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23.05.2025
I should preface my review by saying that I have four essays in this volume, discussing the books The Seven-Percent Solution, The Daughte...
22.05.2025
cover art by Ron Wilson Avengers #126 (August 1974), written by Steve Englehart and drawn by Bob Brown, has moments throughout that deal w...
20.05.2025
MAY IS ADORABLE HARVEY COMICS COVERS MONTH! From 1965. Once again, the artist is not credited.
17.05.2025
X Minus One : "Hallucination Orbit" 5/15/56 A man stranded alone on a planet begins to hallucinate beautiful women. He realizes they are h...
16.05.2025
The Whitman TV-tie in books from the 1960s are nearly always worth reading. The publisher hired excellent authors who faithfully captured ...
15.05.2025
cover art by Larry Lieber Last week, we looked at the one and only appearance of a character called The Dakota Kid. And that was indeed hi...
13.05.2025
MAY IS ADORABLE HARVEY COMICS COVERS MONTH! From 1964, with the artist uncredited.
10.05.2025
Jeff Regan, Investigator : "Too Many Mrs. Rogers" 10/9/48 Regan is hired to guard a corpse and the valuable ring the dead guy is wearing. ...
09.05.2025
cover art by A.L. Ripley Read/Watch 'em In Order #180 Tom Gill was a forester and aviator, which sounds pretty cool. Though it's not, of c...
08.05.2025
cover art by Joe Maneely Last week, I said I would cover the only issue of Marvel's Western Team-Up , from 1973. But that book features th...
06.05.2025
MAY IS ADORABLE HARVEY COMICS COVERS MONTH! The artist who did this 1968 cover is uncredited.
03.05.2025
Gunsmoke : "Born to Hang" 4/23/55 A lynching leads to a vow to exact vengeance, which in turn leads to Dillon having a really busy day. Cl...
02.05.2025
I can't help it. I notice some obscure bit of pop culture trivia and I just gotta share it. I literally can't help myself. In the 1979 prose...
01.05.2025
cover art by Pierce Rice All-New Short Story Comics , published by Harvey Comics, ran for three issues in 1943. It then shortened its titl...
29.04.2025
APRIL IS KILLER ROBOT MONTH! A 1931 cover by H.W. Wesso.
26.04.2025
Suspense : "Bank Holiday" 7/19/45 Bonita Granville plays a bank teller who is kidnapped by two crooks during a robbery. It's a scary situa...
25.04.2025
cover art by George Rozen The April 1932 issue of The Shadow Magazine featured the novel Mobsmen on the Spot. Written by Walter Gibson (un...
24.04.2025
cover art by Victor Pazmino It was within pages of America's Funniest Comics that we encountered Tommy the Time Traveling Cat, whose adve...
22.04.2025
APRIL IS KILLER ROBOT MONTH! A Dave Cockrum cover from 1979.
19.04.2025
Our Miss Brooks : "Head of the English Department" 1/23/49 Miss Brooks hopes to be named head of the English Department. This means its ti...
18.04.2025
cover art by A.L. Ripley Read/Watch 'em In Order #180 Our next story in the January 10, 1926 issue of Adventure is "Solace of the Sea," b...
17.04.2025
cover art by Walt Kelly Last week, I said we'd review an issue of Hawkman, but I abruptly changed my mind when struck with an overwhelming...
15.04.2025
APRIL IS KILLER ROBOT MONTH! This Sal Buscema cover is from 1969.
12.04.2025
Dragnet : "The Big Dog" 11/16/54 My dog "Sherlock" when I discovered that Spongebob Squarepants is his natural prey Sgt. Friday responds ...
11.04.2025
My dog Sherlock continues to claim that his "impeccable taste in books" needs to be shared with the world and will inevitably save civilizat...
10.04.2025
cover art by Russ Heath The Russ Heath cover for G.I. Combat #121 (December 1966-January 1967) is magnificent and does depict a scene from...
08.04.2025
APRIL IS KILLER ROBOT MONTH! This 1969 cover is by George Wilson.
05.04.2025
Escape : "A Sleeping Draught" 10/1/50 A ship is transporting a group of convicts from England to Australia. The convicts are somewhat... dis...
04.04.2025
Ajax Pictures was one of the Poverty Row studios able to churn out inexpensive B-movies to inhabit the bottom half of double features, In ...
03.04.2025
Cover art by Rich Buckler (figures of Sue and Reed by John Romita) The complex four-issue story arc involving war between parallel worlds,...
01.04.2025
MARCH IS ANTHROPOMORPHIC BEARS MONTH! From 1959: I could not close out Anthropomorphic Bears Month without highlighting another superb ...
29.03.2025
Mysterious Traveler : "Locomotive Ghost" 7/6/47 Do trains have a life of their own? If so, do they continue to travel the rails after deat...
27.03.2025
cover art by Joe Kubert I got asked with two days notice to preach the Wednesday night sermon at my church. That left me with the necessit...
25.03.2025
MARCH IS ANTHROPOMORPHIC BEARS MONTH! A 1978 cover by John Carey
22.03.2025
You Are There : "The Rise of Alexander the Great: The Great Mutiny in India" 3/20/49 Alexander the Great has reached India and wants to co...
21.03.2025
cover art by A.L. Ripley Read/Watch 'em In Order #179 It's the most annoying thing in the world. I'm married to a wonderful, nigh-perfect wi...
20.03.2025
cover art by Rich Buckler Roy Thomas (writer) and Rich Buckler (artist) have weaved a complicated story together over the last couple of i...
18.03.2025
MARCH IS ANTHROPOMORPHIC BEARS MONTH! A Delightful 1961 cover by Harvey Eisenberg.
16.03.2025
Edgar Rice Burroughs Podcast: Episode #41: Tarzan the Terrible, Part 2 : Tim, Jess and Scott finish their discussion of the 1921 novel. Cl...
15.03.2025
You Are There : "The Rise of Alexander the Great: The Battle for Asia" 3/13/49 Alexander the Great is about to battle the Persians. He's o...