Friday, November 27, 2020

Sensation Comics DR PAT "Case of the Absent-Minded Doctor"

The first female doctor to have her own comic feature...

...starts on a new path...medical crimefighter!
So Dr Pat's a liar?
Considering a medico's reputation is one of their primary assets, staging such an outlandish event to capture criminals seems like a poor way to handle the situation.
Obviously writer Robert Kanigher, penciler Carmine Infantino, and inker Frank Giacoia disagree with my belief!
I'm not sure why the creatives made this alteration to the series' concept, but it becomes the overriding them for the remainder of the series.
You can judge the results for yourself next month...
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Thursday, November 19, 2020

Coronavirus Comics CINDERELLA LOVE "My Secret Yearning"

Beautiful socialite or dedicated lab assistant!
Who will win the handsome doctor?
It's a romantic triangle...created by disease!
Fran Matera illustrated this tale of desires, decisions, and disease from Ziff-Davis' Cinderella Love #7 (1952).
The writer is unknown, but it could be the book's editor Jerry (Superman) Siegel!
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Thursday, November 12, 2020

Sensation Comics DR PAT "Report for Romance"

OK, somebody has to come up with better story titles for this series!

Though the title is typical romance comics twaddle, the tale is anything but!
This never-reprinted story from DC's Sensation Comics #96 (1950) began a change in the strip's concept, as Dr Pat began using her medical skills and feminine wiles against criminals!
The romantic triangle involving both her fellow doctor and the reporter would continue!

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Thursday, November 5, 2020

Coronavirus Comics SCIENCE COMICS "Theobald Smith and Texas Fever"

...but now it's time to (sadly) return to reality, where a pandemic continues to threaten our very existence!
Whether the anonymous writer of this never-reprinted tale from Ace's Science Comics #5 (1946) didn't know that or ignored it for expediency is unknown.
In addition, artist Warren Kremer left out Smith's rather bushy beard!
Texas Fever has been all but eliminated, thanks to Smith's pioneering work!
Next Week:
The Return of
Dr Pat!
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PICTURE STORIES FROM SCIENCE "Fighting Germs with Germs: the Story of Vaccination and Innoculation"

This comic tale from the 1940s explains the benefits of vaccination  in such a simple, graphic way... ...that even a regressive Reich-wing a...