Not that this is news or anything. The Silver Age's weirdness is really more infamous, but the Golden Age has a few instances of concentrated oddity that are pretty out there. Case in point:
The Golden Age's spikiest hero, Power Nelson (you can pick up the comic, which is apparently public domain, here, in the ultra-convenient Comic Book Reader format-and you can also find the Comic Book Reader program on the same site), is a guy who knows how to use his head. (rimshot)
He's usually smart enough to use his hands instead, though...Anyway, one of the highlights of these stories is that the aliens are weird. Not weird as in foreign, weird as in... well...
Yeah, the king of those guys has to use his special language ray himself. What's up with that? I kinda like that weird suit anyway, though it's horribly drawn.And there's this guy's enemies, the hairy guroos.
More like beardy guroos...And then there's the green guys from Uranus.
Also, Power Nelson fights some darned ugly robots:
Yes, these comics aren't really for people who need logic... or art that makes sense or is good... or... never mind.Bonus weirdness:
...-Signing off.
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