Starman the Libertarian is a South American superhero from the 80s, who will be familiar to Colombians of a certain age. You could usually find him on most news stands.
Created by Rafael Curtberto Navarro - who also created Kalimán: El Hombre Incredible - Starman was first published in 1980 by Editora Cinco and ran for over 100 issues.
Set in the futuristic world of 2005 Earth has suffered a huge nuclear war where most of the population has mutated into creatures called Tarhumans.
Not only that but Earth is now ruled by the evil space tyrant Moloch, who destroyed the rebel forces of Liberio, Starman's father.
Libero's army retreats to the moons of Jupiter where his son Starman is given amazing super powers, courtesy of the solar wind.
However Starman's powers depend on the sun and rapidly wane if he is ever cold.
Aided by his robot cat Gatonico, Starman returns to earth to do battle with the evil Moloch and his army of Tarhumans.
Dr. Hana also helps Starman in his battle against Moloch, though she does get captured a lot.
Once Earth is freed of tyranny Starman, Dr. Hana and Gatonico continue their mission to spread justice and freedom across the galaxy.
It's a great space opera and copies are still.available on ebay if you search for them.
The series certainly takes a few liberties with copyright: Dr. Hana has a very Princess Leia vibe and some of the spaceships are clearly copied from Chris Foss illustrations.
However for lovers of liberty and fans of epic space opera Starman El Libertario is certainly a hero to celebrate!
More forgotten pulp heroes another time...
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What do Batman, Spiderman, Bettie Page, Madonna and women wrestlers have in common? Well I'll tell you: they all feature in the life of today's featured pulp artist.
Today I look back at the career of "the father of fetish" Eric Stanton!
Eric Stanton was born in New York in 1926. His childhood was marred by many illnesses, and confined to bed he learnt to draw by tracing comic books. He was fascinated by strong Amazonian women like Sheena, Queen of the Jungle and soon began creating similar cartoons.
After high school Stanton joined the Navy in 1944, putting his skills to use in drawing aircraft recognition cartoons. Post-war he got a job with cartoonist Gordon 'Boody' Rogers, creator of Babe: Amazon Of The Ozarks.
Given the weather is getting warmer I feel obliged to ask the following question: is it time to bring back the leisure suit?
Let's find out...
Now we all know what a man's lounge suit is, but if we're honest it can be a bit... stuffy. Formal. Businesslike. Not what you'd wear 'in da club' as the young folks say.
So for many years tailors have been experimenting with less formal, but still upmarket gents attire. The sort of garb you could wear for both a high level business meeting AND for listening to the Moody Blues in an espresso bar. Something versatile.
Today in pulp... Blade Runner! Let's look back at the classic 1982 movie and see how it compares to original novel.
"It's not an easy thing to meet your maker..."
Blade Runner is based on Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? However 'inspired' may be a better word, as the film is very different to the book.
In the novel Deckard is a bounty hunter for the San Francisco police. The year is 1992; Earth has been ravaged by war and humans are moving to off-world colonies to protect their genetic integrity. They are given organic robots to help them, created by the Rosen Association.