# Where in the World did these comic panels come from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-books-manga\ **Created:** [May 7, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-did-these-comic-panels-come-from/983714 "2023-05-07T22:32:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-did-these-comic-panels-come-from/983714/1 "2023-05-07T22:32:09Z")
OK, I’m stumped. Any comics doper able to identify these Golden Age images? [![](https://64.media.tumblr.com/6047068112fa0254e5d8e92c012db487/tumblr_nncba8PHK01qzn0kbo1_1280.jpg) ](https://64.media.tumblr.com/6047068112fa0254e5d8e92c012db487/tumblr_nncba8PHK01qzn0kbo1_1280.jpg) [https://64.media.tumblr.com/6047068112fa0254e5d8e92c012db487/tumblr\_nncba8PHK01qzn0kbo1\_1280.jpg](https://64.media.tumblr.com/6047068112fa0254e5d8e92c012db487/tumblr_nncba8PHK01qzn0kbo1_1280.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-did-these-comic-panels-come-from/983714/2 "2023-05-07T22:38:09Z")
> **[The Thing That Devoured a Planet! / It Came from Beneath the Earth!](http://thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-thing-that-devoured-planet-it-came.html)** > > THOIA returns from our Halloween vacation with a double precode  Atlas monsterama, both stories penned by Stan Lee -- the first tale was o... ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-did-these-comic-panels-come-from/983714/3 "2023-05-07T22:39:26Z")
Wow, that was fast. How did you pull that off? ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-did-these-comic-panels-come-from/983714/4 "2023-05-08T01:24:20Z")
I did a three-word search, two because they’re uncommon, one for context: hoboken amscray comic ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-did-these-comic-panels-come-from/983714/5 "2023-05-08T11:47:46Z")
Many thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-did-these-comic-panels-come-from/983714/6 "2023-05-08T12:12:24Z")
The kid has a Captain America Atomic Disintegrator Gun. I wonder if this is a setting where Captain America is a comic book character or, or one where he is a real person? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-did-these-comic-panels-come-from/983714/7 "2023-05-08T17:17:39Z")
The Surface People seem safe for the time being. Whew! ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-did-these-comic-panels-come-from/983714/8 "2023-05-08T17:36:37Z")
Looks like the Incredibly Boring Boring Beast was originally red and turned green in a reprint. > **[Today in Comics History, April 15, 1973: The Day the Earth Stood Bored](https://bullyscomics.blogspot.com/2015/04/today-in-comics-history.html)** > > This is an expanded and updated version of a post originally published April 15, 2015. 'Twas midnight on tax day, and suddenly this dude...