Howdy partners! It’s once again time for a new Fabulous Find, and this week I’ve had to go to the research books and internet, as I do not actually own this collectible. And what is this collectible I’m referring to? Well, it’s from Madison Limited and DC Comics, and it is the Batman Super-Heroes String…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where practical effects are king and rubber suits work best. Today, we’re watching the 1966 Japanese/American co-production, King Kong Escapes. Plot Rundown When his mining robot, Mechanikong, fails in obtaining the highly radioactive Element X, the evil Dr. Who (no relation) sets his sights on kidnapping the real thing – King…
DetailsWelcome back for a new RETRO REVIEW. This week I’ve gone to the bookshelf of comic magazines, off to the side of the comics vault, and pulled out Heavy Metal # 1, cover dated April 1977. This new magazine was published by HM Communications, Inc. and ran one hundred (100) pages and was sold for…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where today we’re taking a trip across the Yellow Sea from our usual fare to watch the Chinese Kung-Fu Tokusatsu, Super Inframan! Plot Rundown Demon Princess Elzebub frees herself and her monster army from the core of the Earth after millions of years spent dormant. She delivers humanity an ultimatum –…
DetailsWelcome back to a new Fabulous Find. Hope I didn’t throw you off by posting RETRO REVIEWS two weeks in a row! This week I have not visited the comic vault though, I’ve gone into my record collection again and excavated a single, or if you prefer a 45. You know, one of those small,…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we’re looking at a slightly different kind of Tokusatsu today. Gatchaman is the big (for Japan) budget adaptation of a classic anime (which was brought over to the U.S.A. as Battle of the Planets (70s), G-Force (80s), and Eagle Riders (90s)), which heavily influenced Super Sentai and as such bears…
DetailsWelcome back, for the second part of a rare, two part RETRO REVIEW. Last week I looked and wrote about Justice League of America # 21, cover dated August, 1963 and this week I’ll be featuring the next comic book in the series, Justice League of America # 22, cover dated September 1963, which has the…
DetailsWednesday, September 14th – Americana Broadcast @6PM Eastern This session is both in the showroom and online – join us in person or live via Proxibid. Our semi-weekly Wednesday broadcast continues with another spiffy selection of comics & collectibles from around the pop culture world, including several CGC slabbed books! Browse the catalog, prebid and join us live…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where Shotaro Ishinomori is as respected as Stan The Man. Today’s subject is the gritty movie reboot of one of his classic creations, 2014’s Kikaider Reboot. Plot Rundown Newly orphaned siblings Mitsuko and Masaru Kohmyoji are attacked by the government agency that employed their late father – the ominously named Project:…
DetailsI’ve been featuring Marvel Comics for the last two months in my RETRO REVIEWs, so I thought I’d switch over to DC Comics, for a couple of columns, if that’s okay with you, my readers. So this week I’ve have pulled from the comics vault my copy of Justice League of America # 21. Then…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where your author continues to be busier than expected! This week, we’re talking about the Power Rangers season that wasn’t, 2012’s Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters! Plot Rundown Three young heroes are recruited by Japan’s Energy Management Center to be become the Go-Busters, defenders of the wondrous clean energy source Enetron from the…
DetailsWelcome to another, though slightly different, edition of Fabulous Find. Rather than an old collectible, I’d like to bring to your attention something brand spanking new. Though it definitely has ties to something that happened over fifty (50) years ago. And what is that, you might ask? Well, it’s a new soft cover book written…
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