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Book Review: The Poisoning of Michigan
Book Review: 'The Poisoning of Michigan' by Joyce EggintonOn September 20, 1973, Rick Halbert, a dairy farmer in Battle Creek, Michigan, concluded that his cows were sick.The animals in Halbert's...
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Mighty Samson: The Pollution People
Mighty Samson'The Pollution People'Gold Key / Whitman, December 1974In keeping with the 'Toxic 70s' theme for this month of January 2017, here's a story featuring Samson, a superhero appearing in his...
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Book Review: The Poison that Fell from the Sky
Book Review: 'The Poison that Fell from the Sky' by John G. FullerAt 12:37 in the afternoon of Saturday, July 10, 1977, people living in the vicinity of the town of Meda, Italy, heard a muffled...
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The Consumers
The Consumersby Gerry Boudreau (story) and Jun Lofamia (art)from Creepy No. 136 (March 1982)This grim tale of global cooling and environmental disaster is ably illustrated by the Filippino artist Jun...
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Book Review: Killing Horses
Book Review: 'Killing Horses' by Judy PiattIn the Spring of 1971 Judy Piatt (1938 – 2013), a 32 year-old single mother of two young daughters, was the part owner and operator of Shenandoah Stables in...
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2000 A.D.: Illustrations from the Golden Age of Science Fiction Pulps
2000 A.D.: Illustrations from the Golden Age of Science Fiction Pulpsby Jacque SadoulJacque Sadoul (1934 – 2013) was a French author of many fiction and nonfiction books. He was also an avid collector...
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Metal Hurlant, Blade Runner, and French sci-fi comics
Metal Hurlant, Blade Runner, and French sci-fi comicsAs the 40th (!) anniversary of Heavy Metal approaches, it's as good a time as any to think back on how that magazine changed the field of graphic...
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The Dioxin War
Book Review: 'The Dioxin War' by Robert AllenAlthough dioxin was a major cause of Toxic Disasters throughout the interval from the mid- 1960s to the mid-1980s, there is a surprising dearth of books on...
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'Heavy Metal' Winter 1987
'Heavy Metal' magazine Winter 1987February, 1987. On MTV, Wang Chung's video for the song'Let's Go', released as a single at the end of January, is in heavy rotation.The Winter issue of Heavy Metal...
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Book Review: The Galactic Invaders
Book Review: 'The Galactic Invaders' by James R. Berry2 / 5 Stars'The Galactic Invaders' is Laser Book No. 31, published in June 1976. The cover artwork is by Frank Kelly Freas.In 2375 AD, thanks to...
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On the Shores of Endless Worlds
On the Shores of Endless Worldscover art by Tony Roberts, Sphere Books, 1975Andrew Tomas (also known as A. Boncza Tomaszewski;1906 - 2001) was a Russian-born author who arguably created the entire...
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Red Shirt
Red Shirtby Sam Shepard (story) and Laurent Theureau (art)from Heavy Metal Winter 1987
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The Man with Legs
The Man with Legsby Al Sarrantonio (story) and Doug Potter (art)from Weird Business (1995), edited by Joe R. Lansdale and Richard Klaw'The Man with Legs' is a short story by Al Sarrantonio that...
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Book Review: Aton
Book Review: 'Aton' by Irving A. Greenfield3 / 5 StarsIrving A. Greenfield wrote a large number of novels from the 60s into the 90s, in genres as varied as softcore porn, historical,...
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Battle for the Planet of the Apes Part VI
Battle for the Planet of the ApesPart VI of VIIby Doug Moench (script) and Virgil Redondo (art) from Planet of the Apes (Marvel / Curtis) No. 27, December 1976The copy of the magazine I scanned these...
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Iron Shadows in the Moon Part One
Iron Shadows in the MoonPart OneBy John Buscema and Alfred Alcala (art) and Roy Thomas (story)One of the most impressive pieces of artwork in a 70s comic is that created by John Buscema and Alfredo...
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Iron Shadows in the Moon Part Two
Iron Shadows in the MoonPart TwoBy John Buscema and Alfred Alcala (art) and Roy Thomas (story)The conclusion of 'Iron Shadows in the Moon' from Savage Sword of Conan issue 4 (February 1975).
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Book Review: The Drawing of the Dark
Book Review: 'The Drawing of the Dark' by Tim Powers5 / 5 Stars‘The Drawing of the Dark’ was originally published in the US in 1979; this Granada (UK) paperback version (383 pp) was published in 1981....
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Flash Gordon (DC Comics)
Flash Gordonby Dan Jurgens (story and art)DC Comics, 1988 - 1989In the Fall of 1987, Dan Jurgens, a writer and artist at DC comics, began work on a Flash Gordon nine-issue series (Jurgens had...
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