Polite Dissent

Single page PSAs and features were common in some of the older Dell and Gold Key television comics from the 1960s because they didn’t carry ads (at least at first), and had space to fill. This post from 10 August 2005 looks at a couple of these pages.

Still recovering from jet lag and lack of sleep (and being on call), so here are a couple more cover vignettes from medical comics of the 1960s. First, from the inside back cover Ben Casey #1 comes “Medicine’s New Wonder Machines.” A fairly optimistic look at medical technology. The Electron Microscope and Stereo Microscope have come to fruition, but the Electrical Anesthesia was a no go. There are variations of a Heart-Lung Machine used today, but nothing nearly as simple as pictured.

Next, from the back cover of Dr. Kildare #4 is “A Doctor’s Work” — and in color (or four-color at least). And there’s another image of the old style artificial respiration technique.

This is another older post that takes a look at some of these single page features.