the name Thomas R. Drew. These are new scans. I showed this story before several years ago, and made the same complaints.

Number 1478: Reed Crandall keeps his feet on the ground

Classics Illustrated #167A was a special issue called Prehistoric World, published in 1962. Because the information in the issue is over 50 years old I would not rely on it for accuracy. Science marches on and new things are discovered all the time, but this is probably up-to-date as to what people thought of early people back in those days.

Reed Crandall did the artwork for this nine-page segment of the special (he did other pages, also, but they are interspersed with the work of other artists throughout the book). The Grand Comics Database credits George Evans with the inking. With tall panels in two tiers on the pages Crandall was able to do more full-figure drawing. Crandall’s figures had weight, and their feet were firmly planted on the ground. This is a good example of that. I have said once before I thought that later in his career Crandall’s figure drawing got a bit stiff, but when you see those figures there’s no doubt you’re looking at a Reed Crandall drawing.

Demon Inferno / Cole For Xmas

Time to balance out the festive, seasonal goodness with a death defying plunge into the fiery depths of devil driven evil-- it's a hot little classic from the April 1954 issue of Web of Evil #13. And hey, don't forget to enter your own bad lil self in Yoe Book's Jack Cole's Deadly Horror Xmas Give-away! Here's how: Check the image at the end of this post, share it on Facebook, and then LET THE YOE KNOW YOU HAVE DONE SO by emailing YoeHoHoHo@outlook.com --it's that easy! 3 names will be clawed out of Satan's shuddery hat on Christmas Day --so don't delay! More contests on the way too, including a chance to win a copy of the HAUNTED HORROR Volume 1 Hardcover Collection (fyi: available everywhere this week too!)

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#651 - (7811-7892)_TarzanandtheQueenofDiamonds_(1964-08-07_to_1964-11-10)

I present here the latest reprint of a Tarzan strip. This was sent to me by Emile.

Emile is one of the most selfless sharers of comic strips, and I feel honored that he considers me one of his friends.

Here is the original link sent by Emile.

Download from the above and shower your thanks on Emile.

Enjoy,

Venkit.

Number 1477: Dashing through the snow with Terry and the Pirates

Terry, Connie, and Pat Ryan go to the rescue of Tony Sandhurst, who has been kidnapped and about to be tortured by some Chinese. Chasing after the cowardly, greedy Sandhurst is noble on Pat’s part, since he is in love with Normandie, Sandhurst’s wife.

It is from Milton Caniff’s epic Terry and the Pirates #6 (1947), published by Harvey.

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More Terry! Just click on the covers for the first three parts of this series.