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.