Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where today we’re looking thirty years into the future of the Marvel Universe to the year 20XX – the time of the A.V.E.N.G.E.R.S. Initiative! How’s It Different? Like most possible futures, this one is a For Want of a Nail story. Interestingly, the point of divergence had not…
Hey ho, let’s go! I’m back with another new Fabulous Find this week and it has to do with that sixties Spider-Man theme song. I’m guessing that most, if not all my readers are familiar with that gem of a song. It was written and recorded for the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon/animated television show. It was…
Welcome, one and all, to a brand spanking new RETRO REVIEW, brought to you, as always, from myself and the good folks at Back To The Past. Hard to believe that I’m in my ninth year of providing content to their website. Time definitely flies when you’re having fun! But enough with the cliques, time…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re going to the strangest time and place of all: high school! That’s right, we diving into the world of the High School AU with Valiant High! How’s It Different? Like all such tales, it’s an Imaginary Story that transfers recognizable characters (in this case, those of…
I’m back with a new Fabulous Find for you. And this week I’m featuring the 1978 Milton Bradley – Marvel Comics’ Incredible Hulk Game with the Fantastic Four. The game is intended for ages 7 to 12, so there is not a lot of skill involved in this one folks, but it can still be fun…
So we meet again. This week’s RETRO REVIEW features an independent comic book from Dancing Elephant Press. The comic is Jack Staff # 1 and it is cover dated April 2000. The comic was created, written and drawn by writer/artist Paul Grist. Or as it says on the interior of the front cover; Paul “The…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where today we’re looking at an AU story starring Black Panther (in celebration of his big screen debut this week). It’s just about the only one I could find – Ka-Zar headlined more issues of What If? than King T’Challa, and he tops out at one! How’s It…
Hey, how you doin’? I’m back this week with a repeat Fabulous Find, looking at the 1975 Marvel Comics Slurpee cups. In 1975, I was a young man attending college and working in the college’s bookstore to earn some extra bucks and I discovered that the chain store, 7-11, was selling their slurpees in plastic cups…
Welcome back all, this week I’m once again going into the DC Comics annex of the comic book vault and I’ve pulled out the mini-series; Legends. There were six (6) issues in this mini-series and this is the comic book/series that John Byrne made his DC debut. These issues came out just before his Superman…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re turning our eyes away from the big two and towards the classic pin-up horror heroine Vampirella as we read the two Vampirella Manga ashcan specials. How’s It Different? These would be imaginary stories, placing monstrous femme fatales Vampirella and Pantha in thirtieth century Neo-Tokyo for reasons…