I’m back again with this allegedly-on-indefinite-hiatus column! Let me tell you all what kind of life I lead and friends I have: on Sunday 8/3, a very good friend of mine texts me to saying “[mutual friend’s boyfriend] is subjecting us to this film which I now feel obligated to share with you at some…
DetailsWelcome 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…
DetailsI 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,…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we’re once again turning our eyes to the Gosei Sentai Dairanger (guess which Sentai I finished most recently?), this time to the Kujaku arc/subplot. Kujaku and her boyfriend ShiShiRanger Plot Rundown The Dairangers defeat a mirror monster working for Gara, one of the three generals in the Gorma Triumvirate, and…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsWelcome 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,…
DetailsPlot Rundown The five core Dairanger have already been assembled, bonded with their mecha, and gained the power to destroy the monsters sent by the Gorma Tribe (more on them below). This calls for an escalation on the Gorma’s part, so they send their holy man High Priest Saw and his bodyguard Iron Face Chouryou…
DetailsGood 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…
DetailsWhat’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…
DetailsWelcome 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…
DetailsLast 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…
DetailsWelcome back to Strange Times & Places, where today we’re looking in on the non-powered world of X-Men Noir #1-4. How’s It Different? It’s an Imaginary Story, recasting Marvel’s Merry Mutants in a world inspired equally by noir films and pulp novels. Instead of philosophically opposed genetic mutations warring for world peace, we’ve got juvenile…
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