JET DREAM "Spy in the Sky"

 The very first Jet Dream tale...
...from Gold Key's Man from U.N.C.L.E. #7 (1965).
Jump in and enjoy!

This never-reprinted opening tale by writer Dick Wood, penciler Mike Sekowsky, and inker Frank Giacoia was not related to U.N.C.L.E. in any way, except being spy-themed!

You'll note it's only four pages!

Every Jet Dream tale until the book-length one-shot was the same length.

As a result, characterization and back-story are at a minimum and the stories race along at a maniacal pace!

The team is, like the Blackhawks, international, with members from the US, Germany, England, France, and an unspecified Pacific island.

They're all expert aircraft pilots, all can handle weapons and know various marital arts, and each has unique talents.

Unlike the Blackhawks of the era, they are mercenaries, hiring out to the highest bidder...as long as they're not Commies or an evil organization like SPECTRE or THRUSH!

There's no origin story, we're introduced to them as an already-organized and fully-equipped team.

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TRAGG AND THE SKY GODS "Race Against Death"

Remember Lorn, the heroine of our previous Tragg and the Sky Gods post?

Here's a tale spotlighting her created before that one, but published a while after it!

Though this tale was packed into the back of the otherwise-reprint final issue of Gold Key's Tragg and the Sky Gods (#9 in 1982)...

...it was probably meant for a back-up tale in #1 (or #2) back in 1976.

You'll note the cover for #9 (above), which re-does the art for #1, makes no mention of the new back-up story!

The story is by the original artist/co-creator, Jesse Santos, who left the book (except for covers) as of #3 due to scheduling problems.

In addition, both Tragg and Lorn are dressed in garb they only wore in the Santos-illustrated #1!

Why had it not been used up to this point?

I suspect the editors felt Lorn was too aggressive, even during the heydey of Womens' Lib, but since #9 was the last issue, and the Gold Key line was shutting down, it would be the last chance to recover the money already paid for the story!

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TRAGG AND THE SKY GODS "Death-Duel" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...in our distant past, aliens from Yargon manipulated the DNA of two cavewomen!

Their children, Tragg and Lorn, were the first homo sapiens.

After observing the successful results of their experiments, the Yargonians left.

Two decades later after a bloody revolution on their world, other Yargonians, far less benevolent, landed on Earth.

The now-grown Tragg and Lorn seek to organize resistance to the aliens, whom the cave dwellers consider "gods" due to their technology and appearance!

But one of the aliens, Keera, lusts after Tragg and seeks to slay his beloved Lorn...

Up to this never-reprinted story by writer Don Glut and illustrator Dan Spiegle from Gold Key's Tragg and the Sky Gods #6 (1976), Lorn had been a fairly-passive character, following Tragg around and occasionally acting as a decoy or distraction when he battled aliens, dinosaurs, and other, less evolved cavemen.

This issue presents her in a far more aggressive light as she battles for her life in hand-to-hand combat against the alien who also desires her man!

In what can best be described as an "interstellar soap opera",  the ongoing Keera/Tragg/Lorn triangle continued for the remainder of the series' run, adding a human interest side to this variation of the then-phenomenally popular Chariots of the Gods concept!

As to how this series features dinosaurs hanging around with the cavemen (and aliens), this one-pager explains the matter...

If you'd like to see earlier adventures of Lorn and Tragg...click HERE!

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TIGER GIRL II "Part 2 - When the Pussy Cat Pounces - Watch Out"

When Last We Left Our Feline Heroine...

 ...well, that covers it pretty well, so let's dive in, true believers!

Unfortunately for fans of campy superheroines and spies, there was no "next issue"!
Writer Jerry (Superman) Siegel and artist Jack Sparling co-created this Silver Age heroine who appeared in the only, never-reprinted issue of Gold Key's Tiger Girl (1968) and then disappeared into limbo.

BTW, Jack Sparling also illustrated another one-shot heroine for Gold Key..tv's Honey West!

TIGER GIRL II "Part 1a: Combats Wolf Hound"

When Last We Left Our Heroine...

Tiger Girl battled and defeated the Growler, not knowing that brief combat was but a harbinger of what terror was to come as dark forces plot her downfall...

Needless to say...

TO BE CONTINUED!

Writer Jerry (Superman) Siegel and artist Jack Sparling co-created this Silver Age heroine who appeared in the only, never-reprinted issue of Gold Key's Tiger Girl (1968) and then disappeared into limbo.

BTW, Jack Sparling also illustrated another one-shot heroine for Gold Key..tv's Honey West!

TIGER GIRL II "Part 1: Cunning Trap of the Wolf Hound"

What if...a co-creator of Superman created a super-heroine?

She'd probably be just like this one-shot heroine from the end of the Silver Age of Comics!

Well, now you know who she is and how she came to be.

But, aren't you wondering who the heck "Wolf Hound" is, and what he has to do with this story?

Be here next time for the answers to that and other questions...

Co-created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Jack Sparling, our heroine's one appearence was in Gold Key's Tiger Girl #1 (1968).