Though Atlas Comics has not renamed itself “Marvel Comics”, Tales of Suspense #6 (July 1959), contains a pretty cool glimpse into the future. In the story “The Mutants and Me”, Vincent Farnsworth has an argument with Henry Marsh, who claims that mutants with powers must exist and hide among us. Later that evening, Vincent is […]
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In Yellow Claw #2 (Aug 1956), Jack Kirby takes a crack at Marvel’s latest super-villain, the Yellow Claw. More examples of early “Kirby Krackle” as well as wonderfully intricate layouts like the above Inception-like warping of space. In “Concentrate on Chaos”, the Yellow Claw has kidnapped six mutants with powers that can skew people’s perceptions […]
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In Marvel’s Uncanny Tales #45 (May 1956), a short story “The Men With Green Blood”. In it, a doctor investigates a corpse who had green blood and uncovers a group of older men who identify themselves as mutants and have “mentalities and strange developing powers”, operating in secret to benefit humanity.
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EC Comics continue to push the envelope of shocking imagery in its latest comic, Shock SuspenStories #1 (November 1951). While “The Neat Job!” is somewhat infamous (having been featured in the 1973 anthology film) and has its own particular grotesque imagery (a neat freak tortures his wife until she snaps and arranges his body parts […]
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In “The Mutants!”, a story in Weird Fantasy #10 (September 1951), the tale is told of a future in which mutants are born on Earth thanks to radioactivity from the hydrogen bomb. These mutants are deformed, but incredibly smart. The people of Earth fear and shun them, kicking them off the planet. However, the mutants […]
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Adam Blake is DC Comics’ first mutant, a man who is born 100,000 before his time and thus is further along in humanity’s evolution. He has extreme smarts, reflexes, no muscle fatigue, ESP, and telekinesis, the ability to control matter with his mind. He takes on the mantle of Captain Comet to fight science fiction […]
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