22 August 2012

Moskvitch 410

   The Moskvitch 410 is a four wheel drive  car which was made by Soviet manufacturer Moskvitch from 1957 to 1961. Only 9095 were produced. It was powered by a 35 hp four cylinder engine, upgraded to 45 hp in 1958. Transmission was a 3 speed (4 speed after 1959), with a 2 speed reverse.

  Standard equipment included radio and folding seats.
 Ground clearance was 8.7 inches, and it could drive through water up to a foot deep.


19 August 2012

March of Comics 320-Space Family Robinson

The first of 3 SFR stories to appear in Macrh of Comics. For the second one, click here.





Carl Fallberg wrote this one with Dan 
 Spiegle drawing. 













16 August 2012

The art of Robert Schinella

 Schinella's work graced a few paperbacks in their heyday.











He also did some Sci-Fi


At first glance, kind of reminds you of Richard Powers


He was also a pioneer in Holography. His work "Hand In Jewels" is at the MIT museun




15 August 2012

March of Comics 328- Space Family Robinson



March of Comics was a long-running comic book series published by Western Publishing, with 488 issues   published from 1946 to 1982.


This issue of the givaway comic, dated January 1969, a  reduced size  pamphlet of 20 pages.  I Believe the story is not a reprint from the standard SPACE FAMILY ROBINSON comic published by Western under their Gold Key imprint.
. Art is by Dan Spiegle and  story by Gaylord Du Bois, the usual SFR team.











14 August 2012

Comic Book Short Story~ Supercar: Magic Carpet Rescue

Based on the first Gerry Anderson puppet show to his the US shores, this comicbook was one of the first Gold Key offerings, dated November 1962. Art is by Ray Osrin, script by Paul S. Newman.