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Post by Mister Spaceman on Oct 30, 2019 14:31:02 GMT -5
81 years ago today - Oct. 30, 1938 - Orson Welles broadcast his infamous radio adaptation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. I'm fascinated by the pop culture preoccupation with a Martian invasion and would love to see how many different iterations of this theme in comics we can collect on this thread.
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 30, 2019 15:06:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 15:30:18 GMT -5
I had a friend of mine owning this book and its a beauty.
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Post by Prince Hal on Oct 30, 2019 15:33:36 GMT -5
Incomplete without mentioning these: As I wrote elsewhere: classiccomics.org/thread/3785/comic-lovers-memories?q=Mars+Attacks"Yes, the forbidden Mars Attacks! trading cards, which the year before, burst onto the scene at candy stores everywhere, and just as suddenly had disappeared. Sure, we had watched monster movies on TV, and some could scare you out of your socks, but those movies were in black and white. The House of the Rising Sun for 8-year-olds in 1962... And there were half-naked women, or what passed for half-naked women in 1962. (Bless you, Norm Saunders! A thousand thousand little boys salute you!) In short, these babies were gold, but they were very quickly as hard to find as a bologna sandwich on Friday. (I went to parochial school.) What few you had you cherished." More here: www.oldsportscards.com/mars-attacks-cards/
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Post by EdoBosnar on Oct 30, 2019 16:37:46 GMT -5
...so, why didn't you pick this is as the theme for the classic cover contest?
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Post by beccabear67 on Oct 30, 2019 16:47:03 GMT -5
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Oct 30, 2019 17:53:29 GMT -5
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Oct 30, 2019 17:56:38 GMT -5
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Oct 30, 2019 17:59:07 GMT -5
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Oct 30, 2019 17:59:58 GMT -5
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Post by codystarbuck on Oct 30, 2019 18:53:20 GMT -5
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Oct 30, 2019 19:07:52 GMT -5
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Post by Mister Spaceman on Oct 30, 2019 19:12:47 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2019 20:52:38 GMT -5
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Post by rberman on Oct 30, 2019 20:56:08 GMT -5
81 years ago today - Oct. 30, 1938 - Orson Welles broadcast his infamous radio adaptation of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. I'm fascinated by the pop culture preoccupation with a Martian invasion and would love to see how many different iterations of this theme in comics we can collect on this thread. My cousin's stash of early 70s comics included some Classics Illustrated, including this one, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Journey to the Center of the Earth. I read this one repeatedly and avidly.
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