Weird Comics-The 1966 “Captain Marvel”

Found this in the sale bins at the comic store and it was just too bizarre to pass up.

Captain Marvel (1966) Issue #1

Captain Marvel was a jet-booted and laser-eyed alien android powered by an “M”-emblemed medallion who had been sent to Earth by his creators to escape the atomic destruction of their war-ravaged planet.

Vowing to protect the peace of his new home, the self-proclaimed “Human Robot” took the secret identity of journalist turned Dartmoor University professor Roger Winkle in the city of Riverview, USA where he lived with his young ward Billy Baxton, the first person he met when he arrived on Earth and the only one who knew his true origins.

Captain Marvel possessed superhuman strength, speed and senses (including something called “radar hearing”  and the ability to fly thanks to his jet heeled Astro-Boots that enabled him to hurl through sky and space at fantastic speeds.
His super-durable robotic body was equipped with advanced alien technology that, among other things, allowed him to generate force fields and sonic blasts and to shoot metal-melting laser beams out of his eyes. He also had a super-intelligent computer brain programmed with the scientific knowledge of two worlds that could alter his internal mechanisms to do anything from breath underwater to travel through time.
Captain Marvel’s signature ability, however, was the power to detach his head, limbs and hands and send them flying off in all directions whenever he shouted “Split!” and reattach them when he shouted “Xam!”

Apparently a lawsuit by the trademark holders of the original Captain Marvel forced the demise of the company producing it and it only ran four issues total. The 1966 Captain Marvel is a truly strange reading experience and even the splash page is warped!

Alice Cooper RARE MONO MIX Birthday Garage Greatness!

In celebration of Alice Cooper’s (born Vincent Furnier) 71st birthday, I present this obscure gem! This is the only single released from the original Alice Cooper group’s debut album, “Pretties For You”, a criminally underrated psychedelic near masterpiece.

Aside from being one of my favorite tracks on the album, the single mix of “Living” is a DEDICATED MONO MIX that differs greatly from the muddy and indistinct version found on the LP. The instrument separation is much clearer, the voice and guitar are much further out in front and you can really feel the garage band roots still very prevalent.

The other side, “Reflected” is also a mono mix but is edited with segments of the song missing, unfortunately…

1951 Bowman “Jets Rockets Spacemen” Bubble Gum Cards

Founds a few of these at a card/comic shop the other day. These things are great! How can you pass up 1951 gum cards with titles like “Hypnotized By Steam Frogs!”

“The 1951 “Jets, Rockets and Spacemen” set was printed by Bowman Gum Company and consists of 108 cards, each one measuring 2-1/16″ x 3-1/8”. The complete set was originally released in three groups of 36 cards each. The set features incredible science fiction artwork illustrations of space travel – a reality that was still more a decade away at the time of its release. The bright and beautifully colored cards depict futuristic scenes of space adventure and exploration. It is anchored by such imaginative titles as Polar Cats Invade Runways (#58), On Saturn (#62), Navigating a Planetoid Belt (#65), End of a Spaceship (#66), and Captured by Space Pirates (#66). This issue is one of the most popular of all non-sport issues with the middle series being slightly more difficult to obtain. “