On this date in 1954, the US tests a massive hydrogen bomb, one thousand times the power of that dropped on Hiroshima, on the small Pacific archipelago of Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Although it wasn't the only weapons test in the area (more than 20 nuclear bombs were detonated there), it was the largest weapon ever tested by the US and its effects are still felt in the radiation-poisoned Bikini.
However, since I've already done a Ten of a Kind on deadly atomic explosions, here's a salute to the suit named after the blast:
Oh, Charlton romance comics.
ReplyDeleteOh, Charlton romance comics...
They're very funny. Actually the Tomb Raider comic (written by Dan Slott) is pretty good.
ReplyDeleteThat Archie cover manages to be entirely nonsensical and deeply disturbing all at the same time. Kind of impressive, really.
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