For this week’s Fabulous Find, I’m back in the fanzine annex and I pulled out this nice fanzine entitled; Mr. A. It was published in 1973 by Comic Art Publishers and edited by Joe Brancatelli. And for those in the know, Mr. A. is a character that was created by none other than, Steve Ditko. …
DetailsWelcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re looking at three different stories with the same basic premise this week. They are What If? #7 (1978), What If? #76 (1995), and What If? Spider-Man #1 (2018) and they all tackle the question of “What if Flash Thompson Became Spider-Man?” Where is the best place…
DetailsHi gang! Glad you all found your way back to my humble post. This week it’s time for another RETRO REVIEW. So, a couple of weeks ago I was rummaging around in the Marvel Comics annex of the great comic book vault and unearthed my copy of Marvel Premiere # 3, featuring Dr. Strange, Master…
DetailsStop in on Saturday, May 4th for Free Comic Book Day! We’ll have a selection of comics to give away, plus all sorts of sales promotions, new collections out for sale, and the talented Megan Lovejoy will be hand making art pieces for you to take home as a memento of the day. But we’re…
DetailsWelcome back to Strange Times & Places, where I’m warning you ahead of time that you’re getting two of these in a row (I’m going on vacation and these are easy to find time for). I misspent my teen years moderating THE He-Man & The Masters of the Universe fan forum, so I’m looking to…
DetailsWelcome back everyone, so glad to see you once again. This will be my third in a row musical Fabulous Find. I’m having fun unearthing all this great music and sharing it here with you, and I hope you’re enjoying it too. This time out I’m sharing a great little song that really got…
DetailsWelcome back to Scripting Errors, where we look at movies that might have been! In honor of Halloween this week, we’re looking at one of many drafts of the flick that would become 2003’s Freddy Vs. Jason, this one in particular entitled…Jason vs. Freddy. Who Wrote It and When? This draft was written by Ronald…
DetailsI’m happy to see you made it back for a new RETRO REVIEW. This week, from the Marvel Comics annex of the comic book vault, I have pulled out Thor # 200, cover dated June 1972. The cover sports a great illustration, both penciled and inked by, John Buscema. The story within is entitled; “Beware!…
DetailsWelcome back to Strange Times & Places, where today we’re taking a faintly Halloween trip into the kid friendly with Lil’ Ernie #1! How’s It Different? It’s an imaginary story, reimagining the undead serial killer Evil Ernie as an incorrigible little rapscallion called Awful Ernie. This one-shot was released as part of a Lil’ Dynamite…
DetailsGreetings all. I received enough positive feedback from the musical post two weeks ago, that I decided to try another one. This week from January 1966, comes You’re Gonna Miss Me from the Thirteenth Floor Elevators. This 45 RPM, seven (7) inch record was first released by a small local record company in Texas, Contact as…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where I’m preempting the planned examination of some Strange Times & Places to highlight a recent Power Rangers short film that dropped on YouTube: Power Rangers Legacy Wars – Street Fighter Showdown AKA “The Early 90s Strikes Back”. Plot Rundown Ryu & Chu-Li (of Street Fighter fame) find themselves stranded in…
DetailsHi there folks, I’m back this week with a new RETRO REVIEW for your reading pleasure. Digging around deep within the comic book vault, I came upon this little gem, cover dated March 1977, Marvel Team-Up # 55, from Marvel Comics. The basis for this series was the teaming up of two heroes facing off against a…
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