New Universe. Same Slayer. Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re looking at something a little outside the usual scope of this column – Boom! Studios’ Buffy The Vampire #1-4. How’s It Different? We’re going to have to add yet another new category to the list: this baby is an Ultimate Universe, named…
Wow, it still provides an impact all these many years later! The reds and pinks really make the black and white figures pop! I love it! The contributors within, are a who’s who in the small realm of comic book fandom, at the time. There are stories by Ronn Foss, Roger Brand, Biljo White and…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re looking at the Marvel Mangaverse and an ostensibly mainstream one-shot worthy of the MAX label – Marvel Mangaverse: Punisher #1! The Punisher at work! How’s It Different? Like the rest of the Mangaverse, it’s an Imaginary Story wherein Marvel’s characters are reinterpreted through the lens of…
I would guess that everyone is familiar with MAD Magazine. If you haven’t actually read an issue, you’ve at least heard of it over the years. But did you know that that also produced MAD paperback books? Yes indeed, they did. The creators of the magazine decided, rather early on, as a matter of fact,…
The story is entitled, simply; ‘The Legion of Super-Heroes” and it is written by author, Otto Binder, with the both the pencils and inks done by artist, Al Plastino. The story begins with three teens from the future, who go back into the past, to 1958, and offer Superboy membership in their super-hero club. Superboy…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re celebrating the first issue of Batman: Curse of the White Knight (on sale tomorrow at fine comics retailers like us) by looking back at the original mini-series Batman: White Knight! Little ditty ’bout Jack and Harleen… How’s It Different? This is a Royale with Cheese story,…
Good day, mates, and welcome to another new Fabulous Find. I’m your host, Greg Turner and this week I bring to you a fanzine published in 1970. The fanzine is Reality # 1 and it was published by Robert Gerstenhaber. I really don’t know anything about Mister Gerstenhaber, other than he published a pretty nice…
What’s The Story? Soldier Supreme, AKA the magically enhanced 4-F volunteer Stephen Rogers, is attacked in his Sanctum Sanctorum by Madame Hel! Perplexed by this development, as he was introduced to her as the girlfriend of his ally Iron Hammer (AKA Stark Odinson), Rogers quickly figures out that heroes all over Warp World are under…
Welcome back to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where this week we are celebrating today’s release of Spider-Man: Far From Home by watching the first Spider-Man movie ever intended for theaters! BRIEF BACKGROUNDThis flick was produced for the Toei Manga Matsuri festival (much like the previously covered Metalder movie). As such, it is a glorified episode of the…
Last week’s RETRO REVIEW looked at Dr. Strange # 178, and the issue left off with the good Doctor and the Black Knight defeating Tiboro, the main villain of that issue, but Dr. Strange had the last word, saying: “We have won but one battle of the great war … the true test is yet…