January 1975 got underway with a new adventure of the U.S.S. Enterprise courtesy of Gold Key Comics. Issue 28 featured a story by George Kashdan, and the continued art of Alberto Giolitti and a cover painting by George Wilson. The issue’s splash page shows McCoy and Spock under fire from Captain Kirk and Lt. Calder…
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Get Smart (1967) – It Takes One to Know One, Someone Down Here Hates Me, and Cutback at Control
Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) has his hands full this week in It Takes One to Know One. Written by Gary Clarke, this episode first debuted on 7 January, 1967. Max is trying to stop a female KAOS agent, Octavia (Gayle Hunnicut). She’s been taking out the number two man, and the subsequent replacements at CONTROL….
Star Trek: The Trial of Captain Kirk (1974)
The Human Adventure continued in May of 1974 with issue 24 of Gold Keys’ Star Trek comic. Featuring a story by Arnold Drake, with art by Alberto Giolitti nd a cover painting by George Wilson, the series gave us The Trial of Captain Kirk; spoiler – there really isn’t much of a trial. The splash…
Get Smart (1966) – Anatomy of a Lover, Strike While the Agent is Hot, and A Spy for a Spy
Don Adams had a very short summer break between seasons one and two of Get Smart. The first season, with a staggering thirty episodes, came to a close in the first week of May 1966. By 17 September, 1966, Maxwell Smart (Adams) was continuing his spycraft. The first episode of the season, Anatomy of a…
Star Trek: Spectre of the Sun (1971)
In May of 1971, Gold Keys delivered another installment in their Star Trek adventures. This is story writer Len Wein’s second issue. Alberto Giolitti continues to deliver art that is slowly embracing more of what we have seen in the series (as well as some odd additions). This issue, Sceptre of the Sun eschewed the…
Get Smart (1966) – Back to the Old Drawing Board, All in the Mind, and Dear Diary
Back to the Old Drawing Board introduces a fan favorite character to the series. Hymie. Played by Dick Gautier, Hymie is a humanoid robot, with super strength, a computer for a brain, and he’s bulletproof. Sure, the idea is silly, but this is Get Smart right? The episode was written by Gary Clarke under the…
Star Trek: The Ghost Planet (1969)
The boldly going continued for Gold Key Comics in September 1969, when The Ghost Planet was unveiled to Star Trek fans. Dick Wood continues his writing travels with the Enterprise, and Alberto Giolitti supplies the art. I remember all of the issues so far. I had them collected in The Enterprise Logs, which I read…
Huxley (2025) – Ben Mauro
I was very fortunate to chat with Ben Mauro when he appeared at Toronto’s Fan Expo. And I have just finished the first installment in his Huxley saga. Filled with world-building and fantastic art, Mauro takes some familiar science fiction tropes, and incorporates them in a new way. The trade paperback is composed of the…
A Psalm for the Wild-Built (2021) – Becky Chambers
Becky Chambers has quickly become one of my favorite authors. I love her writing style, I love her characters, and the universes she creates. My only complaint about her stories are that they never seem long enough for me. I never want them to end. I love her tales, and the moments I spend inside…
Red Planet (2000) – Anthony Hoffman
I remember Mission to Mars and Red Planet seemed to come out around the same time, and I found myself more interested in the De Palma film because it had to do with the ‘face on mars’ and the possibility of life on that distant planet. And who doesn’t love that idea? Red Planet, despite…
The Mind Reels 