Where's my Planet Comics collection?

I've been enjoying Tom Crippen's posts at The Comics Journal lately. He's been showing a lot of Golden Age comics covers and they've been awesome, but it was this one that especially jumped out of me because it's all covers from Planet Comics. Crippen notices the same thing I have about those covers: there are a lot of butt-kicking women on them.

That - plus all the Futura and Mysta stories from Planet that Sleestak's been sharing - makes me finally ask out loud the question that I've been wondering about silently for some time now. Why is no one reprinting these stories? It seems like the time is absolutely ripe for it.

Pass the Comics: Straight Up Nazi Fightin'

South Seas Girl must stop the Echoes of an A-Bomb



And she's got to fight a dirigible crew to do it. [The Comic Book Catacombs]

Wonder Woman Returns



Why isn't Kate Beaton making Wonder Woman comics instead of J Michael Straczynski? [There's also a funny X-Men comic in this episode of Hark! A Vagrant.]

Futura vs. The Heartless Trio



[Lady, That's My Skull]

Futura vs. The Winged Fishermen



[Lady, That's My Skull]

Futura, the Mariner Queen



Lady, That's My Skull's Futura series sadly comes to an end, but only because Sleestak has reached the last of the Golden Age issues. It finishes stronger than ever though, with hawk-men, space pirates, and a giant sea serpent. I'm going to miss these. So much so that I'm tempted to track down her appearance in Star Fems magazine from the '80s, but I suspect that I'd find a much different interpretation there.

[Update: Sleestak reminds me that he did a post on the Star Fems version a couple of years ago. His analysis should be enough to dissuade you from wanting to see the stories, but if you're like me and need to see for yourself, he's got links to the pages too. Of course, if you're like me, you also won't make it past page 8.]

Keeping my fingers crossed that Sleestak will post Mysta of the Moon stories next.

Pass the Comics: Heads on Vases!

The Jungle Twins on the Island of Dr. Strangekind



[Gold Key Comics!]

Rulah vs. The Cat Killers



[The Comic Book Catacombs]

Futura vs. The Tyrannical Decapitated Heads That are On Life-Support



Also, there's an underground city, animal-men, and roboty secrets. The awesomeness continues. [Lady, That's My Skull]

Pass the Comics: "You loosed your Attracto-Ray!"

Futura on Oceania



Futura's back at Lady, That's My Skull! And she's under water!



Part Two of Futura's undersea adventure.

Jann of the Jungle meets with Double Danger



The Comic Book Catacombs ran a bunch of stories recently featuring my favorite jungle girl. In this one, she fights implied white supremacists trying to stir up genocide amongst the jungle tribes.

More Jann, plus the snappiest dressed jungle boy, after the break.

Comics: The God of the Green Death!

Never Call a Ghost



Especially a pirate ghost. [Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine]

Vampire of the Deep



[The Horrors of It All]

Creature from the Amazon



Not so much an adaptation of Creature from the Black Lagoon as a rip-off of it. Still lots of fun though. [Part One and Part Two at The Horrors of It All]

Judy of the Jungle and the Treasure of Lobengula



[The Comic Book Catacombs]

The Screaming Skull



[It's the second story down at Golden Age Comic Book Stories]

Airboy vs Valkyrie



Maybe it's her name; maybe it's her hairdo; maybe it's something else. Whatever it is, Valkyrie's one of my favorite villains. [Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine]

Cleopatra in Space



Mike Maihack's webcomic is now updating regularly.

Futura vs the Market of Forbidden Treasures



Go for the art, but stay to check out Sleestak's insightful analysis of Futura and her actions. [Lady, That's My Skull]

Comics: The Slave Chain Sings

Princess Pantha and the Fabled Giant Gorilla



You gots ta click to see the ape. [The Comic Book Catacombs]

King of Monster Isle



A new giant monster webcomic by Steve Bissette! Happy New Year!

Apparently I Sometimes Take Requests



Caleb Mozzocco humors a friend who wants a comic made about her, wisely spicing up the story with a fantastic velociraptor vs unicorn battle. Who wins? I do.

Futura vs the Omnipotent King of Space Outlaws



Thanks again to Sleestak for posting these.

Space Lincoln



The President does get to use his wits and kick some booty when he goes to the future, but I can't show you that without spoiling some stuff. [Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine]

Why... you're nothing but a cowardly jackal!

A few more jungle and Futura comics...

Tarzan of the Apes and the Incredible Pal-Ul-Don



Hmm. What kind of creature lives in there, do you think? [Gold Key Comics!]

Dr. Voodoo and the Treachery of Okoro



[The Comic Book Catacombs]

Tom-Tom the Jungle Boy



[The Comic Book Catacombs]

Juanda's Jungle Venture



[The Comic Book Catacombs]

Futura vs the Pirate Girl



[Lady, That's My Skull]

More Jungle Girl (and Dinosaur and Space Girl) Comics

Continuing to catch up on the great adventure comics that have been popping up lately...

Camilla and the Festival of B'Togi



One of the best things about Camilla is that they chose some amazing artists to draw her. This one's by Matt Baker. [The Comic Book Catacombs]

Camilla and the Blue Juju



And this one's by Fran Hopper. According to Pappy, Camilla was originally based on H. Rider Haggard's Ayesha from She, but eventually turned into a standard jungle girl. [Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine]

Nimba and the Mountain of Doom



Nimba's not the star of the story (that would be Safari Cary), but she steals the show. She and this next story are in the same link, so let's move on to...

Tangi and the Merchants of Murder



Illustrated by Jack Kamen. [Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine]

The Origin of Princess Pantha



Another gorgeously illustrated story, this one by Art Saaf. [The Comic Book Catacombs]

Princess Pantha and the Jungle of Despair



This one's also by Art Saaf. I think Pantha's right behind Jann in my list of favorite jungle heroes. [Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine]

Tiger Girl



Another one by Matt Baker. Man, that guy could draw. [The Comic Book Catacombs]

Fantomah, Mystery Woman of the Jungle



Fantomah's in a class of jungle girl all by herself. Not only does she fly, but she also turns into this weird, blue, skull-faced creature. Blame Fletcher Hanks. [The Comic Book Catacombs]

Fantomah, Daughter of the Pharaohs



Later on, like Camilla, she settled into a standard jungle-girl role. Except she fought mummies (or at least kept tabs on them until her panther Fury and her pal Captain Horus could fight them). [Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine]

The Land Unknown



Still in the jungle, but replacing scantily clad women with even more scantily clad dinosaurs. This adaptation of the 1957 B-movie The Land Unknown is by the great Alex Toth. [Hairy Green Eyeball 2]

Futura vs. Yrina, the Corsair Queen



Last, but certainly not least, the story of Futura continues as she meets a space pirate different from herself (as Sleestak puts it) "only by the choices they made and the paths taken." [Lady, That's My Skull]

Sea, Jungle, and Space Comics

Manga Jaws



[Patrick Macias by way of Robot 6]

Captain O. U. Kidd



Pirates and mermaids! Very silly pirates and mermaids, but oh well. [Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine]

Burne Hogarth's Tarzan



[10c Dreams]

Kara the Jungle Princess



Kara's friend Kit does all the butt-kicking, but that doesn't take away from its being a cool jungle city story. As much as I dig Girls of Action, I'm not opposed to the dudes getting to throw some punches too. [The Comic Book Catacombs]

Jann of the Jungle and the Jackal's Lair



Jann continues to be my favorite jungle girl. Crocobats... Awesome. [Pappy's Golen Age Comics Blogzine]

Jann Cries Danger



[The Comic Book Catacombs]

Judy of the Jungle and the Lords of Memnon



[The Comic Book Catacombs]

Sheena, Jungle Queen in Harem Shackles



[Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine]

Sheena, Queen of the Jungle and the Skull-Wearer of A'wando Grotto



[The Comic Book Catacombs]

Tygra and the Phalanx of Fear



[The Comic Book Catacombs]

Mysta of the Moon



Switching from jungles to space, Sleestak took a short break from Futura to bring us a different space girl story.

Futura!



But he didn't leave us hanging for long. After some goofy issues with a magic sword, Futura's back in gorgeously illustrated, butt-kicking action.