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Bill Everett’s 1972 Sub‑Mariner Is Still Fantastic
What I really, really want to talk about is Fantagraphic’s latest edition of their Atlas Creator…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1965: THUNDER in the Distance
What if costumed crusading wasn’t a mission, but just a job? That was Tower Comics’ interesting…
DC Universe Infinite: Why I Stopped Using It
Back in 2018, DC finally launched its digital service, similar to Marvel Unlimited, which lets you…
JUST IMAGINE! March 1962: When Four Take Flight
Some of the Fantastic Four’s flying vehicles were less fanciful than others. Their pogo plane was…
Titan Comics Brings The Hillbilly to Comics
Titan Comics returns to the fog with a new four‑issue series that digs into one of…
JUST IMAGINE! February 1961: The Robots You Can’t Refuse
Adam Strange foreshadowed Gold Key’s Magnus, Robot Fighter and echoed H.G. Wells’ The War of the…
With A Bang– Monsters Gone Wrong
Admittedly—and rightfully so!—I am feeling a bit guilty right now. Well, in a comic book sort…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1967: The Banality of Good
The runaway success of ABC’s Batman show in January 1966 prompted CBS and NBC to come…
Joe Meno: A Life Built Brick by Brick
As everyone knows, I could talk about TwoMorrows Publishing all day. Last June, I thought I…
JUST IMAGINE! January 1970: Endings and Beginnings
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, artists Neal Adams and Jim Aparo helped bring Batman…
JUST IMAGINE! January 1970: When Power Breaks Free
Some sequences simply stick with you. And for me, that was the case with Gil Kane’s…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Born Today – Gil Kane
If it’s Monday, it’s usually Archie Comics day, because many columnists and websites will do some…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Mahoneys #5
Mahoneys #5 The invasion is underway—and Mahoney’s is no longer just a bar. As alien forces…
JUST IMAGINE! March 1964: The Mage and the Imagination
While all Marvel superheroes were outré, Dr. Strange struck a special note of eeriness. For one…
JUST IMAGINE! July 1962: The Other Menace in the Metal Mask
We can safely say that Jack Kirby liked the look of a heavy metallic face mask…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Window Shopping for Something Mad
I do want to talk about Mad Cave Studios, but first, I have a few things…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1966: Power, Purity and the Pulp Hero
Three years after Bantam’s Doc Savage paperback reprint series began, its popularity inspired Gold Key to…
HOMAGE HUNTER APPROVED: THE HUNT BEGINS
Thank you for coming along on the Homage Hunter’s inaugural safari. Special thank you to First…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: When Was the Last Time You Had Some Dick… Tracy?
Well, I am sure the title of the column got your attention! April marks two years…
JUST IMAGINE! A pril 1963: Iron Man vs. Stone Age Man
Comic book superheroes often fight enemies who are either their mirror images, or their reverse mirror…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Tomorrow’s Tomorrow Publishing
Truth be told, with TwoMorrows Publishing being around for over thirty years and with all the…
Teamfight Tactics: Space Gods Brings Deities & New Mechanics
Teamfight Tactics (TFT) is a globally successful PC strategy game that branches from Riot Games’ popular…
JUST IMAGINE! June 1952: The All-Seeing Eye of the Jungle Skies
Swinging through the trees was all well and good, but Tarzan required a way to fly.…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: TwoMorrows Cryptology Nominated!
I can never say enough about TwoMorrows Publishing. They are one of the few outfits that…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: Betty & Veronica Pin Up Special
85 years of publishing comics: That’s what Archie is celebrating this year. It doesn’t matter how…
JUST IMAGINE! February 1912: Under the Moons of a Dream World
Edgar Rice Burroughs was a professional daydreamer. It was a career for which constrained circumstances had,…
JUST IMAGINE! July 1948: From Fawcett to Flash
Mention the name Flash Gordon to me and you conjure images of the lithe, clean-lined figures…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Sunshine #2
Sunshine #2 With her debt to Charon the Boatman paid in full, our green-haired heroine can…
JUST IMAGINE! May 1958: Saving Time in a Bubble
In the 1950s and 1960s, every reader of DC Comics knew exactly what a time machine…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: MJ, Peter & the Problem(s) With Marvel!
When DC and Marvel make huge changes to core characters, as a fan, I kind of…
JUST IMAGINE! March 1956: A Strange Visitor from Earth
Writer Jerry Siegel had already co-created a Superman who came from outer space, and a super-ghost…
JUST IMAGINE! May 1940: The Persistent Problem of Fate
In his 1977 essay It’s Magic, Dick O’Donnell noted that, like the Spectre, “Dr. Fate also…