The Dinosaur in Times Square (1961) By Mort Meskin

Cover pencils: Dick Dillin; inks: Sheldon Moldoff


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House of Secrets #41 (Feb. 1961) © DC Comics
Pencils by Mort Meskin; inks by George Roussos

The Moon Monster by Bernard Baily (1960)

A nice story by Bernard Baily, co-creator and long time artist on The Spectre & Hourman.

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House of Mystery #97, April 1960 © DC Comics
Art by Bernard Baily

Abstract: By using high-resolution altimetric measurements of the Moon, we produced a catalog of all impact craters 20 kilometers in diameter on the lunar surface and analyzed their distribution and population characteristics. The most-densely cratered portion of the highlands reached a state of saturation equilibrium.

Large impact events, such as Orientale Basin, locally modified the prebasin crater population to ~2 basin radii from the basin center. Basins such as Imbrium, Orientale, and Nectaris, which are important stratigraphic markers in lunar history, are temporally distinguishable on the basis of crater statistics.

The characteristics of pre- and postmare crater populations support the hypothesis that there were two populations of impactors in early solar system history and that the transition occurred near the time of the Orientale Basin event.

Ref.: Global Distribution of Large Lunar Craters: Implications for Resurfacing and Impactor Populations. 2010. James W. Head, III, et al. Science 329: 1504-1507.

The Lost Kingdom of Athala by Wally Wood (1951)

From 1951, The Atomic Surgeons have polished up this great Wally Wood tale for your edification. Say, as a minor, did Tommy sign a waiver form for this trip? No? Why, what could possibly go wrong?

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Strange Worlds #4 (Sept., 1951) © Avon
Art by Wally Wood

Too bad about Tommy, but the Time Machine would have been a bit crowded on the way back!

Marvel's First Mutant (Nov. 1959)

Pencils: Jack Kirby; Inks: George Klein

Behind this typical-for-era Jack Kirby monster cover hides a story that introduces the concept of mutants with special powers that must remain hidden from a suspicious humanity - 3 years before Lee & Kirby debuted the same concept in X-Men #1 in Sept. 1963!

The Atomic Surgeons aren't up of the X-Men universe, but surely some scribe has retroed this story into continuity?

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Tales of Suspense #6 (Nov. 1959) © Marvel Comics.
Art by Joe Sinnott; unknown scripter.

Steve Ditko's First Changing Man (1960)

Steve Ditko’s Shade: The Changing Man debuted in 1977 from DC Comics, with story and art by Ditko, and dialogue by Michael Fleisher. Many creators have recycled old ideas more than once, and we can’t help but wonder if Ditko recalled this old story he did for Marvel when he came up with the initial concept for Shade.

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Tales of Suspense #8 (March 1960), © Marvel Comics
Art by Steve Ditko

Presented below is a mash-up of what a Changing Man book might have looked like if it came out from DC during the early 60’s.

Shade: The Changing Man © DC Comics

…And once again, The Atomic Surgeons step back into the Time Bubble…

Batman In The Future! (1950)

You know that any story that opens with the lines, “Look Robin – The Bat-Signal! We’re wanted back on Earth!”, is going to be a lot of fun! Give me the Sci-Fi, ‘Zebra’-Batman from the 1950’s over the psychopathic version on the stands today…!

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Batman #57 © DC Comics
Script: Bill Finger; Pencils: Bob Kane (Batman & Robin figures only)
& Lew Schwartz; Inks: Charles Paris



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FYI, The Atomic Surgeons will be returning to the future for most of the next few months. We'll send back dispatches when we can. Otherwise, look for further updates in Sept.