Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, and Collected, wherein we here at Back to the Past slow down for a second to do a deep dive into something particularly cool that’s come through our doors. Today, we’re looking at a selection of Super 8 movies that came in – including Superman: The Movie. Superman The Movie…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, wherein we examine the “Cool Factor” of items that come through our doors. Today’s item is a special edition Gold Superman figure created in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Super Powers line, with an interesting history behind it’s origins. Mattel’s Gold Superman from DC Classics Anticipating…
Hey everyone, welcome to a new RETRO REVIEW. This week I’ve pulled out the cover dated, January 1987, issue of Superman # 1 from DC Comics. This is the, dare I say it, reboot, or renovation, of the Superman titles after sales had plunged and the Superman titles had languished for far to long. DC…
President Superman Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re not looking at a specific story but a world of DC’s sprawling Multiverse – Earth 23, home of President Superman! How’s It Different? This would be, like most worlds of the Multiverse, a Royale With Cheese – differences pile up until you have a…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where I’m stopping the presses to give you my take on a comic that allegedly hit Target store shelves two weeks ago but didn’t hit the metro area until this week! That’s right, this week we’re checking out the DC Primal Age 100-Page Giant! How’s It Different? It…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where today we’re honoring the legacy of Stan Lee by looking at one of the most elaborate alternate realities ever conceived for comics – Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe! How’s It Different? By gadfree, this one’s hard to classify. Imaginary Story is probably the best…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where this week we’re looking at a story that only arguably fits our criteria: Alan Moore and Curt Swan’s legendary “Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?”. How’s It Different? Right on the first page, this tale is proclaimed “An Imaginary Story”, but then we are asked “Aren’t…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where the debut of the Infinity Warps last week reignited some childhood fandom in me. As such, in honor of Infinity Wars: Soldier Supreme #1 hitting our racks this week, we’re looking at Super-Soldier #1 & Super-Soldier: Man of War #1! How’s It Different? Like Spider-Boy, JLX, and…
Welcome back to Scripting Errors, a periodic feature where we look at movies that might have been! Today’s entry is the single best Valor script ever written, Superman: Flyby. Who Wrote It and When? J. J. Abrams, circa 2002. Felicity had just ended, Alias was just beginning, and his big directorial break with Mission Impossible…
Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where we’re sticking with 1994’s Elseworld Annuals by look at Justice League America Annual #8, “The Once and Future League”. How’s It Different? I would call this one another “For Want of a Nail” story, in which the original Justice League (with a very Pre-Crisis line-up) is killed…