Monday, April 28, 2025

Downstate to the Springfield ComicCon

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  Yesterday, Sunday, I decided to spend the day driving to Springfield, Illinois and back, so that I could attend the Springfield ComicCon. ...
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Sunday, February 16, 2025

Lampooning in the Bronze Age

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My prime comic/collecting years in the Bronze Age were between the ages of 12 and 20, roughly covering the period 1971-1979. From reading Le...
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Corgi Batmobile re-issue

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Back on Christmas Day in 1966, I awoke to find a pillow case at the foot of my bed stuffed full of toys and annuals. I was an only child and...
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Sunday, January 26, 2025

More than a simple UK Price Variant?

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© Marvel 1973. Photo by Jon Browne Having been interested in the history of UK price variant editions of both DC and Marvel for many years, ...
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Friday, October 4, 2024

Detective #27 facsimile

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  © DC Comics If someone had told me back in 1974 that there would one day be a global "Batman Day", it would have blown my mind. ...
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Saturday, September 21, 2024

Re-evaluating Manhunter from 1973 and 1974

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A recent post by Scott Dutton over at the Catspaw Dynamics blog   about Manhunter , the Archie Goodwin and Walt Simonson hero created in the...
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Friday, August 9, 2024

Way Out West with MARVEL WEST !

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  © 2023 Mark Ammerman I have never had any particular interest in Marvel's Western Comics from the 1950s and early 1960s....until now. ...
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