Medical Comics and Stories

Friday, July 11, 2025

CAPTAIN AMERICA "Return of the Asthma Monster" Part 1

The Star Spangled Avenger Defeated the Asthma Monster!
But...

...Geez, why do I even bother to show up?

Fine!

Now that you're caught up, on with the story!

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To Be Continued...Next Friday!

Written by Howard Mackie, penciled by Mark Bagley, and inked by Kim DeMulder, Marvel's Captain America: Return of the Asthma Monster (1989) is a direct sequel to Marvel's Captain America Meets the Asthma Monster (which we showed you HERE and HERE)...despite that it was produced four years later!
Those kids haven't aged a day!
Just Sayin'!

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Friday, July 4, 2025

CAPTAIN AMERICA "Attack of the Asthma Monster" Conclusion

When Last We Left the Star-Spangled Avenger and His New-Found Friends...

...the Asthma Monster attacked a school, using a spray to cause almost everybody to display symptoms of the medical condition!

The only two people unaffected are two asthmatic students, John and Ruth, who had just taken their meds when the villain attacked!

Captain America, who has yet to encounter the fiend, takes the two eyewitnesses along as he tries to figure out where the criminal will strike next...

HE DID???

Read on, True Believer...

Written by Louise Simonson, penciled by Alex Saviuk, and inked by Fred Fredricks (except the cover which Al Milgrom inked), this never-reprinted 1985 one-shot promotional comic by Marvel and the pharmaceutical company Glaxo spawned a sequel after the Asthma Monster escaped from custody!

You'll See That Next Friday!

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Friday, June 27, 2025

CAPTAIN AMERICA "Attack of the Asthma Monster" Part 1

You knew Steve Rogers was a scrawny guy before he was given the Super-Soldier serum...

...but did you know what disease he had?

You'll learn that today!

He did???

Officially, this isn't canon, but it's not an unreasonable concept...

Technically, asthma isn't a disease, but a "medical condition" brought on by a number of causes, but this never-reprinted Marvel/Glaxo 1985 one-shot giveaway was so interesting, we decided to run it anyway!

You'll see the conclusion to this titanic tale...

Next Friday!

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Friday, June 20, 2025

Media Medicine BEN CASEY FILM STORIES "Operation Tycoon" Part 1

Medical-Themed Shows Have Always Been Popular on TV...

One of the hottest shows on the air was Ben Casey, starring Vince Edwards as a handsome, but surly rule-breaking surgeon whose abrasive manner got under peoples' skins...but produced almost miraculous results!

The show was so popular that it produced two different comics from two different publishers: a regular-format comic book from Dell and this fumetti comic-sized magazine from Gold Key using photos from two episodes to re-tell the TV tales in "photonovel" format!
Remember, there was no internet and streaming services, no videotape/DVD/BluRay, or any other way to see TV series when you wished!
BTW, the show was filmed in black and white, so the b/w pix aren't a cost-saving measure by the publisher!
Most TV shows were filmed this way until the mid-1960s!
Let's begin our story, based on the first season episode "An Expensive Glass of Water"...

Will Ben Casey Buckle to the Will of Type-A Tycoon Walter Tyson?

Will Tyson Turn Chicken?

(Sorry, couldn't resist!)

Tune in NOW at Secret Sanctum of Captain Video to learn the Astounding Answer!

Besides the regular cast members: Sam Jaffee as Dr David Zorba, Bettye Ackerman as Dr Maggie Graham, Harry Anders as Dr Ted Hoffman, and Jeanne Bates as Nurse Wills, the guest cast included Chester Morris as Walter Tyson, and Neva Patterson as Miss Warren.

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