BangZoom Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Fiction House certainly had a bunch of talented artists working for them. I'm going to have to dig out some Planet Comics and read a few Mysta stories now that you have piqued my interest about the character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Great stuff but I'm distracted, I just finished reading "Earth Abides" and I'm feeling moved like I am after each time I've read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 Great stuff but I'm distracted, I just finished reading "Earth Abides" and I'm feeling moved like I am after each time I've read it. I've never read the novel but I remember hearing an audio adaptation of the story when I was in junior high school. I assume it was a recording of the 1950 broadcast that was aired on the CBS radio program Escape. I still remember it. Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Black Hand ® Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Thanks for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted March 19, 2009 Author Share Posted March 19, 2009 The Lethbridge Herald (Alberta, Canada), December 7, 1949 Senate Committe Approves Bill to Ban Crime Comics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) Great stuff but I'm distracted, I just finished reading "Earth Abides" and I'm feeling moved like I am after each time I've read it. I've never read the novel but I remember hearing an audio adaptation of the story when I was in junior high school. I assume it was a recording of the 1950 broadcast that was aired on the CBS radio program Escape. I still remember it. Link People should remember that during the time this was broadcast, there was an epidemic of polio. Infected children were being kept alive in iron lungs and even the president of the United States was a victim. Vaccination with either the live or the dead poliovirus vaccine has nearly eradicated the disease. Unfortunately, the search for an AIDs vaccine has not been as successful. I wanted to write and article for Alter Ego about comic stories which involved the microbial world but I don't think Roy was interested. bb (former Virologist) There was a response by comic book publishers in support of the campaign against polio. Edited March 19, 2009 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 (edited) Great stuff but I'm distracted, I just finished reading "Earth Abides" and I'm feeling moved like I am after each time I've read it. I've never read the novel but I remember hearing an audio adaptation of the story when I was in junior high school. I assume it was a recording of the 1950 broadcast that was aired on the CBS radio program Escape. I still remember it. Link People should remember that during the time this was broadcast, there was an epidemic of polio. Infected children were being kept alive in iron lungs and even the president of the United States was a victim. Vaccination with either the live or the dead poliovirus vaccine has nearly eradicated the disease. Unfortunately, the search for an AIDs vaccine has not been as successful. I wanted to write and article for Alter Ego about comic stories which involved the microbial world but I don't think Roy was interested. bb (former Virologist) There was a response by comic book publishers in support of the campaign against polio. From Sensation 3 and Marvel Tales 118 Edited March 19, 2009 by BB-Gun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 I wanted to write and article for Alter Ego about comic stories which involved the microbial world but I don't think Roy was interested. I'd read that article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 A story about Sister Kenny's method for rehabilitation of victims of polio was published in Wonder Woman 8. Perhaps the story was a little more optimistic than it should have been, but rehabilitation after injury or disease has become an important part of patient recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Mr. E joined in the fight against criminals that took advantage of the sick. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Superman joined in the fight. And even Captain Marvel was recruited to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 There were other microbial villians in the real world. A story from Marvel Tales put the fear of infectious diseases into young minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Your friendly microbiologist was there to help with new medicines. Unfortunately they weren't effective against viruses but probably helpful in preventing a large number of deaths from secondary infections after influenza which devestated the world after World War I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBedrock Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 If you really want to be really creeped out read "The Great Influenza", an incredible account of the flu epidemic of 1918 and its continuing ramifications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 After the war All-American civic-minded messages at the bottom of the cover page switched from "Keep 'em Flying!" to "Fight Infantile Paralysis!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Wonder Woman joined the fight. She did this public service announcement in Miss Beverly Hills. Good nutrition and cleaniness helps prevent disease. But the microbes got back at her in the silver age. WW 125 scan from the GCD. Sorry for the silver age post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 Wolverton presented us with the Green Plague which I thought might be a combination of something like Hepatitis and pertussis. But his malady was more creative than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 And no one expects an attack from a giant paramecium. That will make you spill your Starbucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted March 19, 2009 Share Posted March 19, 2009 BZ, OK, Outer Limits is over. I return your thread to you. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted March 20, 2009 Author Share Posted March 20, 2009 Love the scans, BB. I guess Alter Ego's loss is our gain. I can't remember ever having seen any of those ads/stories before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
