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FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Kickstart your weekend
Kickstart your weekend by checking out some fantastic Kickstarters! Comic shops aren’t the only place to…
‘Delverium’ is a Co-op Sandbox Game Launching Next Month!
Brisbane-based indie studio Sagestone Games has revealed that the Steam demo for their upcoming open-world survival…
“YOU WON’T FEEL A THING” #1 Set for a Second Printing Soon
YOU WON’T FEEL A THING #1 has already sold out at the distribution level. Created by…
JUST IMAGINE! September 1964: When Justice Jests
One scene in superhero stories always amuses me. It’s the bit where some bully, smartass, or…
Fantastic Comic Fan: Enjoying Digital Comics—Three Fantastic Starting Points
I’ve said we are in a new “Golden Age” for comics for years. Comics are being…
JUST IMAGINE! February 1947: The Wonder in the Wheelchair
Gardner Fox wrote superhero stories intended to provide support for the disabled, all the way back…
JUST IMAGINE! September 1967: That’s Nice, That’s Terrific
Superman editor Mort Weisinger often took his story cues from the popular culture fads of the…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Archie Comics
When was the last time YOU read an Archie Comic? Archie may not be one of…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: The Dragonfly Vol 1
The Dragonfly Vol 1 When a madman named Edward Crow learns about the alien communities on…
JUST IMAGINE! January 1964: On the Side of the Angel
In Tales of Suspense 49 (Jan. 1964), Iron Man uses his new armor to withstand a…
JUST IMAGINE! June 1967: The Everyman in Superman
That mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent seldom gets any applause. Superman 197, a 1967 80-page Giant, was…
JUST IMAGINE! September 1986: Götterdämmerung for Superman
A certain dramatic flaw is inherent in superhero stories appearing in ongoing commercial magazines like pulps…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Nihil Negativum Vol 3
Nihil Negativum Vol 3 As death settles into a rhythm, so does the dread of the…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1964: Enter the Dragon Man
The Thing began by being subject to embittered, violent rages, but those tantrums evolved from being…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1965: Pulling Powers Out of Your Hat
His power came from his long-unfashionable hat. Teeny weeny magic beanie, / Pointing towards the sky;…
JUST IMAGINE! March 1958: The Dynamic Duo and the Terrible Trio
Who could threaten a duo of animal-costumed heroes more than a trio of animal-costumed villains? The…
JUST IMAGINE: April 1954: Captain America By Any Other Name…
But for a quirk of fate, comic books’ Silver Age might have arrived a couple of…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Kazetta #1
Kazetta #1 Kazetta, along with his pixie and demon friends, seeks to weed out the evil…
JUST IMAGINE! January 1967: Now Tarzan Make War
Wielding a huge mounted machine gun as if it were a tommy gun, a grimacing Tarzan…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1960: Females and Felines
Females and felines. They go way back. But why that particular popular cultural association? Perhaps partly…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1964: The Advantages of Being Frozen
As a writer, Stan Lee took pride in attempting to repurpose something that might be regarded…
JUST IMAGINE! June 1958: Look! Up in the Sky! It’s a Hawk!
Thanks to his seven comic book titles, his newspaper comic strip, his movie cartoons, his movie…
El Rey del Comic: HORACIO LALIA, EL MAGO DEL HORROR
La gente confunde a Horacio con el actor de las Galaxias: Alec Guinness. “El Mago Del…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: The Adventures Of Alibi Jones
The Adventures Of Alibi Jones Meet Alibi Jones, a mediator for the Solar Alliance. Besides his…
JUST IMAGINE! January 1970: Another Thunder
Alan Jim Hanley’s Captain Thunder appeared in his fanzine efforts in the late 1960s-early 1970s. The…
JUST IMAGINE! January 1940: The Start of the Shtick Superheroes
Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Harry Lampert, the Flash was among the first of…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1960: Pity the Old Man in the Sky
Superheroes generally have one power of which even they remain unaware: they don’t age. We long-time…
JUST IMAGINE! July 1970: The Female of the Species
In 1970, Marvel unveiled the first of its several female counterparts to Spider-Man. And it turned…
JUST IMAGINE! July 1942: A Superman No More
Perhaps MLJ may have decided that Batman-like heroes were on the way in, and Superman-like heroes…
‘Stars in the Trash’ Brings Nostalgia to this Cat Tale Video Game!
“Stars in the Trash” is a fun, bite-sized experience that takes players through classic animation’s nostalgia…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: United Forces #6
United Forces #6 Phil Foulder unknowingly makes a wish near the orb and is granted the…
JUST IMAGINE! May 1941: Beware the Butterfly’s Bayonet
In a single story in Captain America Comics 3 (May 1941), we get mummies, a looming…