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Bronze-Age Monsters BAM is a podcast that wades into the weirdest and wildest waters of the comic books of the 1970s. Formerly the Werewolf by Night Podcast. https://linktr.ee/BronzeAgeMonsters
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Happy Pride Month! “Northstar” of Marvel’s Alpha Flight was comics’ first openly gay superhero, created in 1979. Northstar didn’t come out officially until ‘92, but he was not ‘retconned’ gay- Here’s some examples of the early hints and subtext creators used to sidestep the rules of the time.

NEW EP! We cover Savage Combat Tales, Atlas/Seaboard's venture into war #comics. Written by #ArchieGoodwin w/ art by Al McWilliams & Jack Sparling. youtu.be/hjzY0DcoKBQ?...

Phang: We don’t need the Ten Commandments hanging in Texas schools. What we need is common-sense gun legislation—so the kids can live. If my kid goes to a public school in Texas and they can’t come home alive, I don’t give a shit about the Ten Commandments being posted on the wall.

NEW EP! In POLICE ACTION, #MikePloog tips his fedora to #DashiellHammett in "Requiem for a Champ" starring Luke Malone: Manhunter. We see his mentor #WillEisner all over this art and couldn't be happier about it. www.youtube.com/live/FxDNA8j... On YouTube & yr podcast app. #comics

NEW EP ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL & PODCAST FEED! youtube.com/live/FxDNA8j... Martin Goodman also published a POLICE ACTION at the pre-Marvel Atlas. This one seems to appeal to fans of the swarms of detectives and cops that cluttered up TV screens in the mid-'70s, like Banacek, Kojak, and Baretta.

500K Mexican-Americans served in the U.S. armed forces in WWII, as did millions of 1st and 2nd-gen immigrants, and 109K noncitizens. Mexican immigrant Macario Garcia won the Medal of Honor in Normandy. When he returned to the US, he was was arrested for trying to eat at a segregated restaurant.

TONIGHT! We've got good cops who DON'T play by "the rules" and private dicks pits-deep in the seamy underbelly of society. It's POLICE ACTION from #atlasseaboard #comics! Join us tonight at 6:30 PACIFIC time on our YouTube channel youtube.com/live/FxDNA8j...

Let it die.

We're doing our next episode live FRIDAY night at 6:30 PM PACIFIC. We'll be covering all kinds of 1975 POLICE ACTION! Who loves ya, baby? youtube.com/live/FxDNA8j... Click 'Notify Me' to get a handy reminder. #comics #bronzeagecomics #mikeploog #mikesekowsky

We reviewed #SteveGerber & #PabloMarcos story "A Death Made Out of Ticky-Tacky" from TALES OF THE ZOMBIE 8. It's Gerber at his most cynical as we see Simon Garth summoned to the suburbs by a group of swingers who use him as an instrument of revenge. youtu.be/yBPKhFYm8iI

I sincerely believe we can build a better country than a Dollar Store goon-squad police state.

Welcome to the RFK Jr public health era.

We accidentally published this week's SHADOW SHOW as a public video and decided to keep it that. This one's on the house. If you're a Patreon backer, you can get the other 113 bonus shows & much more. youtu.be/yBPKhFYm8iI?...

Trump just fired the first Black person to serve as the Librarian of Congress. She has been in that position since 2016 and is the first professional librarian to hold the position since 1974.

On the SHADOW SHOW: The Zombie's summoned to the suburbs & "swingers" use him to punish the people they resent. A dark tale by #SteveGerber w/ art by #PabloMarcos. We publish the SHADOW SHOW every other week for our Patreon supporters. Back the show to get all 114 episodes plus LOTS more. #comics

It struck me, earlier today, that there should be a present-day descendant of Bat Lash in the DC Universe, who’s a low-powered super ex-con rent-a-hero in Coast City. But still charming.

On paper, Captain Chris Galland was the hero of PLANET OF VAMPIRES, but we all agreed that his buddy Craig was the real star of the show. Watch the ep on our YouTube channel or listen in yr favorite podcast app. youtu.be/xJvX8c2gg2E?...

Matt was one of the guests on this episode of people sharing their memories of watching THE BEASTMASTER when they were young. #doncoscarelli #marcsinger www.goodpencil.com/pod/blog/202...

In PLANET OF VAMPIRES, nuclear fallout creates a vampire-like plague that causes the rich to feed on the poor...sounds about right. youtu.be/xJvX8c2gg2E?...

Jeff Rovin wanted #AtlasSeaboard to publish The Omega Man #comic book, but when he couldn't secure the rights to it, they came up I AM LEGEND meets PLANET OF THE APES by #LarryHama w/ art team by #PatBroderick & #FrankMcLaughlin. We're joined by Russ & Josh. youtu.be/xJvX8c2gg2E?...

Had the pleasure of appearing on one of my favorite podcasts: @bronzeagemonsters.bsky.social. We talked about an obscure ‘70s comic that dares to ask the question, “What if Planet of the Apes was also I Am Legend?” youtu.be/xJvX8c2gg2E?...

As the lads were off on an adventure last week, there's no episode this week, but we'll have one ready for you in 7 days. In the meantime, #readcomics, #makegoodtrouble, #fdt

Meet MORLOCK 2001 in our newest episode on YouTube or yr podcast app. He's the body-horrifying, people-eating hero we need in the dystopian distant future of 2001. #comics #atlasseaboard youtu.be/syhSwk8EcIw

So I wanted to make a track that brings all the 80s action-adventure TV show feels. I got heavily inspired by the intro theme music of MacGyver, Airwolf and He-Man on this one. I also felt compelled to do a bit of cosplay 😂 #80s #nostalgia #synthwave

NEW EPISODE! What do you get when you mix 1984, Fahrenheit 451, & A Clockwork Orange? #MichaelFleisher's dystopian body horror sci-fi book MORLOCK 2001! Watch it on YouTube to see the gorgeous art or listen on yr favorite podcast app. #comics #bronzeagecomics #atlasseaboard youtu.be/syhSwk8EcIw

The visual is effective. I just don’t think they care if we call them Nazis anymore. Feels like they’re ready to fully goose step into their cosplay fantasy.

Guess whose words these aren't. Go on. Guess.

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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

OUT NOW! we cover DEVILINA, the #atlasseaboard answer to #warrenmagazines (VAMPIRELLA, CREEPY, EERIE) & Marvel's #CurtisMagazines (HAUNT OF HORROR, MONSTERS UNLEASHED). Watch it on YouTube for the gorgeous art or listen on yr fave podcast app. #comics #horrorcomics #ricestrada youtu.be/Az-xzgNzgzE

NEW EPISODE! BAM Pack-Member Ben Potter joins us to cover Seaboard's swipe at Warren Publishing & Marvel's Curtis magazines...the horror anthology DEVILINA! #comics #bronzeagecomics #atlasseaboard youtu.be/Az-xzgNzgzE

Here it is. They're targeting the National Museum of African American History and Culture. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

We're giving this Shadow Show out as a sample. We discuss #MarvWolfman & Steve Gan's wonderfully bizarre SKULL THE SLAYER wherein a Vietnam War POW returns home & everything gets worse...then he & plane full of people go through the Bermuda Triangle! #comics youtu.be/5TKQKXmqtgg?...