Ultra Boy, the Super-Legionnaire introduced in Superboy 98 (July 1962), had the right pedigree, anyway. He…
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FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Give Archie a Little Love!
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it’s time to give some of that comic book…
JUST IMAGINE! January 1961: Showcasing the Sea King
By 1960, the Flash and Green Lantern had already been revised and revamped in DC Comics’s…
JUST IMAGINE! October 1966: Reassessing Romita and Rhino
I admit it. I cooled to The Amazing Spider-Man, a title I’d loved from the beginning,…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Green Lantern: Rebirth
Tom Marvelli of Another Door Comics joins me to revisit Green Lantern: Rebirth, exploring how this landmark…
JUST IMAGINE! October 1960: Trouble Nearby? Shine the Signal in the Sky
Ah, the mysterious, looming Bat-Signal. What a fascination it held for readers. Batman’s flashy-cool accoutrements —…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Latest from TwoMorrows Publishing
Time once again, look at some of the latest from TwoMorrows Publishing. They have been the…
League of Legends Patch 26.3 Brings Reworks and New Skins
Riot Games announced the next update for the popular 5v5 multiplayer online battle game, League of…
JUST IMAGINE! October 1963: Red Planet, Green Arrow
The Brave and the Bold 50 (Oct.-Nov. 1963) began the team-up tradition that would culminate in…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Indie Spotlight: Vitalerium
Too many comic books come my way each week—far, far too many for me to ever…
Time to Shred & Save Humanity in High on Life 2
High on Life 2 is a thrilling single-player first-person shooter where the player wields talking alien…
JUST IMAGINE! September 1941: The Wild, Wild Winged Wonder
What could you expect to find on an ice giant planet like Neptune? Well, extraterrestrial giants,…
JUST IMAGINE! January 1905: Is He in Heaven? Is He in Hell?
Pitting his scalpel-sharp wits and his protean powers of disguise against the forces of mass-murdering fanaticism,…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1951: The Day the Comet Still Stood
In Strange Adventures 14 (Nov. 1951), in an apparent nod to the 1951 film The Day…
JUST IMAGINE! April 1977: The Quatermass Memorandum
Prof. Quatermass: “If we found that our Earth was doomed, say by climatic changes, what would…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Half-Life
Half-Life The true story of what it’s like to live with prostate cancer. After your initial…
JUST IMAGINE! February 1961: Frankenstein Meets Superman (Sort Of)
Superman editor Mort Weisinger was always alert for the latest child-pleasing trends. He scanned movie posters…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1936: Time for a Mystery Man
Largely forgotten now, he was the first masked hero in comic books. But the Clock’s hour…
JUST IMAGINE! May 1961: The Ghost in the Machine
Writer Robert Kanigher was particularly good at coming up with concepts for fantastic adventure stories that…
JUST IMAGINE! April 1965: Reflections of a Golden Age
They might well have gone in another direction. DC’s popular revivals of its 1940s superheroes had…
JUST IMAGINE! September 1962: The Experimental Hulk
By the third issue of the second title of the Marvel era, The Incredible Hulk, it…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Deadpool the Duck
One of the nice perks of having both a column and a podcast is that sometimes…
Inside the League of Legends: Riftbound Worlds Bundle 2025
Riftbound was released late 2025 and has already proven to be a huge success. Riftbound is…
JUST IMAGINE! May 1960: The First Time I Saw the JLA
The first time I saw the Justice League of America, I was 5 years old, at…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Time to Perk Up for Pep Comics
When publishers convert older comic books into a digital format, I call it archiving. I know…
JUST IMAGINE! June 1973: Talk About Larger Than Life
Ironically, the 1930s pulp superhero Doc Savage had a major influence on comic books, but a…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Stardrift Odyssey #1
Stardrift Odyssey #1 Earth has fallen. The Galactic Federation’s assault has wiped out humanity’s homeworld, leaving…
JUST IMAGINE! June 1975: In a Mirror Darkly
Battling bodies careering into and right through arcane architecture — this superhero feature was clearly something…
JUST IMAGE! February 1957: The League of Death-Cheaters
If Hollywood had turned Jack Kirby’s Challengers of the Unknown into a movie in the 1950s,…
December 1965: Letting Catwoman Out of the Bag
You frequently see it reported that, because DC was gun-shy about the Comics Code, the Caped…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Exorcism in a Fantastic Way
It’s bad enough to keep track of all the new comics every week when you go…
JUST IMAGINE! May 1965: The Ian Fleming Affair
In 1964, audiences watched the stylish adventures of an Ian Fleming superspy named … Napoleon Solo.…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: One Influence on Claremont’s X-Men
In some recent columns, I talked about creators Mantlo, Conway, and Thomas, and how they, at…