Tag: Theodore Sturgeon

The Last Heap Story

The Heap was something of an accidental success story in the Golden Age of Comics, a character who wound up having a much greater lifespan than was ever initially intended, and in fact well outliving the series that first gave him life. The Heap was the first of the swampy muck-monsters in comic books, all … Continue reading The Last Heap Story →

BHOC: MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #81

There was something in the air in the late 1960s and early 1970s that made the idea of a swampy muck-monster a thing that several different people were simultaneously thinking about. This sort of thing tends to point to some influence from the mainstream media, but I'm not sure just what that might have been … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #81 →