Some Wolverton for your weekend

Another adventure with Basil Wolverton's BingBang Buster from Black Diamond Western #25 (1951).

Perils of a badly chosen magic word

From Toonopedia:

Just as Billy Batson gained the power of Captain Marvel (or switched back to Billy) by speaking Shazam's name, Shazam gave Freddy the ability to become Captain Marvel Jr. (or switch back) by speaking Captain Marvel's name. This not only made a superhero of the crippled boy — it also put a very odd and perhaps unique limitation on his power. He couldn't introduce himself to anyone, because as soon as Captain Marvel Jr. said the first two words of his own name, the magic lightning bolt would turn him back into Freddy.

From Captain Marvel Jr. #6

How correspondence schools create unrealistic expectations

For the Washington School of Art. From Weird Horrors #4, 1952

One of the weirdest promotional comics you'll ever see

I honestly don't know which part is strangest:

the anthropomorphic milking machines;

the fate of the non-productive cow;

the porn star name;

or the fact that the same company makes both the good and the bad milkers.

I too suffer from grasshopper mi

Major Victory number 2

Kids, sock the Axis with this wastepaper punch!

I think I've mentioned this before but whenever I come across one of these ads I'm struck by how strange that sense of common purpose and shared sacrifice seems today.

From Captain Marvel Adventures number 38

A fine cover from Joe Kubert's St. John run

As mentioned before, St. John put out some great comics.

St. John Publications -- Nightmare #10