Let’s start off your week with a rare look at Blast Blair, a little-known early sixties astronaut-themed newspaper strip.

http://allthingsger.blogspot.com/2012/02/we-have-blast-off-saturday-letover-day.html

Here’s a fascinating piece on the historical and mythological origins of heroes.

http://www.comicscube.com/2012/02/she-is-screaming-in-shower-superheroes.html#more

Here’s a promising new blog devoted to Ace Comics, a nearly forgotten also-ran comics publisher of the 1950′s.

http://aces-of-ace.de/

Finally today, here’s a whole big bunch of Steve Ditko splash pages from the pre-Spidey days.

http://ferrandelgado.blogspot.com/2012/02/seleccion-de-splashes-de-steve-ditko-y.html