My favorite images from Monster Brains

Mark Frauenfelder 3:15 pm Wed Sep 21, 2011

I've spent an inordinate amount of time over at Monster Brains, a blog filled with thousands of scans of comic books, movie posters, science fiction paperbacks, model kit boxes, and other media starring monsters. Here are a few noteworthy ones.

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A rather unusual weapon to have on the cover of a kids' comic book from the 1960s.

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In 1966, people preferred thoroughly modern monsters.

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"Oops. Didn't mean to do that. Sorry"

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Magnus, dude, what's with all the robohate?

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What's she worried about? She's not in a red uniform.

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Shame on you Samson — you could give a monster a complex doing that to it.

I'm sure I missed some other amusing images. If you find any, post 'em in the comments!

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