Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we rely on nerds more obsessive than ourselves to get our hands on stuff not available outside of Japan. That’s rarely truer than today, when we’re watching a direct to video spin-off to a Kamen Rider series – Kamen Rider Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser. Plot Rundown We open with…
DetailsWelcome back gang! It’s time for a new RETRO REVIEW and this week I’ve ventured into the Marvel Comics section of the comic book vault and pulled out Doctor Strange # 169, cover dated June 1968. It is the first issue of the good Doctor’s self-titled series. Previously, the ol’ doc had shared Strange Tales…
DetailsWelcome back to Strange Times & Places, where classic do-gooders are usually receive darker and edgier reimaginings. Today, however, just the opposite will be happening in The Adventures of Spawn! How’s It Different? This one is a Royale with Cheese, in which many of the mainstream characters exist but are simply different, writ large. What’s…
DetailsHey there, fans, friends and family! It’s time for another Fabulous Find this week. And, as such, I have delved into the fanzine annex of the Comic Book Vault, buried deep beneath a secret location. Well, it’s secret, if you don’t know where my basement is. This week I’ve unearthed a couple of science fiction…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where beloved children’s shows of the 1980s get rebooted for modern audiences – yep, that’s an international phenomenon. We’re watching an example of said phenomenon AND discussing the third pillar of Toei’s Tokusatsu legacy with 2012’s Space Sheriff Gavan: The Movie! Plot Rundown Missing astronaut Geki Jumonji returns to Earth…
DetailsOkay, this week it’s time once again to look at a comic from one of the independent comic book companies. So I’ve ventured down into the depths of the comic vault, off to the side, in the independent comics annix and have pulled out two issues from the short lived comic book publisher; Pacific Comics.…
DetailsWelcome back to Strange Times & Places, where superheroes and literature often collide. Today, in honor of Halloween, we’re looking at Superman: The War of the Worlds! How’s It Different? This is a combo of an Imaginary Story and a For Want of a Nail story, telling Superman’s Golden Age origin story more or less…
DetailsWe are excited to be bringing you one of the best month-long events we’ve ever offered. Stay tuned for the month of November to discover a single owner’s lifetime of comics & collectibles stretching from the Golden and Silver age of comics to the present. Everything from key issues and complete runs of comics to toys,…
DetailsWelcome to this week’s Fabulous Find, true believers! And with that introduction, you might guess that I’m once again digging into my Marvel Comics collectibles to bring you something I think is totally cool. So without further ado, I present the 1965 Marvel Comics Group Official Swingin’ Stationery Kit. This kit was advertised in Marvel…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we follow long-running franchises into some dark places. Few long-runner installments are darker than 1992’s horror-tinged take on the Kamen Rider franchise, Shin Kamen Rider: Prologue. Plot Rundown Young motorcycle racer Shin Kazamatsuri dreams, in the first person, of brutal murders being carried out by a horrifying grasshopper creature. As…
DetailsHey, ho, it’s almost Halloween, so how’s about I dig into the comic vault and pull out a DC Comic this week featuring a supernatural element? Sound good? Okay, how about Superman # 214, cover dated February 1969? Done! So let’s jump right in. Take a look at the cover to that issue, as drawn…
DetailsWelcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we this week we’ll see what happens when you combine one of comics’ greatest heroes with one of literature’s greatest monster in the 1999 prestige format Elseworlds one-shot The Superman Monster. How’s It Different? This one falls under the category of “Imaginary Story”, wherein familiar characters are…
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