Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where I am still stuck on giving you no context Endgame spoilers. This week, we’re reading Iron Man 2020 #1! How’s It Different? Hmmmm, Royale With Cheese maybe? It is set in one of Marvel’s many possible futures, specifically the cyberpunkesque future of…2020. Tony Stark is dead and…
DetailsThe convention landscape is much more crowded than it was when Motor City Comic Con first launched.
DetailsI’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…
DetailsWelcome 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…
DetailsFor 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…
DetailsWelcome 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…
DetailsWelcome 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…
DetailsWelcome 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…
DetailsGreetings 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…
DetailsWelcome 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…
DetailsHowdy, 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…
DetailsHey, 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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