CANTEEN KATE "Big Freeze"

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After the doom and gloom of our October entries, we're going for some humor...

...with the first appearance of Canteen Kate from Fightin' Marines #2 in 1951.

(Note: the caption at top relates events never published in any story!)

Kate quickly graduated from being a back-up feature to her own title, which lasted only three issues due to the comic book witch-hunt of the 1950s, which shut down almost 3/4ths of the industry, including her publishers.

The writers of the strip are unknown, but the kool good-girl art is by the legendary Matt Baker, best known for the half-clad superheroine, Phantom Lady.

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"Corpses of the Jury"

Ten-HUT!
We end Halloween month with a tale based on the real-life horrors of concentration camps!

Warning: NSFW!

Memories of World War II and the Nuremberg Trials were still fresh in peoples' minds when this tale was published in 1953 in Voodoo #5.
There were stories aplenty of hidden Nazis being tracked down, but most involved them being tried and executed by Allied (American/British/French) law-enforcement, not spectral beings, and certainly not in so gruesome, yet poetic, fashion.

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SPACEBUSTERS "Death Rite of the Dwarfs"

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In space, no one can hear you die...

The third (and final) chapter of the Mars Campaign from #1 of SpaceBusters.

You can find Part One HERE and Part Two HERE!

We hope you enjoyed this look into the future of armed conflict (as shown in the 1950s).
If you want to see the second (and final) issue of SpaceBusters, let us know.

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SPACEBUSTERS "Charge of the Battle Women"

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Space is the place for battle...

Part Two of the Mars Campaign from SpaceBusters #1.

Part One can be found HERE.

It's a fascinating look at male-female relationships as shown in comic books of the 1950s, proving those Lois Lane comics and their attitudes towards women weren't an aberration.

BTW, you'll notice the Amazons on the comic's cover (shown above) are wearing considerably less...armor! ;-)
Tomorrow, the conclusion of the Mars Campaign!

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SPACEBUSTERS "Empress of Belzar"

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From the haunted skies of World War II to "Space, the Final Frontier"...

SpaceBusters was a war comic set in the future.
Think of it as a less-sophisticated version of Starship Troopers, sorta "Sgt Fury or Sgt Rock in Space" with "spacebusters" being slang for front-line soldiers, much like "dogface" or "leatherneck"!
Interestingly, it featured a woman (albeit noncombatant) as part of the front-line team.
As to the plot...Belzar has invaded our Solar System, managing to conquer Mars, with Earth next in line.
However, Earth's military is about to launch a counter-attack...

The art for this tale was by Bernie Krigstein, who went on to do astounding work at EC Comics before leaving the business for commercial art and teaching at New York's High School of Art & Design.
All three stories in SpaceBusters #1 take place on Mars.
We'll be posting the other two over the weekend.
Don't miss them!

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