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FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Golden Age Riverdale
One of the first things I usually ask fans when I write about Archie is when…
INDIE SPOTLIGHT: Murinae After Midnight #1
Murinae After Midnight #1 A mother mouse is forced to seek out food for her starving…
JUST IMAGINE! October 1983: A Champion by Chance
A kind of latter-day Fly Girl, AC Comics’ heroine Nancy Arazello was appealing and unassuming, feeling…
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Official Baking Book’ First Look!
The Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Official Baking Book offers a warm and accessible approach…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Zenescope Reaches Milestone
With the bigger publishers mostly ignoring legacy numbering, few comics reach a hundred issues these days.…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1943: The Movie Star Who Said ‘Shazam!’
Fred MacMurray could fly, even without the hot rod he super-souped up in Disney’s The Absent-Minded…
Diving into the Newest & Biggest D&D Starter Set!
Heroes of the Borderlands is the newest (and Biggest) starter set for DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, designed…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1960: Still No Superheroes in Sight
Marvel offered four genres on the newsstands in November 1960, and superheroes weren’t among them. Readers…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: How Many Legions Can You Count?
I’ve done a little spotlight on the Legion of Superheroes, which possibly has the most messed-up…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Metal Hurlant #2 – A Psychedelic Dive into Galactic Mayhem
With all the upheavals and changes in the industry, it’s hard to keep track of some…
JUST IMAIGINE! October 1940: “So You Want to Play Rough, Eh?”
The founding members of the Justice Society of America ranged from a crime-crushing ghost who was…
JUST IMAGINE! August 1955: An Abundance of Super Bunnies
The first superhero to which an American child of the 1950s was likely to be exposed…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Website Just For Crusader Fan!
Off and on for a bit, I’ve been dipping into Archie’s Mighty Crusaders. Launched in the…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Dynagirl Crossing Over
Dynagirl Crossing Over Dynagirl’s adventures continue as she crosses over with other Indy Superheroes! This trade…
JUST IMAGINE! October 1948: Wings Against Wall Crawlers
“You say Professor Garvey has been working on a new invention?” Shiera Sanders asked. “Yes,” replied…
JUST IMAGINE! February 1940: The Doctor Is Strange
Strange doctors have been prowling around superhero comics almost from the beginning. The first Dr. Strange,…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: A Legion in Crisis
Whenever I think of Superboy and the Legion, I often have that old song from The…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Indy Spotlight Byrd’s Eye View Comics
I often say we are in a new Golden Age for comic books, because there are…
Fantastic Comics From Zenescope
Last week, I spotlighted a comic company that had been around for twenty years and, admittedly,…
JUST IMAGINE! September 1960: The Fast and the Flexible
By The Flash 115 (Sept. 1960), the title had become almost a team-up book, with other…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Archie Before Archie – The Golden Age
Archie Comics hasn’t always received the love it deserves over the years. Fans should occasionally sample…
JUST IMAGINE! October 1935: From the Supernatural to Superman
Caped, in flight (in another dimension) and drawn by Joe Shuster, Dr. Occult might easily be…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Sleuth Comics #2
Sleuth Comics #2 The nocturnal nemesis of crime known as the Black Owl protects his city…
JUST IMAGINE! March 1945: The Titanic Teenager
Teenagers were in vogue in the 1940s, and were even something of a new concept. After…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Add Something Kirby to Your Collection
If there is one creator who fans can never get enough of and who always seems…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Going Cosmic With the X-Men
With the current line of X-Men comics going on hiatus for another event, you might be…
JUST IMAGINE! April 1972: Superman and Machine
He threw all his strength into his legs, felt them hammering the water behind him. In…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Time to Revisit the Legion
I have been a long-time fan of the Legion of Superheroes, and there was a time…
JUST IMAGINE! January 1964: Gold Key Finds Tarzan’s Son
The immense popularity of Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan movies from 1932 to 1948 tended to overshadow Edgar…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Zenoscope—Going Beyond Capes
While at the San Diego Comic Con, I was amazed by the number of indie publishers…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Archie Gets Spooky
With the spooky season right around the corner, it’s time to delve deeper into something spookily…
JUST IMAGINE! April 1962: A Super Spy Ahead of His Time
In 1962, while what would become Marvel Comics was evolving the superhero concept in a more…