M.D. "Worried Sick"

Perhaps the Last Thing You'd See a Comic Book Story About...

...is something that affects hundreds of thousands of people, but is rarely-discussed in public!

Writer Carl Wessler and artist George Evans tell this tale from EC's M.D. #4 (1955) in a calm, non-hyperbolic manner.
It's an example of the restraint EC was doing (and perhaps slightly overdoing) after the Comics Code took effect!

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FRONTIER DOCTOR "Storm Over King City" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

Dr Bill Baxter is told that his elderly uncle David Sheldon has been murdered!

But he left a will with a lawyer mentioning an inheritance of a gold mine, of which Bill will receive half.
The other half is to go to an orphanage run by Miss Mary Fuller.
However, to locate the gold mine and fulfill the terms of the will, Baxter must journey to Canada, where his uncle lived and died, and meet with Miss Fuller since both he and the lady each have only 1/2 of the map that leads to the mine.
What he doesn't know is that the criminals who murdered his uncle lie in wait to ambush him, steal the map along with his identification and little black bag, and pretend to be him.
They waylay the sawbones, who barely survives, but manages to get to a nearby RCMP station.
The doctor and policeman confront the imposter, who manages to bluff the Mountie into thinking Baxter is the imposter!
But when a medical emergency happens to a child at the orphanage, the fake doctor is forced by his confederates to attend to the deathly-ill patient...

This adaptation of the episode "Storm Over King City" in Dell's Four Color Comics #877 (1958) was illustrated by Alex Toth, whom Old West comics fans remember as the artist on the comics based on Disney's Zorro TV series!
The writer, however, is unknown, 
As for the 1958-59 syndicated TV series' protagonist...
Though he did not carry a gun, Dr Bill Baxter was not a wimp by any measure.

The medical man used his wits, medical knowledge, his fists, and, occasionally, other people's shooting irons, to aid those who needed help.
Rex Allen, who played Baxter, performed as a rodeo rider while in high school.

After graduation, he took up singing, first in vaudeville, then on radio, becoming a popular country/Western singers.

Like most of his contemporaries, he soon was doing Western b-movies as a singing cowboy nicknamed "The Arizona Cowboy", teamed up with comedy-relief sidekicks including Buddy Ebsen and Slim Pickens.

After a couple of dozen films, Rex tried to make the transition to TV with Frontier Doctor, but the show was cancelled after a single season.

But Allen made yet another transition, and became a successful voice-over artist and narrator, primarily for Disney film and tv productions.

TRIVIA:

Besides Frontier Cowboy, Rex had his own self-titled comic book series from Dell Comics that ran for thirty-one issues!

Allen was a cousin of Gunsmoke cast member Glenn Strange, who played bartender Sam Noonan.

Rex's son, Rex Allen, Jr., is a successful singer.

There's a Rex Allen Museum in Willcox, Arizona!

BONUS!

Here's the TV episode which was adapted into the comic story!

Note that the comic is based on an early draft of the script, so there are differences!

BTW, the "doctor" impersonator in the episode is played by Russell Johnson...the Professor from Gilligan's Island!

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FRONTIER DOCTOR "Storm Over King City" Part 1

A 1950s Old West TV series about a man who didn't carry a gun?

Yep, and this never-reprinted one-shot comic tale about an MD on the frontier is adapted from one of the broadcast episodes!

To Be Concluded
Next Friday

This adaptation of the episode "Storm Over King City" in Dell's Four Color Comics #877 (1958) was illustrated by Alex Toth, whom Old West comics fans remember as the artist on the comics based on Disney's Zorro TV series!
The writer, however, is unknown.
Note: We already presented another tale from the TV show-based comic HERE!
As for the 1958-59 syndicated TV series' protagonist...
Though he did not carry a gun, Dr Bill Baxter was not a wimp by any measure.
The MD used his wits, medical knowledge, his fists, and, occasionally, other people's shooting irons, to aid those who needed help.

Rex Allen, who played Baxter, performed as a rodeo rider while in high school.

After graduation, he took up singing, first in vaudeville, then on radio, becoming a popular country/Western singers.

Like most of his contemporaries, he soon was doing Western b-movies as a singing cowboy nicknamed "The Arizona Cowboy", teamed up with comedy-relief sidekicks including Buddy Ebsen and Slim Pickens.

After a couple of dozen films, Rex tried to make the transition to TV with Frontier Doctor, but the show was cancelled after a single season.

Undaunted, Allen made yet another transition, and became a successful voice-over artist and narrator, primarily for Disney film and tv productions.

TRIVIA:

Besides Frontier Cowboy, Rex had his own self-titled comic book series from Dell Comics that ran for thirty-one issues!

Allen was a cousin of Gunsmoke cast member Glenn Strange, who played bartender Sam Noonan.

Rex's son, Rex Allen, Jr., is a successful singer.

There's a Rex Allen Museum in Willcox, Arizona!

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DOCTOR DAN DAZZLER "One Heartbeat from Death"

We Return to Our Monthly Installment of Dr Dan Dazzler...

...the interne (as they spelled it back then) who never looks the same two issues in a row!

Written by Carl Memling and illustrated by Norman Nodel, this third tale of Dr Dan Dazzler from Dell's Ben Casey #4 (1962) shows us a different visual for the character than his previous appearance HERE!
Then, he's under 25, with a full head of blond hair!
But in his premiere tale HERE, he looks as he does now...early-30s with receding brown hair!
I wonder if this was meant to be a feature about a group of doctors working at a given hospital like "Internes of Central Hospital" or somesuch.
But they decided, after the art was rendered, to just change the name and the captions and make several doctors just one doctor, with, easily, the silliest name they could think of!
But they didn't modify the art to give the character a consistent look!
It's just a theory, and we'll never know the answer.

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STOP PROJECT 2025: THE COMIC BOOK "Health Care", "School Food Services", "Anti-Trans Discrimination"

Our Final Post Gets Up Close & Personal...

...beginning with how Don da Con's Project 2025 is already interfering with Health Care...both in quality and in cost of services!

Now that we've looked at the end, of life, let's look at those just starting out, and how they'll be treated in a world controlled by Project 2025...

And, finally, let's look at how non-binary/trans people will likely be treated in a country controled by those who literally worship the tenets of Project 2025...

Because not enough people, for whatever reason, didn't vote against MAGAs/Republicans/Cons in 2024, we're now experiencing some of the nightmare scenarios you've read about, with the rest soon to follow!

Is there hope?

Presuming elections are held in 2026, get out there and VOTE!

Vote for Congresspeople!

Vote for state/city/local politicians!

Let your voice be heard!

Or this is...

the Beginning of the End!

STOP PROJECT 2025: THE COMIC BOOK "Environmental Protection" & "Extreme Weather"

If You Can't Breathe, Eat, or Drink, You Die...

...yet Project 2025 wants to suffocate you, starve you, and force you to go thirsty...all in the name of profits!

Along with altering the very chemical composition of the land and waters, Project 2025 wants to eliminate the only national warning system for the resulting catastrophic changes in weather systems!

Does this make any sense to you?

If not, then why did you vote for it...or worse. fail to vote at all?

STOP PROJECT 2025: THE COMIC BOOK "Cronyism"

Another example of what the Stop Project 2025 comic book tried to warn you about...

...Don da Con's hand-picked cronies, specifically in Health and Medical categories, and done in the style of Topps' Garbage Pail Kids trading cards!

It was a noble effort to present the insidious Reich-Wing Project 2025, condensing over 900 pages of text into a graphic presentation broken down into 2-to-6 page categories ranging from Abortion to Taxes to War on the Working Class!
The assortment of talent was quite impressive...ranging from established writers and artists to up-and-comers with only a few professional credits so far!
Sadly, the response to the comic seems to have been minimal, despite a fairly robust on-line presence and articles in several media outlets including Forbes!
Perhaps part of the problem was that it didn't go on-line until the middle of October, only a couple of weeks before the election!
I'd like to point out I didn't know it even existed until a couple of Sundays ago, when it popped up during on-line research of the works of one of the creatives, whom I didn't know had worked on it!
Continuing through the month of March, I'll post a different medicine/science-related chapter from the book each Friday to give you a taste of the quality work done for this noble effort and to warn you of what's coming in the near future!