I saw the advertisement on the back of The Comics Journal #132 years after its publication, but even so I was sorely tempted to order American Nostalgia Library’s slipcase edition of the original Monster Society of Evil saga. Now I’m glad I held off, since DC Comics has
announced that they intend to reprint the story sometime in 2009. Link courtesy of
The Comics Reporter.
The original Monster Society of Evil contained what is probably the longest single storyline of the Golden Age, published over a two year period in issues #22 to #46 of Captain Marvel Adventures. I’m not at all sure how good it actually is, but I love the idea of a comic with the modern-style of multi-issue serialization combined with C.C. Beck’s appealing cartoon style. Add villains like Mr. Mind, Captain Nazi, Goat Man, Mr. Banjo, Adolf Hitler and Crocodile Men to the mix and you can count me in.
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March 26th, 2008 at 2:39 am
I read that earlier edition of “The Monster Society of Evil,” thanks to a friend who owned it and let me borrow it, and it is indeed a ripping yarn. There is some unfortunate racist caricaturing in the book, but that seemed to pop up in early Captain Marvel stories with some frequency, so I doubt that comes as a surprise.
March 27th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
A ripping yarn is all I really want or expect from a Captain Marvel adventure. Thanks for the confirmation, Mike.
April 4th, 2008 at 11:04 am
This has an issue by issue summary of the Monster Society of Evil:
http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=98_55&products_id=405