This is the
Pappy's fourth annual* July 8 celebration of flying saucers. Sixty-five years ago today the
Roswell (New Mexico) Daily Record published its historic headline:
To commemorate the date I have a couple of flying saucer/UFO stories.
I was inspired to get out my copy of
Dynamo #1 (1966) and scan the lead story by Dan Adkins and Wallace Wood based on this wonderful splash panel from Heritage Auctions. I lifted the scan from their website.
My favorite panel is Dynamo saying, "I bet I'm the first guy in history to knock down a space ship with a rock!" The story is full of action and the art is great.
The story, "Landing of the Flying Saucers!" is another zany story from
Wonder Woman. Although the whole thing is wild—aliens shaped like skinny Michelin men with lollipop heads and antennae who use expressions like "Heee! Hooo!"—I give writer/editor Robert Kanigher and artist Harry G. Peter credit for originality. I even like the flying saucer, which, unlike most depictions of UFOs in those days doesn't look like it's made of sheet metal, and in fact doesn't look like anything mechanical.
It's an oddball story, something we've come to expect from this title. From
Wonder Woman #68 (1954):
*Previous postings are from
Pappy's #554,
Pappy's #768, and
Pappy's #978.
