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Space Western Comics

After all is said and done, and let’s face it, all has been said and done, you wonder why Charlton did it. They took a cowboy and put him into space. Of course science fiction and westerns can never quite leave each other alone. Star Trek was sold to the network as Wagon Train in […]

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Quasar Gets Around

Wendell Vaughn is your average Joe. He’s got the brains to make it into S.H.I.E.L.D. and get through training – in fact, he excels. There’s just one hitch: he lacks a “killer instinct.” His superiors don’t believe he can make the sometimes deadly decisions one has to make in the course of standard operations. He […]

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Looking Back on a Decade

Back in January of 2003, your humble professor was working as Associate Editor and Newswriter for a little Web site with the unfortunate name “Movie Poop Shoot,” an offshoot of director Kevin Smith’s constantly shifting media empire. One day, while going over the content we had planned for that week, Poop-Shoot Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall said […]

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How Does Kamandi Keep His Hair So Shiny?

The world has been struck by a natural disaster. The earth is left in ruins, and the human population is dwindling. Pockets of people survived in underground bunkers, and Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth (!) is one of them. Jack Kirby’s story explores a post-apocalyptic world that isn’t exactly like the others. Though Kamandi […]

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The Lost Gems Dept.: Neil Gaiman’s Books of Magic

Everyone loves Harry Potter, right? We’ve all read the books, seen the movies, bought the T-shirt, gone to the theme park, ordered the commemorative plate. It’s Harry’s world, and we’re all just living in it. Except. Except that back in 1990, Harry Potter didn’t exist yet, was nothing more than a possible notion in the […]

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Star Wars In Comics

Star Wars is everywhere. At least, that’s what it feels like now. It wasn’t always that way. A long time ago (in the late 70s) in a galaxy not so far away, fans of the game-changing science fiction story didn’t have much to turn to besides the movies. You couldn’t walk to the local video […]

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In Brightest Day

Been watching the Cartoon Network Green Lantern animated series? It’s really good stuff, smartly scripted and well animated. And our good friend Jeremy Adams scripted this week’s episode, “Blue Hope” — click below to check out the preview!   This Saturday morning at 10 am on Cartoon Network! Don’t miss it!

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A Stranger in a Strange Land

“Your human world is strange. I think I’ll destroy it”   Transport yourself to 1950s America. The military invasion of Korea failed to stall the rise of Communism, the fedora began its inevitable decline, and Russia beat the US into space.    (In Soviet Russia, this joke is still lame)   Basically, we needed a […]

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Like a Child (of the Atom) Again

It took me something of an adjustment period, but I eventually grew to quite appreciate and be a fan of the Brian Michael Bendis era of AVENGERS, after the rough start that smacked of sensationalism and death-for-death’s sake. I came to see Bendis’s real affection for the characters and the Avengers history, and enjoyed his […]

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Welcoming the Future, Treasuring the Past.