# Mister Kitty's Stupid Comics appreciation thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 13, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910 "2013-06-13T15:55:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/1 "2013-06-13T15:55:15Z")
[Fascinating site](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/) – screenshots of covers and pages from old comic books (some of them REALLY old, like, [Golden Age](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks)) with rich snarky commentary – if this person ain’t a Doper she oughta be. Hours of fun for the whole fan! Here’s a prime examble: [Fantomah vs. The Weird Gorillas!](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics5.html) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/2 "2013-06-13T16:02:52Z")
Oboyoboyoboy! This looks like as much fun as I’ve had since I found Unca Cheeks! (I’d link to his pages, but they don’t appear to have the pictures anymore, and comic books just aren’t fun without the pictures.) Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/3 "2013-06-13T22:37:15Z")
This is the sort of thing that makes feminists roll their eyes: [Gale Allen and Her Girl Squadron.](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics76.html) OK, for the 1940s this stuff is female-empowering, putting girls (“women” hardly seems to apply) right into the heroic action. OTOH, they all wear miniskirts and short tops in outer space at all times for no adequately explained reason, they’re helpless until a man happens along, and even on a serious adventure they can’t help going all ga-ga over hm. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/4 "2013-06-14T00:52:51Z")
I actually remember reading the comic featured in [The Legion of Superheroes Dating Do’s and Don’ts.](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics37.html) It was just as bad as it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Mavis\_Topholese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@Mavis\_Topholese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavis_Topholese)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/5 "2013-06-14T04:40:21Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Fascinating site](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/) – screenshots of covers and pages from old comic books (some of them REALLY old, like, [Golden Age](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks)) with rich snarky commentary – if this person ain’t a Doper she oughta be. Hours of fun for the whole fan! > > Here’s a prime examble: [Fantomah vs. The Weird Gorillas!](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics5.html) Well, actually… (blush)… I am one of the Mr Kitty peoples. Thanks for the compliments! Always glad to see our mission of spreading the gospel of stupid comics is reaching the masses, or teeming millions, as the case may be. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/6 "2013-06-14T11:25:26Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > This is the sort of thing that makes feminists roll their eyes: [Gale Allen and Her Girl Squadron.](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics76.html) OK, for the 1940s this stuff is female-empowering, putting girls (“women” hardly seems to apply) right into the heroic action. OTOH, they all wear miniskirts and short tops in outer space at all times for no adequately explained reason, they’re helpless until a man happens along, and even on a serious adventure they can’t help going all ga-ga over hm. You forgot to mention the high heels. I know that when _I_ go adventuring, I make sure that my calves are adequately curved by wearing heels of at least 3", preferably higher. After all, I never know when some hunk of man-meat might wander through my adventure. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/7 "2013-06-14T13:40:26Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I actually remember reading the comic featured in [The Legion of Superheroes Dating Do’s and Don’ts.](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics37.html) It was just as bad as it seems. Hey, that’s where I learned my amazing dating skills! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/8 "2013-06-14T14:33:03Z")
> [@Mavis\_Topholese](#): > > Well, actually… (blush)… I am one of the Mr Kitty peoples. > > Thanks for the compliments! Always glad to see our mission of spreading the gospel of stupid comics is reaching the masses, or teeming millions, as the case may be. 🙂 Grateful! Say, you know what your site needs? An index-section for **underground** comix! There must be **some** that are stupid! (Not Shelton’s or Mavrides’ or Spain’s, of course, but some.) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/9 "2013-06-14T14:36:05Z")
[This](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics65.html) is one of my faves – Superboy’s dog Krypto and what amounts to the Legion of Superdogs! More [here](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics152.html) and [here](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics304.html)! ([Silver Age](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks) superhero comix are always good for a laugh.) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/10 "2013-06-14T17:06:59Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > This is the sort of thing that makes feminists roll their eyes: [Gale Allen and Her Girl Squadron.](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics76.html) OK, for the 1940s this stuff is female-empowering, putting girls (“women” hardly seems to apply) right into the heroic action. OTOH, they all wear miniskirts and short tops in outer space at all times for no adequately explained reason, they’re helpless until a man happens along, and even on a serious adventure they can’t help going all ga-ga over hm. Eventually, of course, comic-book artists would figure out that you can work in your [fanservice](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Fanservice) simply by dressing your heroines in skintight outfits just like the male heroes’. (See [Most Common Super Power.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MostCommonSuperPower)) That’s equality, ain’t it? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mavis\_Topholese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@Mavis\_Topholese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavis_Topholese)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/11 "2013-06-15T03:38:51Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > 🙂 Grateful! Say, you know what your site needs? An index-section for **underground** comix! There must be **some** that are stupid! (Not Shelton’s or Mavrides’ or Spain’s, of course, but some.) Most of the UG comix we have are pretty good, and when they’re bad they tend to lapse into this weird kind of drug-soaked incoherence that’s tough to successfully make fun of. However, I think [the L.I.F.E Brigade](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics47.html) crosses the line into underground territory through sheer force of incoherence, and [Areba Koala](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics51.html) certainly has two furry feet in the UG camp. The trouble with finding the really lousy UG comix is that they generally don’t tend to wind up in the fifty-cent bins at conventions and comic shops, which is where we find a lot of our material. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/12 "2013-06-15T04:46:59Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Here’s a prime examble: [Fantomah vs. The Weird Gorillas!](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics5.html) BTW, this oddly idiosyncratic artist, [Fletcher Hanks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher_Hanks) (also the creator of [Stardust the Super Wizard](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics29.html)), who only worked in comix briefly (1939-1941), has lately acquired a cult following, and his work has been published in two collections: [_I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!_](http://www.amazon.com/Shall-Destroy-All-Civilized-Planets/dp/1560978392) and [_You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation!_](http://www.amazon.com/You-Shall-Your-Evil-Creation/dp/B00B559BJK/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_y) Ask for them by name! Loudly and shrilly and grasping the clerk’s lapels! The former excerpted [here](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics98.html). ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/13 "2013-06-15T04:50:39Z")
> [@Mavis\_Topholese](#): > > Most of the UG comix we have are pretty good, and when they’re bad they tend to lapse into this weird kind of drug-soaked incoherence that’s tough to successfully make fun of. However, I think [the L.I.F.E Brigade](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics47.html) crosses the line into underground territory through sheer force of incoherence, and [Areba Koala](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics51.html) certainly has two furry feet in the UG camp. > > The trouble with finding the really lousy UG comix is that they generally don’t tend to wind up in the fifty-cent bins at conventions and comic shops, which is where we find a lot of our material. Well, how about an index-section for old comic-book ads? Sea monkeys, x-ray specs, lotsa material there . . . ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/14 "2013-06-15T04:56:12Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Well, how about an index-section for old comic-book ads? Sea monkeys, x-ray specs, lotsa material there . . . Wait, I see you’ve already got [this](http://www.misterkitty.org/extras/stupidcovers/stupidcomics78.html). ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/15 "2023-05-24T04:30:47Z")
And yeah, I’m going to revive this topic. Sadly, I am heralding it’s demise. I had mindless hours perusing its pages. Fortunately, it is somewhat preserved at [web.archive.org](http://web.archive.org). ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/16 "2023-05-24T11:37:48Z")
It still lives! They had some hosting issues and had to change from .org to .net [https://www.misterkitty.net/extras/stupidcovers/index.html](https://www.misterkitty.net/extras/stupidcovers/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/17 "2023-05-24T13:41:10Z")
Great news! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/18 "2023-05-24T14:13:04Z")
The site doesn’t seem to work on Safari. I opened it in Edge via my work computer, and it’s just a bunch of eBay links by category. When I click the name at the top, I get a warning (that may or may not be real) from Windows Security Center. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/19 "2023-05-24T14:33:09Z")
Did you try the .net address I posted? They used to have a .org address but lost it somehow a couple weeks ago and had to migrate to the new domain. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910/20 "2023-05-24T14:34:37Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Did you try the .net address I posted? Ah. I didn’t notice this is a 10-year-old thread, and clicked on the link in the OP. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mister-kittys-stupid-comics-appreciation-thread/660910.md?page=2)