The Dark Side of The Moon Seen for the First Time (1959)

In 1959, the dark far side of the Moon was photographed for the first time (below) and pictures were relayed back to Earth by Russia's Luna 3 spacecraft. After passing the moon, the Luna 3 looked back from a distance of 63,500 km to take 29 photos of the sunlit far side of the moon.

The photos were taken over a period of 40 minutes, developed onboard and then radioed back to earth on Oct 18, 1959. They covered 70% of the far side. Despite the poor quality, they provided the first view ever of this part of the moon.

Nb.: The far side of the moon cannot be viewed from earth because the moon rotates and revolves in such a way that the same part always faces Earth. Taken from Today In Science History

Image and more from Nasa via Wired

Last June NASA released the most complete picture to date of the far side of the moon (above). The picture was made thanks to the data transmitted by the probe Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. link

Nice to see that this anniversary coincides with the latest Pink Floyd catalogue reissues.

Watch the End of the Anthropogene Epoch set to The Great Gig In The Sky by Pink Floyd:

Read the complete Pink Floyd Tour Comic Book here.



A cover photoshop experiment done by the Atomic Surgeons for a PF bootleg.

Lon Chaney - Real Fact Comics (1946)

Script: Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer; Art: Lee Harris


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Real Fact Comics #3, (July-August 1946). DC Comics.

Mr. Future, H. G. Wells! by Dick Sprang (1946)

Real Fact Comics #3. DC Comics (July-August 1946).


Script: Jack Schiff; Mort Weisinger; Bernie Breslauer; Art: Dick Sprang


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Coming Tomorrow....

Lon Chaney!

Bullseye in "Devil Bird"! (Jack Kirby, 1954)

Another terrific 'dinosaur' story-themed story from one of the last, great uncollected Jack Kirby creations, Bulls Eye, from the short-lived Mainline Comics company of Kirby and Jack Simon.

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Bulls Eye #3 (Dec. 1954 - Jan. 1955). Mainline Comics.
Bulls Eye created by Jack Kirby



BONUS!

A wonderful Bulls Eye splash page from issue #7

Revenge of The Big Birds! (Russ Heath, 1967)

Star Spangled War Stories #131, Feb.-March, 1967. © DC Comics.
Script by Howard Liss; Art by Russ Heath

Another great story from The War That Time Forgot!


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One of Heath's many great tonal covers for DC.

In a story straight out of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and with the usual terrific art by Russ Heath, I'm surprized that Tommy Smith and his fightin' squadron of pterosaurs never showed up again; he even had a spiffy, Frazetta-inspired origin (below).

More tales from The War That Time Forgot!:

Medal For A Dinosaur!, and,

The Suicide Squad!

Born This Day: Inventor of 'Kiss-Proof' Lipstick

Young Romance #80.
Art by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon

A great cover by Kirby & Simon from a title (& genre!) they created.

American Chemist and cosmetic executive, Hazel Gladys Bishop (Aug. 17, 1906 - Dec. 5, 1998) made an indelible mark on the cosmetics industry by inventing non-smear ("stays on you not on him") kissproof lipstick. During WW II, as senior organic chemist with Standard Oil, she discovered the cause of deposits affecting superchargers of aircraft engines.

In 1949, after a long series of home experiments, in a kitchen fitted out as a laboratory, she perfected a lipstick that stayed on the lips longer than any other product then available, and began its manufacture. It was introduced at $1 a tube in the summer of the following year. In 1951, a partner forced her out of the $10 million company she created. link

Space Pirates Hideout! (Planet Comics, 1946)

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Planet Comics #46. January, 1946

The GCD suggests that this may have been drawn by Ruth Atkinson.