What's interesting is this the actual idea of Space Westerns was a common theme in comics and science fiction, but usually there was an attempt to blend the elements.
However, such subterfuge is unnecessary for Space Western. Here,
Spur wearing cowboys and warpaint wearing Indians clash against ray gun welding Martians for the fate of humanity.
In this issue Spurs Jackson and his Space Vigilantes who in one issue fight Nazis on Mars
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In this issue Strong Bow, a Native American who helps the US Army fight Aztecs from Space
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- Enjoy!
Maybe this trend is what lead to the creation of one of my favorite Superman villains: Terra-Man.
ReplyDeleteYou just got to embrace the weirdness. :)
Ah, this looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteThere were a couple of issues of, I believe, Kid Colt that had The Kid go up against some old Atlas monsters and menaces.
Now we need some cowboys in a fantasy milieu. THAT would be cool!
@RKB - are you really old enough to remember Terra-Man (who was indeed freaking cool! He was always effing with Superman, while smoking a cigarette, like it wasn't hard at all.)
ReplyDelete@Sphinx - did those issues really happen or are you just joshing me?
Not that old, but a have a lot of older Superman comics that have Terra-man doing his thing.
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Go to comic book realm and check out the cover to Kid Colt #107 -among others- he fought the monsters. :)