Heavy Metal September 1979
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View ArticleBook Review: The Harp of the Grey Rose
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View ArticleCar Warriors issue 2
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View ArticleBook Review: 'Salem's Lot
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View ArticleGrowing Pains by Bob Toomey and Mike Zeck
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View ArticleBook Review: Fiends
Book Review: 'Fiends' by John Farris2 / 5 Stars Fiends’ (438 pp) was published by Tor Books in September, 1990, and features cover art by Joe De Vito. The story certainly has an interesting opening: in...
View ArticleWitches by Colin Wilson and Una Woodruff
Witches by Colin Wilson and Una WoodruffThis offbeat art book first was released in the UK in 1981 by Dragon’s World; this edition, from the ‘budget’ publisher Crescent Books, also was published in...
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Car Warriorsissue 3Epic Comics / Marvel, August, 1991In issue 3, the big race - The DeLorean Run - finally gets underway......and the Wysockis, my favorite entrants, are doing well......But when all...
View ArticleBook Review: Orbit 3
Book Review: 'Orbit 3' edited by Damon Knight1 / 5 Stars‘Orbit 3’ (224 pp.) was published by Berkley Books in September, 1968. The cover artwork is uncredited, but is almost certainly by Paul Lehr. The...
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