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FANTASTIC COMICS FAN: Kickstarters
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JUST IMAGINE! October 1944: Siblings Shamble Out of the Swamp
One of the greatest foes ever faced by Green Lantern and the Justice Society of America…
JUST IMAGINE! September 1958: A Venusian Eye in the Sky
Admittedly, The First Satellite (Space Adventures 25, Sept. 1958) was a pretty predictable piece. Bellicose Earthmen…
JUST IMAGINE! April 1941: Zatara in Action
Although he always lived in Superman’s shadow, Zatara the Magician was at least as powerful as…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: INTERNET ARCHIVE
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been going through some of the ways to read digital…
JUST IMAGINE! July 1963: FF Shrinks as Marvel Universe Grows
I must have reread Fantastic Four 16 (July 1963) more often than any other issue, and…
JUST IMAGINE! July 1987: Wonder Drugs to the Rescue
Superheroes may be fiction, but wonder if drugs are real. Originally, in his first appearance in…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Jennifer The She-Wolf #1
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JUST IMAGINE! January 1958: Strange Mysteries of Other Planets
Even in the superhero desert of the 1950s, a lot of comic book stories might be…
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JUST IMAGINE: March 1982: Shout ‘Kimota!” and Transform Comics
Before his own Watchmen and Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns, there was 1982’s Marvelman, Englishman Alan…
JUST IMAGINE! April 1960: Wolf Man Jimmy
Superman’s pal may have been mystified about how he became a Wolf Man (Jimmy Olsen 44,…
JUST IMAGINE! March 1962: Monsters May Be Misunderstood
From the first, Marvel Comics regularly repeated an anti-prejudice theme (except where “Reds” were concerned, of…
JUST IMAGINE! July 1925: Beware the Deadly Ringer
Virtually a one-man fiction factory, the British writer Edgar Wallace perpetuated many of the melodramatic conventions…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Vegas Baby Vol 1
Vegas Baby Vol 1 Architect Of The Improbable Vegas Baby is a super genius on a…
JUST IMAGINE! December 1958: The Four Faces of the Jackal
For years, I assumed that the Batman villain King Tut, played with scenery-chewing relish by Victor…
An All-New ‘Stranger Things’ Toy Line Emerges from Jazwares!
Jazwares, a top global toy company, and Netflix are partnering to create a new product line…
JUST IMAGINE! June 1959: The Invisible Tomahawk
Tomahawk started out fighting redcoats and ended up battling frontier dinosaurs, frontier supermen, giant gorillas, Indians…
El Rey del Comic: CORÉ UN DIBUJANTE GENIAL
Coré era estudiante de arquitectura, ya era un excelente dibujante, su tía era Directora de El…
JUST IMAGINE! December 1952: Double, Toil and Trouble
In November, Captain Comet had encountered a female counterpart, Miss Universe. The next month saw him…
JUST IMAGINE! December 1959: How the Blackhawks Evolved
Part of my fascination with comic book house ads is seeing what was inside the titles…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Sgt. Flag Vol 1
SGT. FLAG Vol 1 Rob McFarlane was a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps, working as…
JUST IMAGINE! January 1967: The Super Powers of the Twilight Zone
“Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Digital Comics
Last week, I talked about some free and cost-effective digital reading services. This time around, I…
JUST IMAGINE! August 1992: A Superhero in Pleasantville
Martian Manhunter: American Secrets illustrates how superhero comics can be used for retrospective moral satire. The…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Archie Tackle Different Genres
One of the best things about Archie Comics is its ability to tackle different genres—and remain…
JUST IMAGINE! February 1980: A Forgotten Feel-Good Film
If Frank Capra had made a superhero movie, it might well have been 1980’s Hero at…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Of Death #3
Of Death #3 Who Are These People?! The more you live in a small town, the…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1956: Have Rocket Belt, Will Fight Crime
In France after World War II, superheroes became problematic. Characters like Tarzan and the Batman-like French…