Binder, Ruth (Earl’s wife), 26
Binder, Theresa “Tessie” (sister), 14
Biro, Charles, 47, 125, 139
Bishoff, Murray, 280
Bisson, Terry, 238
Bizarro, 3, 152, 154
Black, Louis, 199–202, 224, 237, 259, 286
Black Owl, 73
Blue Ribbon Comics, 67
Boltinoff, Murray, 237
Boosel, Harry, 32
Boring, Wayne, 150
Boucher, Anthony, 226
Boyajian, Bob, 72
Bradbury, Ray, 54, 132, 140
Bradford, Al, 258–59, 281, 286
Brainiac, 3, 9, 165–66
Brand, Roger, 238
Breakthrough: An Amazing Experiment in Electronic Communication with the Dead, 262
Bridwell, E. Nelson, 255
Brody, Zena, 147
Broome, John, 236
Brunner, Frank, 238
Burks, Arthur J., 32
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 18–19, 29
The Buyer’s Guide to Comic Fandom, 280
C
Caidin, Martin, 171
Campbell, John W., Jr., 32
Captain America, 97, 136, 220–21, 281, 283
Captain America, 73
Captain Battle, 73, 77, 79
Capt. Billy’s Whiz Bang, 75, 84
Captain Marvel, 1–4, 6, 9, 11–12, 74, 75–76, 79, 81, 82, 83–85, 86, 87, 89, 91–92, 94, 100, 102–4, 105, 107, 109, 111, 112, 117, 120–21, 135, 138, 155, 175–76, 180, 190–91, 194, 201, 203, 214, 226–27, 255–59, 280
Captain Marvel, 201
Captain Marvel Adventures, viii, 1, 10, 84, 90, 92, 93, 100, 101, 102–3, 106, 107, 136–37
“Captain Marvel and the Scorpion,” 79
“Captain Marvel and the World of Your Tomorrow,” 109
Captain Marvel Junior, 85, 89, 214
Captain Marvel Junior, 89, 92, 199, 200
“Captain Marvel Saves the King,” 84
“Captain Marvel Wins the Grand Steeplechase,” 84, 86
Captain Shazam, 227
Captain Steel, 98
Captain Venture, 76
Careers in Space, 177, 199, 215, 255
“Case of the Black Witch,” 73
Cassiello, John, 233
Cassiello, Michael, 233
Centaur, 67
Challenge for Men, 215
Chesler, Harry, Jr., 45, 46–47, 67, 70, 72, 76, 77, 97
Chesney, Landon, 186, 187
“The Chessboard of Mars,” 34
Chestertown, New York, 241, 242, 243
Chicago, 16–17, 32, 34, 35, 54, 68, 70
Chicago Art Institute, 17
City College of Chicago, 21
“Claire Kent, Alias Super-Sister,” 163–64
Clark, Jerome, 223
Clark, John D., 35
Clarke, Arthur, 201
Clark Kent. See Superman
“Clark Kent’s Super-Brat!,” 205, 206, 207
“Close Shave,” 146
Cochran, Russ, 145
Coghlan, Frank, 6
Cohen, Gil, 273
Cole, Jack, 47
Coleridge, John (pseudonym), 55
Collier Books, 196, 233
Collins, Max Allan, 145
“A Comet Passes,” 54
Comic-Con International, 236, 289
Comic Crusader, 258, 261, 281
The Comicollector, 187
The Comic Reader, 187
Comics Code Authority, 169, 210, 222
The Coming of the Robots, 196
Commander Steel, 99
Complete EC Library, 145
Cosgrove, Bob, 258–59, 281, 286
Cosmic Boy, 165
Cosmos, 32
Costanza, Pete, 76, 87, 281
Cox, J. Randolph, 261–62, 264, 266, 269
Craig, Johnny, 187
Crandall, Reed, 145, 146, 210
Crane, Roy, 84
Creepy, 210, 211, 213, 219, 237, 238, 240
Cresswell, Dennis, 242
Crime Does Not Pay, 125–26
Crime SuspenStories, 140, 144, 145
Crowley, Wendell, 103, 107, 113, 136, 138, 139–40, 159, 222, 225, 244–45, 286
“Crusher of Crime,” 86
“The Crystal Curse,” 48
“Curse of the Yeti,” 238
Curtis Books, 233, 251, 253, 271
D
Daigh, Ralph, 75, 194
Daniels, Les, 149
Darrow, Jack, 32, 34
Darvin, Leonard, 222
Da Silva, Howard, 196
“Dawn to Dusk,” 30, 41
DC Comics, 3, 46, 85, 120–22, 127, 138, 147, 160, 165, 180, 194–97, 203–5, 226, 235–37, 255, 256, 258, 275, 282, 283. See also National Comics
DC Index, 190
“Dead End,” 238, 239
De Brulier, Nigel, 6
De Camp, L. Sprague, 35, 129
The Defenders, 176
Defoe, Daniel, 18
De Fuccio, Jerry, 219
De Jack, Neil, 32
De la Ree, Gerry, 78, 134–35
Dell, 171, 185, 210
Del Rey, Lester, 129, 131
“The Demon with a Glass Hand,” 195
Dennis, Robert C., 196
Dennis, Walter, 32
Dennis the Menace, 138
Destination Moon, 136, 185
Detective Comics, 147
DeWald, Wayne, 286
Dillenback, William, 32, 34
Dimond, Clark, 238
Doctor Solar, 209
Donenfeld, Irwin, 204
Dorfman, Leo, 161, 237
The Double Man, 252, 254–55
Drabble, Margaret, 253
Dracula, 219, 220
Drake, Arnold, 204, 236
Drucker, Mort, 148
DuBois, Gaylord, 297
E
EC (Entertaining Comics), 140–46, 169, 181, 210, 213, 221, 283
The EC Fan Bulletin, 181
Eerie, 237, 238, 240
“85 and 87,” 25
Eisner, Will, 94
Ellison, Harlan, 195
Ellsworth, Whitney, 147, 159, 215
Elwood, Roger, 9–10, 201, 218, 233, 251, 253, 271
Encyclopedia Brittanica, 243
Englewood, New Jersey, 111
“Enslaved Brains,” 30
Ernst, Ken, 47
Evanier, Mark, 237
EVP (electronic voice phenomena), 262
F
Fagan, Tom, 217, 261–65, 266
Fago, Vince, 247
Fairbanks, Douglas, 17
Falk, Bertil, 266
Famous Funnies, 46
Fantastic Worlds, 136
Fantasy Film Club, 5–6
Fantasy Illustrated, 181, 182, 183, 184, 186, 193, 210
Fantasy Magazine, 21, 31, 33, 51, 116
Fantasy Times, 74
Farley, Ralph Milne, 32
Fass, Myron, 201
Fatman, 225, 226
Fatman, the Human Flying Saucer, 226–27, 263
Fawcett, Gordon, 75
Fawcett, Roger, 75
Fawcett, Roscoe, 75, 138
Fawcett, Wilford, Jr. “Buzz,” 75
Fawcett, Wilford, Sr., 75
Fawcett Collectors of America, 138, 257, 268
Fawcett Gold Medal Books, 139, 224, 234
Fawcett Movie Comic, 136
Fawcett Publications, 1–3, 13, 75–76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 84, 87–89, 92, 94, 97, 100, 104, 113, 120–21, 127, 136, 138–39, 159, 169, 185, 191, 194, 258, 271, 280
Fawcett’s Funny Animals, 92
Feature Publications, 73
Fedor, Al, 32
Feiffer, Jules, 219
Feldstein, Al, 140, 145, 182, 286
Fighting Hero Comics, 182
Finger, Bill, 12, 159, 214, 216, 217, 218, 236
Finlay, Virgil, 135
“The First Martian,” 22, 23, 24, 25
First National SF Convention, 54
Fla
sh, 97, 214
Flash Comics, 122
Flessel, Creig, 47
Flindt, Max, 234–35, 269–71, 276
Flying Saucers Are Watching Us, 234, 252
Foley, David, 5
“The Forbidden Krypton Box,” 161
Forbidden Worlds, 161
The Fourteen Leaflet, 32
Fox, Gardner, 12, 196, 197, 214, 216, 236, 297
Fox, Gill, 47
Fox, Victor, 126
Francis, Arlene, 177
Frazetta, Frank, 210
Frazier, Dudley, 253
Friend, Oscar J., 131, 132, 141
“From the Beginning,” 48
The Frontier’s Secret, 268–69, 270
Funk, Howard, 32
Funnies on Parade, 46
Fuqua, Robert (pseudonym), 59, 60
Furness, Betty, 177, 178
G
Gabby Hayes, 122
Gaines, Maxwell C., 117, 140
Gaines, William M., 140, 146
Galli, Walter, 117
Gambi Publications, 249
Gamboa, Romy, 247
Gernsback, Hugo, 20, 21, 37
Giella, Joe, 148
Gift Comics, 92
Gilbert, Michael T., 238
Giles, Gordon A. (pseudonym), 2, 55
“The Girl of Steel!,” 166
Glasser, Allen, 31
Glenn, John, 173
Glut, Don, 99
Gnome Press, 132
The Golden Book of Atomic Energy, 171
The Golden Book of Jets and Rockets, 171
Golden Press, 170, 171
Gold Key, 200, 208, 214
Goodman, Martin, 97, 117
Goodwin, Archie, 222
Grand Comic Book Database, 297
Grandinetti, Jerry, 210
Grand Slam Comics, 98
The Great American Gold Steal, 221
The Great Comic Book Heroes, 219
Great Depression, 13, 21, 26
The Greatest Superman Stories Ever Told, 154
“The Great Illusion,” 51
“The Great Space-Train Robbery!,” 148
Greenberg, Martin, 132
“The Green Cloud of Space,” 30
Green Lantern, 147
Greim, Martin, 258, 281, 286
Grost, Michael E., 164–65
Gruber, Frank, 46
Guardineer, Fred, 47
H
Haisch, Klaus D., 109
Hall, Hal, 13
Hamerlinck, P. C., 13, 138
Hamilton, Edmond, 23, 32, 35, 51, 53, 161
Haney, Bob, 237
Harris, Jack C., 210, 216–17
Harvey, R. C., 85
Harvey Comics, 220
Hastings, Dan, 214
The Haunt of Fear, 140, 146
Haussman, Ernest, 174
Hays, Bill, 139
Heinlein, Robert A., 254
“Hello? Hello?,” 146
Herron, France “Ed,” 78, 79, 85, 87, 89, 94
Hetzel, Brian, 230, 232
Hill, Marianna, 196
The History of Comic Books, 219, 257
Hitler, Adolf, 103
Hornig, Charles D., 26, 32, 34, 41, 54
Hospital Horror, 266, 269
Hotel Pennsylvania, 8
House of Mystery, 255
House of Secrets, 255
Howard, Isaac, 56
Howard, Robert E., 19, 37, 42, 43, 48, 55–56, 131
How to Contact the Space People, 271
Hughes, Richard, 161
Hurst, Willard, 139
I
I, Robot (book by Asimov), 132
I, Robot (film), 284
“I, Robot” (short story and adaptations), 9, 12, 57, 58–59, 60–61, 62, 131–32, 142, 143, 145, 195–96, 210, 211, 212
“I Delivered Mail from Mars,” 148
Illustrated Stories, 247
The Immortal Storm, 31, 32
“In a Graveyard,” 48
Infantino, Carmine, 148, 237
Ingels, “Ghastly” Graham, 145–46
“The Invulnerable Enemy,” 162
Ivie, Larry, 223
J
“Jilting of Superman,” 161
Jimmy Olsen, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 166
Johansson, Ulf, 266
Johnson, W. Ryerson, 243
Jones, Bruce, 239
Jones, Jeff, 238
Jones, Russ, 219
Jon Jarl, 1–2, 107–8, 148, 182–83, 185, 193
Journey to the Sun, 171
Justice Society of America, 214
K
Kaler, David, 213
Kaluta, Mike, 238
Kamen, Jack, 144, 145
Kandor, 3, 9, 165, 167
Kane, Bob, 84
Kane, Gil, 147, 148, 222, 247
Kanigher, Robert, 147, 297
Kara. See Supergirl
Kaye, Stan, 166
Keats, Jack, 77
Keller, David H., 32
Kennedy, John F., 177, 179
King, Warren, 88
Kirby, Jack, 73, 94, 126, 222
Klein, Robert, 198–99, 200, 217, 286
Kline, Allen, 37, 42
Kline, Ellen, 45
Kline, Otis Adelbert, 29, 30, 32, 35, 36–43, 45, 48, 54, 56, 88, 116, 131
Kona, 210
Kraft, David Anthony, 30
Krigsten, Bernard, 221
Kubert, Joe, 209
Kurtzman, Harvey, 183, 221
Kuttner, Henry, 51–52
Kyle, Richard, 186
L
Lage, Matt, 256, 268
Lang, Fritz, 17–18
Larson, James, 159
Latzer, Milton J., 32
LeBlanc, André, 72
Lee, Christopher, 220
Lee, Stan, 97, 197, 198, 203, 220, 226, 227
Legion of Super-Heroes, 9, 164, 165
Lev Gleason Publications, 125
Ley, Willy, 171, 174
Lieberson, Will, 120, 225, 226, 227
Liebowitz, Jack, 147
Life, 126
“The Life Battery,” 186, 187
Lightning Lad, 165
Locus, 279
Lois Lane, 150, 159, 160, 161, 162, 205
Lois Lane, 163, 209
London, Jack, 18
Long, Frank Belknap, 35, 40
Lords of Creation, 129, 130, 131
“Lords of Creation,” 129
Lost Worlds, 136
Love, G. B., 194
Lovecraft, H. P., 19, 40–41, 43, 48
Love Story, 253
Lunacon, 201, 222
Lupoff, Patricia, 4–5, 8, 175, 176, 285
Lupoff, Richard A., 1–6, 7, 8–10, 31, 108, 175, 176, 180, 208, 237, 258, 279, 285
M
MacMurray, Fred, 76, 117
Mad, 146, 221
Maggin, Elliot S., 255
Major Magazines, 237, 238
Mankind: Child of the Stars, 9, 270, 271, 274, 282
Manning, Russ, 186
Man of Two Worlds, 35
“Man-Plant from the Tomb,” 238
Marguilies, Leo, 141
Marshall, E. G., 176
Marvel Classics Comics, 247
Marvel Comics, 97, 120, 197, 198, 203–4, 220–21, 283. See also Timely Comics
Marvel Family, 3, 9, 11–12, 87, 90–92, 99, 109, 133, 136, 139, 155, 161, 166, 175, 190–94, 214, 255, 256, 258, 259
The Marvel Family, 92, 118–19, 120, 138, 139
Mary Marvel, 90, 91, 122, 134, 166, 168, 214
Mary Marvel, 92, 120
Master Comics, 76, 90, 92
Maxwell, Robert, 149
McCay, Bob, 259
McCay, Winsor, 259
McDermott, Paul, 32
McGee, Frank, 177
McGinnis, Robert, 221
McWilliams, Alden, 219, 220
Mechanix Illustrated, 75, 215, 234
Memoirs of a Nobody, 13, 15, 122, 123, 124–25, 178
Mena
ce of the Saucers, 251, 252
Merritt, A., 32
Mighty Samson, 209, 210, 214
Millard, Joe, 88, 89
Miller, Bernie, 225
Miller, Frank, 261–62, 286
Miller, Glenn, 78
Miller, P. Schuyler, 32
Milson Publishing, 225, 227
Mishlove, Jeffrey, 271, 273, 274
Mission to Mars, 171
“Mr. and Mrs. Clark (Superman) Kent,” 163
Mr. Mind, 102–4, 105, 106, 107, 191
MLJ Publications, 67, 70, 88, 97, 204
“Monster or—The Monster,” 132–33
“The Monster Society of Evil,” 100, 101, 102–4, 105, 106
Mooney, Jim, 52, 168
“The Moon Mines,” 26
The Moon: Our Neighboring World, 9, 171
Moore, Alan, 78
Morrow, Gray, 210
Moskowitz, Sam, 13, 31, 32, 34, 133, 282
Mougin, Lou, 220
“Mrs. Superman,” 161
Mundy, Angela, 246, 282–83
Mundy, Bonnie Binder, 12, 20, 71, 157–58, 170, 246, 282–83
Mundy, Hilary, 246
“Murder on the Asteroid,” 26
Musacchia, John, 139
My Best Science Fiction Story, 140–41
Mystery in Space, 136, 148, 167, 237
“The Mystery of the Flying Saucer,” viii
N
NASA, 6, 9, 12, 177, 180, 215, 223, 249–50
National Comics, 72, 92, 120–22, 127, 136, 138, 147–56, 159–61, 166, 169, 174. See also DC Comics
Naughton, Tom, 94
Nedor Publishing Company, 73
Newark, New Jersey, 54
New Friday Publications, 73, 77
New Fun Comics, 46
“The New Lois Lane,” 160–61
New Paperback Library, 196
New York City, 34–43, 45, 53, 70
New York Comicon, 7, 11, 213–18, 223
NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena), 223
Nickel Comics, 76
Night of the Saucers, 251, 252
Nimoy, Leonard, 195, 196
Nordling, Klaus, 223
O
O’Brien, Dean D. (pseudonym), 55
O’Connor, Patrick, 253
“Oh Henry!,” 145–46
Oleck, Jack, 140
O’Neil, Denny, 236, 255, 256
“One Man’s Family,” xi, 191, 194, 197
“Only Sin Deep,” 140
On Tiptoe Past Darwin, 269–71
“Operation Friendship,” 140
Orlando, Joe, 143, 145, 186, 210, 211, 255
Otis Kline Associates, 131
“Our Ever Changing World,” 178, 179
“Our Space Age,” 178
Outer Limits, 12, 195, 196
Owens, Ted, 9, 271–74
P
Palmer, Raymond A., 32, 54, 60, 61, 64, 68, 179–80
Papp, George, 152
Parker, Bill, 3, 75–76, 81–85
Patricio, Ernie, 247
Payer, Ted, 14, 17
Pendulum Illustrated Classics, 247
Pfeufer, Carl, 178
Philadelphia, 53
Planets: Other Worlds of Our Solar System, 9, 170, 171
Plastino, Al, 167
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