Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains
Red Seal Comics
Look at the characters featured in this single issue, and ask yourself if this is not the best comic in the history of the universe.
Read the whole issue here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 13, 2013 -
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Category: Detectives, Private Eyes and Other Investigators, Eccentrics, Literature, Superheroes, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Comics, 1940s
Delivery Boy
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 26, 2012 -
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Category: Explosives, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Movies, Robots
Volcano Warfare
Would unleashing volcanoes on 1944 Japan have been more merciful than using atomic bombs? I guess we'll never know.
And would today's "bunker-buster" bombs be even more capable of this mad scientist mission, in the country of some current enemy?
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 05, 2012 -
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Category: Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, War, Weapons, 1940s, Asia
The Wild Wild Planet
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 10, 2011 -
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Category: Body Modifications, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Movies, Science Fiction, 1960s
Herb Bartlett
[Click above image to enlarge]
Let us all hail the great American tradition of amateur inventors, personified today by the forgotten Herb Bartlett, whose love for hovercraft extended to making his plans available to the youth of the USA, contacted through his ad in Boys' Life magazine
Original ad here. (Scroll down a bit.)
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 07, 2011 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Engineering and Construction, Inventions, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Motor Vehicles, 1960s, 1970s
The Amazing Transparent Man
Is "transparent" somehow different or better than "invisible?"
Watch the whole thing here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 10, 2011 -
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Category: Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Movies, 1960s
Crazy Machine
This image is found on the photo archives of Life magazine under the title above. I cannot discover any accompanying article to explain what this device is. Your best guess?
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 18, 2011 -
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Category: Inventions, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains
The Colossus of New York
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 17, 2011 -
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Category: Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Movies, 1950s, Fictional Monsters
Blood Work
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 07, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Medicine, Books
Nazi Sun Gun
Read about the Nazi plan to build an orbital death ray.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 02, 2010 -
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Category: Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, War, Weapons, Space Travel, 1940s
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