A time traveller from the early Silver Age of comics. Darius Tiko chiefly appeared in Jack Kirby’s Challengers of the Unknown run.

From an old Atlas Comics Tales to Astonish short story, a supernatural debunker who isn’t — of course — whom he seems to be. Ditko art.

DC Comics’ pre-Crisis Firefly. The one who debuted in 1952 and fought Batman, the Creeper, and the Outsiders. Minor, obscure gadgeteer with light-based weapons.

The Silver Age version of Batgirl and Batman villain the Killer Moth, which was an incoherent mess.

A guy turned into an evil ape during a 1951 horror anthology comic book story.

Obscure, but typical of the comics of the era.

As of September of 2020, we painted some M&M stats on. Using a primatic spray spell, see ?

The ur-group-of-comic-book-adventurers, created by Jack Kirby during the late 1950s.

This two-part article dwelves deep into the entire Kirby run, chums ! For scientific discovery !

Our contributor Ethan continues his 1950s movie giant monster series.

This time it’s the giant Mexican scorpions in 1957 monster mash The Black Scorpion. As animated by Ray Harryhausen.

These cheapo monsters featured in 1959 monster mash/horror movie Attack of the Killer Shrews. They’re ravening wolf-sized rodents with a virulent venomous bite.