#ken bulmer

[ginge1962]

The first volume of The Steel Claw from Rebellion and their Treasury of British Comics line.

This is the webshop exclusive hardback edition with a great cover by Brian Bolland.

The Steel Claw originally appeared in the Valiant weekly comic and made his debut in the 6th October 1962 issue.

This volume collects that 1st appearance and others till the 21st September 1963 issue plus tales from the Valiant 1965 & 1966 Annuals.

These stories were written by Ken Bulmer and illustrated by Jesus Blasco.

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Die Eiserne Hand - Der Unsichtbare: Klassische Science-Fiction und Noir-Abenteuer "Die Eiserne Hand - Der Unsichtbare" ist ein faszinierender Science-Fiction-Comic, geschrieben von Ken Bulmer und illustriert von Jesus Blasco. Diese Serie erzählt die Geschichte von Louis Crandell, einem Wissenschaftler, der nach einem verheerenden Laborunfall eine stählerne Handprothese erhält. Diese Prothese, bekannt als "Steel Claw", verleiht ihm die Fähigkeit, unsichtbar zu werden, wenn er mit Elektrizität in Kontakt kommt. Handlung und zentrale Themen Louis Crandell ist eine komplexe Figur, die zwischen den Extremen von Gut und Böse schwankt. Seine neue Fähigkeit eröffnet ihm ungeahnte Möglichkeiten, doch er wird auch mit inneren Kämpfen und moralischen Dilemmata konfrontiert. Crandell versucht, seine Kräfte für das Gute einzusetzen, doch die Prothese scheint manchmal einen eigenen Willen zu haben, was zu zusätzlichen Herausforderungen führt. Die Serie thematisiert Crandells innere Konflikte und seine Bemühungen, seine Macht zu kontrollieren und sinnvoll einzusetzen. Dieser Kampf wird durch spannende Handlungsstränge und unerwartete Wendungen ergänzt, die den Leser in eine Welt voller Intrigen, Verrat und übernatürlicher Fähigkeiten eintauchen lassen. Publikation und Einfluss In Deutschland wurden die Geschichten unter dem Titel "Die Eiserne Hand" und teilweise als "Der Unsichtbare mit der eisernen Hand" im KOBRA-Magazin veröffentlicht. Diese Serie war eine der beliebtesten des Magazins und hat sich zu einem Kult-Klassiker entwickelt. Die aktuelle Kollektion von Panini Comics umfasst die frühesten Episoden der Serie, die neu übersetzt und mit Artikeln zur Geschichte der Figur ergänzt wurden. Diese Ausgabe bietet sowohl neuen Lesern als auch langjährigen Fans einen umfassenden Einblick in die Ursprünge und Entwicklung der Serie. Illustrationen und visuelle Gestaltung Die Illustrationen von Jesus Blasco sind bekannt für ihre Detailtreue und atmosphärische Dichte. Blascos Kunst fängt die düstere Stimmung der Geschichte perfekt ein und trägt wesentlich zur intensiven und spannungsgeladenen Atmosphäre des Comics bei. Sein Stil erinnert an klassische Noir-Krimis und passt hervorragend zur Science-Fiction-Thematik der Serie. Zielgruppe und Rezeption "Die Eiserne Hand - Der Unsichtbare" richtet sich an Fans von klassischen Noir-Krimis und Science-Fiction-Abenteuern. Die Serie bietet eine spannende Mischung aus Action, Drama und übernatürlichen Elementen, die durch Blascos beeindruckende Illustrationen zum Leben erweckt werden. Die Mischung aus Spannung und Nostalgie macht diesen Comic zu einem Muss für Liebhaber des Genres. Fazit "Die Eiserne Hand - Der Unsichtbare" ist ein beeindruckender Science-Fiction-Comic, der durch seine tiefgründige Handlung, komplexen Charaktere und detailreiche Illustrationen besticht. Die Serie bietet eine spannende Erzählung über Macht, Moral und die Herausforderungen, die mit übernatürlichen Fähigkeiten einhergehen. Für Fans von klassischen Noir- und Science-Fiction-Geschichten ist dieser Comic ein absolutes Highlight.

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source bluemelodybooks Vintage KEN BULMER Stained Glass World 1976 Vintage Sci Fi Book NEL Book

[all-action-all-picture]

The Steel Claw No. 1, December 1986. Cover by Garry Leach. A four issue limited series reprinting stories, by Ken Bulmer and Jesus Blasco, that originally ran in Valiant. Each of the four issues had a new framing splash page. The art on the splash pages for the first two issues was also by Leach.

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New thrills in 2000AD, and a fantastic classic Treasury of British Comics comic collection, Karl the Viking, too!

New thrills in 2000AD, and a fantastic classic Treasury of British Comics comic collection, Karl the Viking, too!

The latest edition of 2000AD, Prog 2265, comes with a striking cover from David Roach, coloured by Dylan Teague – and, officially, Judge Dredd Megazine 440 is out too – although that was released a week early by some WHSmith stores! You can read my review of the Megazine here, which includes Hawk the Slayer #1 by Garth Ennis and Henry Flint. (If you don’t have time, I thought it was great – and…

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Huck: Chaos and community in British photography since the ‘60s, 'Facing Britain: British Documentary Photography Since the 1960s' – Commentary

Huck: Chaos and community in British photography since the ‘60s, ‘Facing Britain: British Documentary Photography Since the 1960s’ – Commentary

[thehauntedrocket]

Original Art - The Diamond Contessa

Art by Ken Kelly

Daw Books (1983)

[thebookofthefilm]

The fifth of fifteen tie-in novelisations published between 1978 and 1982, The Professionals 5: Blind Run adapted three scripts from the second series of The Professionals; Man Without A Past, In The Public Interest, and the title story. All fifteen novels were credited, in their Sphere paperback editions, to pen name Ken Blake. Seven of the novels, including this one from 1979, also saw hardback releases - the hardback edition of Blind Run was credited to the actual author, Kenneth Bulmer.

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Comics read 2/11/19-2/16/19

DC Comics Classics Library: Justice League of America by George Perez, by Gerry Conway, George Perez, Frank McLaughlin, & John Beatty

This book collects JLA  #184-186, & #192-194. I have fond memories of this era of the “Satellite Era” of JLA because of the random issues I had previous to that (there was a Dr. Destiny story that was pretty cool, I seem to remember) but as a kid, I started picking up JLA more regularly a few years later, with issue 220 or so.  it’s kind of funny to realize that my first real attachment to the comic (before I became a mega-fan with the Giffen/Dematteis/Maguire run) is the “Detroit Years” that get made fun of so much.

The comics in this book are really weird to read as someone who imprinted on Perez as the Teen Titans/Crisis On Infinite Earths artist. The work here is practically amateurish compared to what he was doing on the Teen Titans, apparently drawn at the same time. He’d already been drawing comics professionally for like 6 years by this point, so it might just come down to inkers here (first Frank McLaughlin & then John Beatty, to better results). He’s already really into drawing hella rubble. Regardless, I didn’t find a whole lot in these comics that I loved. The New Gods crossover is bad, and Tornado Tyrant… No thanks.

The Steel Claw #1-2, by H. Ken Bulmer, Jesus Belasco, & Garry Leach

The Steel Claw is about an unscrupulous guy who gets zapped in a science experiment so that if he’s electrocuted (?!) he turns invisible. Well, his body and clothes turn invisible, but his STEEL CLAW does not. He is just a normal guy that has a robotic hand at the opening of the book, it’s totally unexplained. Just: “Hey I’m a jerk with a STEEL CLAW. And now I’m invisible, but my STEEL CLAW is floating through the air, isn’t that an uncanny sight!”

He (of course!) immediately goes on a crime spree, murdering people and robbing banks and threatening New York with a nuclear bomb (that he must have gotten off-panel, that’s also not explained). But his invisibility keeps wearing off, so he has to keep electrocuting himself over and over, to lesser results each time. Garry Leach only provides these odd framing pages and covers, which makes me very curious to see if he ever drew any proper adventures of the STEEL CLAW.

As a side note, whoever bagged and boarded these used that super sticky scotch tape and it got caught on the cover of issue 2 when I was putting it back in—and it ripped off part of the image, right on the logo! I’m pissed! Don’t do that shit. That was a nice cover, and it’s not like I’m going to stumble across another copy of STEEL CLAW #2 any time soon.

The Comet #1 by Bill Dubay, Carmine Infantino, Alex Nino, & Rudy Nebres (1983)

This is pretty wild, The Comet just goes around melting bad guys like the real Golden Age hero that he is, but it’s also got some early 80s affectations—mainly a burgeoning desire to reframe all these wacky old ideas in a modern context. There’s a framing device where a shirtless (and visorless, which is unexplained) Comet is having a sleepover at a shirtless SHIELD’s apartment and he tells him the story of his origin—and also all about the murders he loves to commit. It’s weird.

I think this series was supposed to be 6 issues long (according to the blurb on #2’s cover) but the internet is leading me to believe that it only lasted 2 issues. A shame, since most of the art here is by Carmine Infantino & Alex Nino. Nino’s inks on Infantino’s pencils are cool as shit. Look at that cover!

Outer Darkness #4 by John Layman & Afu Chan

Again, this book is good. I hope people are picking it up.

Wonder Twins #1 by Mark Russell & Stephen Byrne

There was a weird joke about the wonder twins getting super horny in a lightning storm, and apparently Bruce Wayne likes the Bee Gees. I liked it but I probably won’t be picking up future issues?

Superman # 8 by Brian Bendis,  Ivan Reis, & Brandon Peterson

Murder Falcon #5 by Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer

This is a pretty self-consciously “FUN!” comic but it still works. Daniel Warren Johnson is a very talented artist and storyteller working in a mode similar to James Harren. The heavy metal stuff and the monsters stuff all work a lot better than the relationship stuff. Those scenes tend to grind the book to a halt and Johnson oversells the body language and dialog trying to hit those obvious Emo buttons. It’s a small complaint though, since overall it’s a good read.

Oblivion Song #12 by Robert Kirkman & Lorenzo De Felici

The art is still really good. Plot-wise, the last couple issues have felt like it was treading water, but this one packs in a lot—probably due to it being the final chapter of the eventual second collection. 

[jcp-johncarlo]

The Wikipedia article of the day for October 25, 2019 is Non-Stop (novel). Science Fantasy was a British fantasy and science fiction magazine, launched in 1950 by Nova Publications. John Carnell edited the magazine beginning with the third issue, typically running a long lead novelette along with several shorter stories. Prominent contributors in the 1950s included John Brunner, Ken Bulmer, and Brian Aldiss, whose first novel Nonstop appeared (in an early version) in the February 1956 issue. Fantasy stories began to appear more frequently during the latter half of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s Carnell began to publish Thomas Burnett Swann's well-received historical fantasies. In the early 1960s Carnell's efforts were rewarded with three consecutive Hugo nominations for best magazine. After Nova went out of business in early 1964, Roberts & Vinter took over as publishers until 1967. Kyril Bonfiglioli, the editor, attracted new writers, including Keith Roberts, Brian Stableford and Josephine Saxton. In the opinion of science fiction historian Mike Ashley, the final year of the magazine, when it was renamed Impulse, included some of the best material ever published in a British science fiction magazine.

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Wikipedia article of the day for October 25, 2019 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot

Wikipedia article of the day for October 25, 2019 selected by Livio Acerbo Bot

The Wikipedia article of the day for October 25, 2019 is Non-Stop (novel). Science Fantasy was a British fantasy and science fiction magazine, launched in 1950 by Nova Publications. John Carnell edited the magazine beginning with the third issue, typically running a long lead novelette along with several shorter stories. Prominent contributors in the 1950s included John Brunner, Ken Bulmer, and…

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The Wikipedia article of the day for October 25, 2019 is Non-Stop (novel). Science Fantasy was a British fantasy and science fiction magazine, launched in 1950 by Nova Publications. John Carnell edited the magazine beginning with the third issue, typically running a long lead novelette along with several shorter stories. Prominent contributors in the 1950s included John Brunner, Ken Bulmer, and Brian Aldiss, whose first novel Nonstop appeared (in an early version) in the February 1956 issue. Fantasy stories began to appear more frequently during the latter half of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s Carnell began to publish Thomas Burnett Swann's well-received historical fantasies. In the early 1960s Carnell's efforts were rewarded with three consecutive Hugo nominations for best magazine. After Nova went out of business in early 1964, Roberts & Vinter took over as publishers until 1967. Kyril Bonfiglioli, the editor, attracted new writers, including Keith Roberts, Brian Stableford and Josephine Saxton. In the opinion of science fiction historian Mike Ashley, the final year of the magazine, when it was renamed Impulse, included some of the best material ever published in a British science fiction magazine.

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Wikipedia article of the day for October 25, 2019

The Wikipedia article of the day for October 25, 2019 is Non-Stop (novel). Science Fantasy was a British fantasy and science fiction magazine, launched in 1950 by Nova Publications. John Carnell edited the magazine beginning with the third issue, typically running a long lead novelette along with several shorter stories. Prominent contributors in the 1950s included John Brunner, Ken Bulmer, and Brian Aldiss, whose first novel Nonstop appeared (in an early version) in the February 1956 issue. Fantasy stories began to appear more frequently during the latter half of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s Carnell began to publish Thomas Burnett Swann's well-received historical fantasies. In the early 1960s Carnell's efforts were rewarded with three consecutive Hugo nominations for best magazine. After Nova went out of business in early 1964, Roberts & Vinter took over as publishers until 1967. Kyril Bonfiglioli, the editor, attracted new writers, including Keith Roberts, Brian Stableford and Josephine Saxton. In the opinion of science fiction historian Mike Ashley, the final year of the magazine, when it was renamed Impulse, included some of the best material ever published in a British science fiction magazine.

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Dan Abnett and Mark Harrison’s “The Out” reaches climax in latest 2000AD, and a special anniversary for Tharg!

Dan Abnett and Mark Harrison’s “The Out” reaches climax in latest 2000AD, and a special anniversary for Tharg!

Before we explore this week’s edition of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, on sale this Wednesday, downthetubes would like to congratulate current Tharg, Matt Smith, on 20 years as editor of 2000AD. During his time on the title, first as assistant to Andy Diggle, and as editor from Prog 1274, released in 2002, he’s brought us some fantastic stories – thrills, spills, humorous, fantastical and…

[notpulpcovers]

Seg the Bowmen - Dray Prescot of Scorpio: book 32 - Alan Burt Akers (Kenneth Bulmer 1921-2005) - cover artist - Ken W. Kelly http://flic.kr/p/Q67WNp

[hannahpincher]

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