Motor City Comic Con Remains a Destination, Despite Weekend Competition
The convention landscape is much more crowded than it was when Motor City Comic Con first launched.
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Fabulous Find: Where’s Ringo?
I’m back with a new Fabulous Find and this week I’ve selected something a little newer and more recent. So without further ado, I give you a hardbound book … Where’s Ringo?, written by Andrew Grant Jackson. It was published in 2014 by Thunder Bay Press, which is located in San Diego, California. Being a…
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1 out of 5 – Would Recommend: Faust: Love of the Damned
Welcome back to 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend, where the influx of 90s indies and anti-heroes into our recent auctions prompted me to bust out my DVD of Faust: Love of the Damned. It was purchased about a year ago when a run of the comic upon which it is based first came…
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RETRO REVIEW: Mystery In Space # 53
For this week’s RETRO REVIEW, I’m going way, way back to the beginnings of the Silver Age and bringing out Mystery In Space # 53. this comic was published by DC Comics, at the time National Comics. It is cover dated August 1959 and features the new star of the comic, Adam Strange. Adam Strange…
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Strange Times & Place: A-Next #1
Welcome back (once more) to Strange Times & Places, where I’m still honoring Avengers: Endgame by discussing A-Next #1. How’s It Different? This is a Royale With Cheese, spinning off from a For Want of a Nail story. It’s part of the MC2 universe, of which Spider-Girl was the flagship character. Many years ago, around…
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Fabulous Find: Woweekazowie! # 2
Welcome once again to a new Fabulous Find post. This week I’m sharing an old fanzine, though it’s a recent addition to my collection; Woweekazowie! # 2. This fanzine was published in the Fall of 1976. I am not entirely sure who the actual publisher was. In Dale’s Comic Fanzine Price Guide (2015 edition) it…
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Strange Times & Place: What If The Avengers Lost Operation: Galactic Storm?
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where today, in honor of Avengers: Endgame, we are talking about What If? #55-56: “What If the Avengers lost Operation: Galactic Storm”. How’s It Different? This is a For Want of a Nail story, spinning out of the Avengers crossover “Operation: Galactic Storm”. Named for the then-recent first…
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RETRO REVIEW: Captain America # 193
Greetings and salutations! I’m glad you found your way back for a brand spanking new RETRO REVIEW. This week I’ve pulled out a classic, cover dated January, 1976; Captain America # 193. This comic was published by Marvel Comics, as if you didn’t already know. This issue features the return of Jack Kirby to Marvel…
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1 out of 5 – Would Recommend: Mortal Kombat Annihilation
Welcome back to 1 out of 5 – Would Recommend, where…I still haven’t watched animated Titanic yet. I am, however, jazzed for the release of Mortal Kombat 11, so I broke out my old VHS copy of Mortal Kombat Annihilation to talk about. What’s The Plot? In the immediate aftermath of Liu Kang’s tournament victory…
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Fabulous Find: The Mighty Groundhogs – Who Will Save the World lp
Howdy, to all of you that have made it back to my weekly column. This week, again I am featuring a Fabulous Find. And that find is an album, an lp, a long player, if you may. It’s by an obscure British band named; The Mighty Groundhogs and the album is; Who Will Save the…
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Fabulous Find: Maelstrom # 1 fanzine
Hey, I decided to come back from vacation after all. I definitely enjoyed my time away and almost decided to retire my columns, but here I am, at least through the end of the year. At the end of the this year, I’ll have been doing these columns for ten (10) years. Can you believe…
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Tokusatsu Gesundheit: Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II
Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we’re continuing our extended look at the Heisei-era Godzilla series with Godzilla Vs. Mechagodzilla II. Plot Rundown G-Force, the U.N.’s military answer to the ongoing Godzilla problem, has two super-weapon projects in final stages: Garuda, a high-tech fighter/bomber meant for fighting kaiju, and Mechagodzilla, a 100% robotic Godzilla based on…
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