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Escape from New York comic book
Escape from New YorkChristopher Sebela (story) and Diego Barreto (art)Boom ! Studios, 2014 - 2015In December 2014, indie comics publisher Boom! Studios issued the first issue of a series of 'Escape...
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Book Review: Nomads
Book Review: 'Nomads' by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro2 / 5 StarsThis novelization (232 pp) of a script by John McTiernan was published by Bantam in May, 1984; the cover artwork is by Jeff Adams. The movie...
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Epic Illustrated June 1984
Epic Illustrated June,1984No. 24One of the better singleton entries in this issue is 'The Jewel in the Clouds', by first-time contributor and artist Jon Zack. According to the 'Overview' section of the...
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Book Review: Monument
Book Review: 'Monument' by Ian Graham5 / 5 Stars‘Monument’ first was published in hardback in 2002; Ace Books released this mass-market paperback version in March, 2005. The outstanding cover painting...
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Den II: Muvovum
Den II: Muvovumby Richard Corben 'Den II: Muvovum' was one of the longest-running serials in Heavy Metal magazine, running in 13 parts from September, 1981 all the way to March, 1983. While these...
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The Venus Interface
The Venus InterfaceHeavy Metal magazine graphic novel1989In January of 1980, Heavy Metal editor Tim White decided to emulate the magazine's French counterpart (i.e., Metal Hurlant) and add monthly...
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Book Review: Hecate's Cauldron
Book Review: 'Hecate's Cauldron' edited by Susan M. Schwartz3 / 5 Stars‘Hecate’s Cauldron’ (256 pp) was published by DAW (book No. 469) in February, 1982; the cover artwork is by Michael Whelan.In her...
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Heavy Metal magazine March 1985
'Heavy Metal' magazine March 1985March, 1985, and in heavy rotation on FM radios and MTV is Julian Lennon's second hit single, 'Too Late for Goodbyes'.The latest issue of Heavy Metal magazine is on the...
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Palm Sunday
Palm Sundayby Alan Weiss (script and art)from Amazing High Adventure (Marvel Comics)Issue 2, September 1985Amazing High Adventure was an anthology comic book that Marvel published intermittently for 5...
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The Hacker Files issue 2
The Hacker Filesby Lewis Shiner (story) and Tom Sutton (art)issue 2DC Comics, September 1992In episode two of 'Soft War', we learn a bit more about why Jack Marshall so dislikes corporate types, and...
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Book Review: The Last Gasp
Book Review: 'The Last Gasp' by Trevor Hoyle3 / 5 Stars‘The Last Gasp’ first was published in 1983; the Crown / Doubleday hardback (top) features a striking cover by Michael Booth.The Zebra Books mass...
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Bats by Doug Moench, Paul Gulacy, and Duffy Vohland
Batsby Doug Moench (script) and Paul Gulacy and Duffy Vohland (art)from Vampire Tales (Marvel / Curtis), issue 7, October 1974Entirely wordless, these kinds of comics look like they're easy to pull...
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Showcase Presents: Doc Savage
Showcase Presents: Doc SavageDC Comics, 2011Doc Savage has been bouncing around the comic book scene since the 1940s, in the hands of publishers such as Gold Key / Western, Marvel, Millenium, Dark...
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Book Review: 'Armor' by John Steakley2 / 5 Stars‘Armor’ (426 pp) was published in December, 1984 as DAW Book No. 605, with cover art by James Gurney.At the time, the genre of military sf was just...
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Solar Wind by Peter Jones
Solar Windby Peter JonesPaper Tiger (UK) 1980Peter Jones was born in London in 1951 and began illustrating sf paperbacks in 1974, while he was a student at St Martin's School of Art in that city. He...
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Heavy Metal magazine April 1985
'Heavy Metal' magazine April 1985April, 1985, and on MTV, Murray Head's 'One Night in Bangkok' is in heavy rotation.The April issue of 'Heavy Metal' magazine features a super-cheesecake front cover by...
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Book Review: The Forbidden Tower
Book Review: 'The Forbidden Tower' by Marion Zimmer Bradley2 / 5 Stars‘The Forbidden Tower’ (364 pp) was published by DAW (book No. 256) in September, 1977. The cover artwork is by Richard Hescox.This...
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The Hacker Files issue 3
The Hacker Filesby Lewis Shiner (story) and Tom Sutton (art)issue 3DC Comics, October 1992In this, the third installment of the 'Soft War' four-issue arc, Jack Marshall - out to Save the World - heads...
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