Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re celebrating the end of the year by reading the Elseworlds 80 Page Giant! Though it was eventually published – with an extra story added – in 2012, the original printing was ordered pulped by Paul Levitz over scene in one of the stories…a story that would…
DetailsWell, that just might be the longest title to a Fabulous Find or a RETRO REVIEW in the history of my posts. But since this post will appear just a day before Christmas Eve and two days prior to Christmas Day, it seems appropriate to share a Holiday themed find. So here ya go ……
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where even the holidays are morphenomenal! We’re cheating a little and watching Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Season 3, Episode 16: I’m Dreaming of a White Ranger! Plot Rundown It turns out that the Emperor of Evil, Lord Zedd, isn’t a big fan of the Holiday season. He sends his idiot brother-in-law,…
DetailsAnd we’re back ….. with another new RETRO REVIEW. This week it’s time for an independent comic book, so I’ve extracted from the vault the first three issues of Strangers In Paradise. These first issues were published by Antarctic Press. The first is cover dated; November 1993, the second; December 1993 and the third; February…
DetailsWelcome back to Strange Times & Places, where even the oldest Heroes can get a new spin. On that note, this week we are reading Altered States: The Shadow #1! How’s It Different? This one probably counts as an imaginary story, albeit one that has nothing in particular that prevents it from taking place and…
DetailsGreetings and salutations! Welcome back to another Fabulous Find, I’m glad you found your way back, or howdy, if this is your first visit. If you like this column, please check out my other ones, by clicking on my name above. With all that out of the way, let’s jump into today’s find … I had…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where Chris really needs to check on the availability of a film before committing to it. Instead The Mysterians, we’ll be watching the post-apocalyptic Kikaider spin-off Mechanical Violator Hakaider! Plot Rundown A group of scavengers in a post-apocalyptic future accidentally awaken a powerful and violent android named Hakaider. Hakaider slaughters them…
DetailsIt’s getting colder, but the collections are still sizzling! Wednesday, December 7 – Comics Collector Estate Sale Part 8: Silver and Bronze Comics @6PM Eastern This session is both in the showroom and online – join us in person or live via Proxibid. Highlights include 1st apps of Mera, The Squadron Supreme, Ocean Master, & Werewolf By Night…
DetailsCover dated September 1972, DC Comics presented to the world, Jack Kirby’s next round of original creations, The Demon # 1, or as the cover touted: “Jack Kirby’s Startling New Epic”! Into his second year at DC, Jack’s fourth world series, incompassing The New Gods, The Forever People, Mister Miracle and Jimmy Olson were losing sales and readers…
DetailsWelcome back to Strange Times & Places, where the familiar meets the unfamiliar. There are few occasions that will be truer than today, when we look at the post Marvel vs. DC soup known as the Amalgam Universe! Specifically, we’re reading JLX #1 and JLX Unleashed #1. How’s It Different? It’s a new category, an…
DetailsNot a Hoax! Not a Dream! Not an Imaginary Story! Because you demanded it, Back to the Past’s fantastic Black Friday deals have been extended through Sunday! The deals, detailed below, will officially run from 10 AM Friday (which, obviously, has already passed) until we at close at 5 PM on Sunday. Our BFDs* are:…
DetailsNineteen-sixty-six (1966), was the year of the Batman. First up was the television show that took the country by storm. Not just kids, but whole families, sat around their tv screens and rooted for the dynamic duo, Batman and Robin, to escape from a fiendish trap and defeat that week’s villain. And because of this,…
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