BAB Book Review: Mail Order Mysteries
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Doug: One of the books I received for Christmas was *Mail Order Mysteries:
Real Stuff from Old Comic Book Ads!* I'd actually just seen the book on
Amazon ...
HEY KIDS -- HORROR!
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During the heyday of the 60's Monster Craze, the reigning King of Monster
Magazines was the indomitable *FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND*. There were
numerous...
Alien vs. Predator
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*Designer as yet unknown*
Discovering the work of a new poet is a weird thing, especially in a world
where poetry is little reviewed, and where the books of...
Del Rey To Mars!
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I'm really getting rather excited to see this week's long-awaited epic *John
Carter*. This movie is looking better and better and it sets up nicely that
I...
Jack Kirby and The Black Hole
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Gleaned from various Net sources here is some little seen jack Kirby art
from his newspaper comics adaptation of Walt Disney's movie, THE BLACK
HOLE. Thi...
British MAD 1989
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Here's more of the British edition of MAD and the MAD-ese of its overseas
contributors. This time parodying *Tomorrow's World* and *Blue Peter*[image:
Phot...
Jack Davis Meets the North American Indians
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How better to follow up yesterday's series of magnificent Jack Davis
illustrations than with another batch - and one that's closely related, at
that. Jack ...
Marvel Spotlight: John Carter, Warlord of Mars
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Written by Marv Wolfman and illustrated by Gil Kane, *John Carter,* *Warlord
of Mars* debuted with Marvel Comics Group in 1977, based on the Barsoon
serie...
Action Heroine Honor Blackman
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Honor Blackman is best known for her role of Bond girl Pussy Galore in
Goldfinger (1964), but I think she was best as Cathy Gale in The Avengers
(1962–64)...
RIP RALPH MCQUARRIE
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Ralph McQuarrie inspired multiple generations with his amazing artwork:
from his animated space simulations for NASA to his concept designs for
Star Wars...
The Gossips! / Way to a Man's Heart
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*Ghoul Tales* was yet another magazine sized collection of black and white
pre-code horror reprints, this time from *Stanley Publications.* Lasting
only 5 ...
Superman #173
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The opening story is *The Untouchable Clark Kent*. The premise for the
story can be gleaned just from this opening panel:
The former Hollywood star who ca...
Lina Romay R.I.P.
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A bit late with this, but I like to imagine her death being like the
opening titles of Female Vampire, but in reverse, with Lina disappearing
into the mist...
Mayhem from the Stands
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Now that the NASCAR season is in full swing I can continue my hobby of
finding Youtube videos of wrecks shot from the grandstands. Speed Weeks at
Daytona o...
Resurrection of an Icon
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Some amazing graphics from Wood highlight Michael Dooley's PRINT piece
about Wood's big comeback of late. Thanks to David Spurlock for the tip.
http://imp...
Tales of the Greeks and Trojans
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The year was 1963 and in the small bookstore come stationer that was one of
my favorite childhood haunts, there was a new book that immediately grabbed
my ...
The Star Wars Album
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In November 1977, Ballentine put out this 75 page *Star Wars Album*featuring tons of color and black and white photos from the movie and
behind the scenes...
The Shock Influence on Shock!
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The Shock! phenomenon currently holds several mysteries as to who thought
up the idea of the film package at Screen Gems, who developed the marketing
plan ...
I'm Thankful for Bi-Sexual Cowboys
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I figure most people fall on one of two sides in the sexuality debate. They
are either fine with homo-sexuality and bi-sexuality or they are fine with
it a...
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