Stupid Comics

Atlas Comics, also known as Seaboard Periodicals, was created by former Marvel Comics founder Martin Goodman, and they had an entire array of titles with everything from superheroes, monsters, and good girls. One such comic was Devilina, Atlas' take on Vampirella which acted as a black and white anthology of horror comics that only lasted for two issues. The Curse Of Nefertiri was a tale of an expedition gone horrible wrong, then again, most stories with mummies never go right. Written by Atlas regular Gabriel Levy and drawn by former Marvel artist Pablo Marcus, the story starts out with a pair of treasure hunters waiting outside some ruins in the Sahara they excavated. The impatient Harris is tired of waiting for the special x-ray team to scope out the mummy coffin that he and his partner Benson found, so in a fit of rage Harris kills Benson and proceeds to pop open the coffin of the Egyptian Queen Nefertiri. The story then delves into a flashback set 3000 years ago where Nefertir...

One of Joe Kubert's rare characters was that of Hollywood Stunt-Girl which was a space filler in first two issues of The Three Stooges by St. John Publishing in 1953. Jeanie Steele is a freckle-faced bleach-blonde stuntwoman on the set of a movie studio's latest western being directed by Mr. Schnotzelfritz, a stereotypical German with an outrageous accent. Handsome publicity agent Danny amazes at Jeanie's fortitude much to the dismay of the jealous actress Grace who wants him to pay attention to her. After Danny takes Jeanie out for the night, Grace is determined to win Danny's affections. A few days later, Jeanie is playing the part of a female football player which must have been a serious rarity back in the 50s, and Grace has a stuntman under her employee try to foil Jeanie's efforts but she's just too much for him to successfully take down without tipping his hand. Grace again tries to off Jeanie by sabotaging a motorcycle she's riding on that Jeanie man...