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Omnipotent Artificial Intelligence went on a rampage in 1947, but luckily Captain Marvel was around to…
JUST IMAGINE! July 1930: “Never Seen, Only Heard”
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Long before independent comics made diversity a regular part of the conversation, Murciélaga She-Bat was already…
JUST IMAGINE! June 1949: A Rocket Man for an Atomic Age
In the 1940s, comic book heroes flew off the page — literally. Rocket Man was one…
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By 1942, four years after their introduction into comics, superheroes were already pretty commonplace. How could…
JUST IMAGINE! March 1968: Press ‘S’ for ‘Soar’
I could wax rhapsodic about my favorite Captain America story arc, which stretched from Tales of…
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JUST IMAGINE! April 1964: Gunslingers and Gorillas
Like the dinosaur, the gorilla has long appeared to comic book fans as a creature almost…
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JUST IMAGINE! September 1980: Some Superheroes Stay Hidden
Although it is never recognized as such, the 1980 film Resurrection is a superhero story. The…
JUST IMAGINE! March 1971: To Infinity Man and Beyond
Heeding the late-1960s zeitgeist, writer-artist Jack Kirby cleverly turned his venerable kid gang concept into a…
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Before Malibu Comics launched the Ultraverse with characters such as Prime, Hardcase, and Mantra, the publisher…
OH, YOU DIDN’T KNOW – EX-MUTANTS
The 1980s independent comics boom produced some wonderfully strange concepts. Publishers were willing to experiment, creators…
OH, YOU DIDN’T KNOW – GRIPS
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There are comic-book heroes who save the universe, battle gods, and carry the fate of reality…
JUST IMAGINE! January 2023: Archie and the Man of Steel
Archie Comics has a deep bench of superheroes, although a lot of people probably don’t realize…
First Look at Magic: The Gathering | Reality Fracture
The newest Magic: The Gathering set will let fans watch infamous characters get thrown into an…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1966: The Atom Gets Into a Cat Fight
I have a special affection for DC’s Atom stories. They developed and then occupied their own…
OH, YOU DIDN’T KNOW – Mage
When discussing the great independent comics of the 1980s, MAGE deserves a place near the top…
JUST IMAGINE! May 1965: Ever More Powerful…
Storytelling melodrama necessarily led to an escalation of power in early Marvel comics. Super-powered heroes needed…
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JUST IMAGINE! July 1960: When Turtles Attack!
In their DC science fiction anthology title Strange Adventures, editor Julius Schwartz and his staff demonstrated…