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Bronze-Age Monsters
by Bronze-Age Monsters
With the Comics Code loosening in 1971, monsters came roaring back into the pages of our favorite medium. Kids that grew up reading comics were now making them; many of them were members of the counter-culture. Throw in a desire to do something all-new (and some fads like kung-fu) and you have all the makings of a wild decade of comics.Join Jacob Balcom & Matt Howell as they explore some of the craziest comics of the 1970s (and early '80s). Each season focuses on a different character.
Episodes
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Satana, The Devil's Daughter, in "Doorway to Dark Destiny" (Part 2 of 2)
The Saga of Satana continues! The zealots have taken Michael Heron captive to use as bait for The Devil's Daughter, but Satana does not share her toys. Part 2 of 2! From Haunt of Horror #4 (November 1974) by Chris Claremont CAST: Athena Howell as Satana, Jude Healy as Michael Heron, Matt Harvey…
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Satana, The Devil's Daughter, in "Doorway to Dark Destiny" (Part 1 of 2)
The Saga of Satana continues! Satana is back in the mortal realm and has been found nearly beaten to death by a paramilitary group of religious zealots who believe she's the Antichrist...and they're looking to finish the job! Part 1 of 2! From Haunt of Horror #4 (November 1974) by Chris Claremont...
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Satana, The Devil's Daughter, in "This Side of Hell"
The Saga of Satana continues! Satana & Zannarth face off against The Three (formerly The Four) in the Netherworld...and the true nature of the strange coalition of demons is revealed to our anti-heroine. From Haunt of Horror #4 (November 1974) by Tony Isabella & Enrique Badía Romero CAST: Athena...
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B.A.M. Series Finale!
We did a livestream to wrap up the show we've loved to make for you for five-and-a-half years. We had folks pop on, send in messages, and chat at us. We tried to read chat messages for the audio listener, but it's tough to do, especially when you're having a conversation w/ folks. Watch the video...
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S07E27: Atlas/Seaboard - The Finale!
We cap off our final season with a look at our Bottom 5 & Top 5 Atlas books and who or what got our vote for the Atlas/Seaboard MVP. Thanks for lending your eyes and ears during this journey through a little bronze-age comics history. We'll be back for a livestream SERIES FINALE to reflect on our...
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S07E26: Atlas/Seaboard - Demon Hunter (w/ Michael Giacchino & Angus MacLane!)
FILL OUT YOUR BALLOT FOR THE ATLAS/SEABOARD SEASON FINALE! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YAkWb4tO4m9iGeBK7Y_hsk5Bfq6kl8NgZMv0_R2jC6w/preview For the last episode of the series, we're joined by the creative and talented duo of Michael Giacchino & Angus MacLane, whose credits are too numerous to...
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S07E25: Atlas/Seaboard - Western Action (w/ Jackson T. Overstreet)
FILL OUT YOUR BALLOT FOR THE ATLAS/SEABOARD SEASON FINALE! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YAkWb4tO4m9iGeBK7Y_hsk5Bfq6kl8NgZMv0_R2jC6w/preview For our final season, we're covering the short life of Martin Goodman's Atlas/Seaboard comics by reviewing all the debut issues from their line. We're...
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B.A.M. Shadow Show #130: Talking Satana (w/ Athena Howell!)
Athena has voiced Satana Hellstrom, The Devil's Daughter, in our audio dramas throughout the run of the show. After recording her parts for the final chapters of the saga, we talked with her about her impressions of the character and what is was like playing Satan's child. We also look at where...
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S07E24: Atlas/Seaboard - Blazing Battles Tales (w/ Ben M!)
FILL OUT YOUR BALLOT FOR THE ATLAS/SEABOARD SEASON FINALE! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YAkWb4tO4m9iGeBK7Y_hsk5Bfq6kl8NgZMv0_R2jC6w/preview We're joined by the Bronze-Age Monsters house mixologist, Ben M., to discuss this WWII book featuring Sgt. Hawk, The Sky Demon, and a tribute to a...
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S07E23: Atlas/Seaboard - The Hands of the Dragon
FILL OUT YOUR BALLOT FOR THE ATLAS/SEABOARD SEASON FINALE! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YAkWb4tO4m9iGeBK7Y_hsk5Bfq6kl8NgZMv0_R2jC6w/preview We go through the lone issue of THE HANDS OF THE DRAGON, written by Ed Fedory with art by Jim Craig. Atlas decided to disrupt Marvel's near monopoly on...
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S07E22: Atlas/Seaboard - The Barbarians (LIVE w/ John Morgan!)
We're joined by Matt's friend John Morgan to talk about Atlas's attempt at a sword and sorcery anthology title featuring everyone's favorite mutilated misogynist IRON JAW and the sole (English) appearance of ANDRAX, a character created by Spanish creators and written for German comics mag PRIMO!...
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S07E21: Atlas/Seaboard - Tiger-Man (w/ Jason Finestone!)
We're joined by comics colorist & letterer Jason Finestone (THE SAVAGE STRENGTH OF STARSTORM; SEX, SPIES & ROCK 'N ROLL) to discuss Atlas comics' TIGER-MAN, the vigilante (who's secretly Dr. Lancaster Hill) who obtains tiger powers by injecting himself with big cat chromosomes. It's written by…
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S07E20: Atlas/Seaboard - Weird Tales of the Macabre (w/ Thony Aiuppy!)
We're joined by comics creator Thony Aiuppy (HAINT TALES, THE AQUABARIAN) to discuss Seaboard Periodicals' WEIRD TALES OF THE MACABRE, a B&W horror magazine and one of their earliest efforts. The anthology featured folks like John Severin, Ernie Colón, Leo Summers, Leo Duranoña, Augustine…
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S07E19: Atlas/Seaboard - Fright featuring The Son of Dracula (w/ Grace!)
We're joined by Grace to talk about FRIGHT, written by GARY FRIEDRICH with art by FRANK THORNE. This may have been a Tomb of Dracula clone with a younger twist. We'll never know, but we know David Anthony Kraft was waiting in the wings to take over writing duties...but it wasn't meant to be.…
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S07E18: Atlas/Seaboard - The Cougar (w/ MARVEL BY THE MONTH!)
We're joined by Robb, Bryan, and Jamie from Marvel by the Month to talk about THE COUGAR, written by STEVE MITCHELL with art by DAN ADKINS and FRANK SPRINGER. What started as a KOLCHAK, THE NIGHT STALKER comic turned into this strange book about a movie stuntman that fights monsters by night.…
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B.A.M. Shadow Show #123: The Coming of Caleb Hammer! (FREE BONUS!)
We make the Shadow Show every other week for our Patreon backers, but this one's a freebie. Enjoy and if you like it, please consider backing the show to get the other 122 episodes in video or audio format and other exclusive offerings. We cover Marvel Premiere #54 "The Devil's Starry Anvil!"…
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S07E17: Atlas/Seaboard - Targitt (w/ Jason Farrell)
We're joined by Jason Farrell, Matt's former co-host of THE BOOKHOUSE BOYS podcast, to talk about TARGITT, written by RIC MEYERS with art by HOWARD NOSTRAND. John Targitt is a defective clone made from DNA of Frank Bullitt, Harry Callahan, and Paul Kersey (Bronson's character from Death Wish).…
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S07E16: Atlas/Seaboard - Wulf the Barbarian (w/ Jared from Swords & Scrolls!)
For our final season, we're covering the short life of Martin Goodman's Atlas/Seaboard comics by reviewing all the debut issues from their line. We're joined by Jared from the SWORDS & SCROLLS podcast to talk about WULF THE BARBARIAN, written and drawn by LARRY HAMA with inks by KLAUS JANSON.…
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S07E15: Atlas/Seaboard - Weird Suspense (w/ Matt Harvey!)
For our final season, we're covering the short life of Martin Goodman's Atlas/Seaboard comics by reviewing all the debut issues from their line. We're joined by prolific metal god Matt Harvey (Exhumed, Left to Die, Gruesome, and Cold Slither) to talk about WEIRD SUSPENSE f/ THE TARANTULA: Michael...
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S07E14: Atlas/Seaboard - Vicki
Martin Goodman wanted to offer a robust & varied line of comics to compete with Marvel, DC, et al, so he needed a teen-humor mag. He used the art from Tower's TIPPY TEEN (1965-69) and only changed the main character's name...et voila...something to compete with Archie and the gang! We briefly…
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S07E13: Atlas/Seaboard - Thrilling Adventure Stories
Jeff Rovin put together 2 issues of masterful comics magazine work featuring the work of Russ Heath, John Albano, Ric Meyers, Gabriel Levy, Ernie Colon, Jack Sparling, Leo Summers, Frank Thorne, Alex Toth, John Severin and MORE! We were floored by the quality of the work in the obscure title....
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S07E12: Atlas/Seaboard - Tales of Evil
Comics vets Jerry Grandenetti and Mike Sekowsky takes us through a trio of Russ Jones-penned stories from the Atlas anthology TALES OF EVIL. P.S. We're aware of the issues with Matt's audio and are working to resolve them before the next episode! WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/ypFZKJosYT0...
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Skywald's Shoggoth Saga! (A Patreon Exclusive Unleashed!)
We will be back with Atlas/Seaboard's TALES OF EVIL next week. In the meantime, here's our review of the SHOGGOTH SAGA... We review 'Archaic' Al Hewetson and a stable of Spanish artists' take on the Shoggoth, a creature from the Lovecraft mythos. Watch it on YouTube here:...
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S07E11: Atlas/Seaboard - The Scorpion (LIVE w/ Brad Elmore!)
We're joined this episode by guest Brad Elmore, director of THE WOLFMAN'S HAMMER, BIT, and BOOGEYMAN POP, to talk about the book Howard Chaykin created for the Atlas/Seabord line, THE SCORPION, set in the 1930s about an immortal adventurer. Chaykin later reworked the character into DOMINIC…
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S07E10: Atlas/Seaboard - Savage Combat Tales
MEET BEN STRYKER: a soldier pummeled by Rommel's forces in the Kasserine Pass...a soldier and pacifist who's managed to survive WWII without taking a human life...so far. MEET THE 'DEATH SQUAD': a crew of misfit soldiers destined for court martials and military prison. The two parties collide for...
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S07E09: Atlas/Seaboard - Police Action (YouTube LIVE!)
For our final season, we're covering the short life of Martin Goodman's Atlas/Seaboard comics by reviewing all the debut issues from their line. WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE! https://youtube.com/live/FxDNA8jYfpo Goodman also published a POLICE ACTION at the pre-Marvel Atlas. This one seems to appeal to…
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S07E08: Atlas/Seaboard - Planet of Vampires
Jeff Rovin wanted Atlas to publish The Omega Man comic book, but when he couldn't secure the rights to it, they came up with PLANET OF VAMPIRES, a mash-up of I AM LEGEND and PLANET OF THE APES written by Larry Hama with an art team of Pat Broderick & Frank McLaughlin. We're joined by Russ & Josh...
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S07E07: Atlas/Seaboard - Morlock 2001
For our final season, we're covering the short life of Martin Goodman's Atlas/Seaboard comics by reviewing all the debut issues from their line. What do you get when you make a stew out of Orwell's 1984 heavily seasoned with Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 and generous pinches of A Clockwork Orange and…
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S07E06: Atlas/Seaboard - Devilina (w/ Ben Potter)
For our final season, we're covering the short life of Martin Goodman's Atlas/Seaboard comics by reviewing all the debut issues from their line. This episode, we cover Seaboard's swipe at Warren Publishing and Marvel's Curtis magazines...the horror anthology DEVILINA! Watch it on YouTube with...
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B.A.M. Shadow Show #111 - Skull the Slayer!
We make the Shadow Show every other week for our Patreon supporters, but we're giving this one out as a sample. If you enjoy, consider backing the show on Patreon for future episodes and access to the archives of previous eps. We discuss Marv Wolfman and Steve Gan's wonderfully bizarre SKULL THE...
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S07E05: Atlas/Seaboard - The Destructor
For our final season, we're producing the episodes as videos. Check out our YouTube channel for the full experience. YOUTUBE VERSION: https://youtu.be/oM815qWFhS8 This episode, we cover a creative dream team assembled for the 1 straight superhero book of the line: Archie Goodwin, Steve Ditko, and...
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S07E04: Atlas/Seaboard - The Brute
For our final season, we're producing the episodes as videos. Check out our YouTube channel for the full experience. YOUTUBE VERSION: https://youtu.be/1mfM4Fnpw_Q This episode, we're joined by friend of the show M.J. to cover Martin Goodman's one demand: he wanted a Hulk knock-off. He got a...
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S07E03: Atlas/Seaboard - Phoenix
For our final season, we're producing the episodes as videos. Check out our YouTube channel for the full experience. YOUTUBE VERSION: https://youtu.be/7pCHU3EL7Ds This episode, we cover Jeff Rovin & Sal Amendola's messianic sci-fi hero PHOENIX! When catastrophe strikes a space mission, lone...
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S07E02: Atlas/Seaboard - Ironjaw
For our final season, we're producing the episodes as videos. Check out our YouTube channel for the full experience. YOUTUBE VERSION: https://youtu.be/gHSGiELg6vw We're in our final season and we're reviewing all of Atlas/Seaboard's #1 issues. Next up, Michael Fleisher and Mike Sekowsky's…
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THE SAGA OF SATANA: Bloody Is the Path to Hell!
The Saga of Satana continues! The Devil's Daughter seeks a back door into her father's realm to warn him of the mutinous plans of The Four. On the way, she is reunited with a childhood companion, the incubus Zannarth, and they encounter pack of hellish demons sent to stop them. From The Haunt of...
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S07E01: Atlas/Seaboard - The Grim Ghost
For our final season, we're producing the episodes as videos. Check out our YouTube channel for the full experience. YOUTUBE VERSION: https://youtu.be/dKoNBvy3i4k We're in our final season and we're reviewing all of Atlas/Seaboard's #1 issues. First up, Michael Fleisher and Ernie Colón's THE GRIM...
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Season 6 Finale! Weird War Tales #121 (live on YouTube 12/6/24)
We took to YouTube to review "Death Smiles Thrice!" from Weird War Tales #121 and the one-page conlusion to the Commandos' story from the final issue, "Destination Unknown!" We were joined by friends of the show via video and chat and had a great time. Watch the video on YouTube:...
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S06E12: Weird War Tales #119 - World Under Glass
Fed up with being feared and despised by the civilians they protect, the Commandos jump at a chance to see if the world of 2943 holds an opportunity for them to return to their human states. It gets a little weird. MAIL: [email protected] STORE: https://bronzeagemonsters.threadless.com/...
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S06E11: Weird War Tales #117 & #118
We've got double your monster pleasure with WWT #117's "A Miracle for Monsters!" and 118's "Heroes Come in Small Sizes" as the Commandos are finally free of Lt. Shrieve and, without a commanding officer, take in the sights of war-time Paris. Then, we learn how they were awarded medals from the…
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S06E10: Weird War Tales #116 - The Doorway to Hell! (w/ Matt Harvey!)
We're joined by death metal god Matt Harvey (Exhumed, Gruesome, et al) for a jumbled tale of Roman gods, mis-used monsters, and a conversation about how invested Robert Kanigher really was in this book. Check out Matt's music on Bandcamp: https://mattharveymustbedestroyed.bandcamp.com & Exhumed...
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S06E09: Weird War Tales #115 - You Can't Pin a Medal on a Robot
Meet the new J.A.K.E., same as the old J.A.K.E....or his he? Sgt. Coker & the G.I. Robot get leave in dear old Blighty and end up personal guests of a royal princess in a castle in Scotland! Is this G.I. Robot a pile of nuts and bolts or does he have the capacity to love? The Creature Commandos…
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B.A.M. Shadow Show #100! Hundredth Episode Spectacular!
OUR 100th BONUS SHOW IS FREE TO ALL! WATCH IT ON YOUTUBE W/ THE ART HERE: https://youtu.be/G8CI70uQ4ms Back us on Patreon to access the archive of 99 previous episodes and tons of members-only content! We cover "Return from Oblivion"...Part 8 of the Ulysses Bloodstone Saga, written by John Warner...
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S06E08: Weird War Tales #114 w/ Bryan & Jamie from Marvel by the Month!
We're joined by Marvel by Month's Bryan Stratton & Jamie Wenger! Forget Schrödinger's cat; we've got Kanigher's comic. How can a war comic be both ridiculously surreal and disturbingly real at the same time? The commandos go deep undercover in Germany as a traveling circus freakshow to kidnap...
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S06E07: Weird War Tales #112 - The Medusa Sting!
After Rommel lands a crushing blow on the Allied forces in Tunisia, the Creature Commandos are sent in to keep the Afrika Corps off balance until reinforcements arrive. Did YOU know about this? Why wasn't this part in the history books??! Anyway, yadda yadda: an ancient gorgon pyramid tomb and…
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S06E06: Weird War Tales #111 - The Doomsday Robots!
Kanigher's newest new G.I. Robot, J.A.K.E. #1 meets up with our motley crew of monstrous misfits when they return to the South Pacific to investigate some mysterious attacks on Allied ships. The resulting adventure defies pithy blurb explanations! MAIL: [email protected] STORE:...
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S06E05: Weird War Tales #110 (YouTube live!)
We took to the YouTubes for the introduction of the newest Commando. If the goal was to tap into humanity's collective unconscious and use our most ancient and intuitive fears as a weapon against our enemies: it doesn't get much older or scarier than our newest "freak"... HISS HISS! You can watch...
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S06E04: Weird War Tales #108 & 109 w/ Ryan Pardee
We're joined by Ryan Pardee, co-host of The No Ticket Podcast, to talk about the final J.M. DeMatteis-written issue and the 1st issue from veteran comics writer Robert Kanigher. Remember the mission to find French scientist Dr. Frederique? That comes up again (cool!)...with some tragic…
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S06E03: Weird War Tales #102 & 105 w/ Monster Kid Grace
We're joined by friend of the show Grace to talk about 2 short and wild Creature Commandos stories from J.M. DeMatteis and Fred Carrillo. This one's got it all: super-strength brainwashed Nazi kids, latex masks, trapdoors, Hitler doubles, and a Norman Rockwell-esque village in upstate NY crawling...
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S06E02: Weird War Tales #100 - Dinosaur Convoy
Mike W. Barr takes up writing duties as Lt. Shrieve and his "Freaks" are deployed to Dinosaur Island from The War That Time Forgot stories of DC's past. The Allies' pet monsters encounter Japanese troops and a whole mess of "Thunder Lizards." Plus, Matt's daughter Athena judges the haiku contest....
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BAM Shadow Show: The Ulysses Bloodstone Saga, Pt. 1
We're bi-weekly now! On our off weeks, we'll be publishing 'shadow show' that covers different bronze-age goodness. During Season 6, we'll be looking at the life and times of immortal monster hunter Ulysses Bloodstone. We're making the first part a freebie for all to check out. We HIGHLY…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
With the Comics Code loosening in 1971, monsters came roaring back into the pages of our favorite medium. Kids that grew up reading comics were now making them; many of them were members of the counter-culture. Throw in a desire to do something all-new (and some fads like kung-fu) and you have all the makings of a wild decade of comics.Join Jacob Balcom & Matt Howell as they explore some of the craziest comics of the 1970s (and early '80s). Each season focuses on a different character.
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With the Comics Code loosening in 1971, monsters came roaring back into the pages of our favorite medium. Kids that grew up reading comics were now making them; many of them were members of the counter-culture. Throw in a desire to do something all-new (and some fads like kung-fu) and you have all...
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