Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster continue to lean heavy into the sci-fi angle for their comic strips. In October 1936, New Comics #10 features Steve Carson, an FBI agent infiltrating a secret criminal organization and then heroically commandeering an out-of-control giant robot.
I really love the art here by Joe Shuster, the use of the full page for the robot and city destruction is effective.
Over in More Fun Comics #16, Doctor Occult learns the origin of Koth, arch-foe of The Seven. Turns out Koth is the lone survivor from a space expedition thousands of years ago, where all of his fellow crew members were attacked and killed by primordial men. This is a decidedly science fiction explanation in a comic that relies heavily on mysteries of the supernatural.
In this story, does this take place in New York City, or the location never cited?
Thank you.
Robert Slayton
Department of History
Chapman University
slayton@chapman.edu
Hi there – it looks like the robot attacks a “helpless city” in America 🙂