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Jack Kirby's Mister Miracle
Jack Kirby's Mister MiracleDC Comics, 1998"Mister Miracle' was the longest-lasting of Kirby's Fourth World titles. This trade paperback compiles the first ten issues of Mister Miracle (April 1971 -...
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Linda Carter's Rock and Roll Fantasy
Linda Carter's Rock and Roll Fantasyfrom Linda Carter: 'Encore !'CBS, September 16, 1980They don't make 'em like this anymore.......Linda Carter's 'Encore' variety show special aired on CBS TV on...
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Book Review: Silverglass
Book Review: 'Silverglass' by J. F. Rivkin4 / 5 Stars'Silverglass' (186 pp) was published by Ace Books in September 1986, with cover art by Luis Royo. It's the first volume in the so-called...
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The Banana Splits Movie coming August 2019
The Banana Splits MovieAugust 27, 2019Â This is.........strange.........Apparently, Warner Bros. commissioned an R-rated feature film starring the Banana Splits. It's being released on DVD on August 27,...
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Shock Cinema
Shock Cinema magazineThe most recent issue (No. 56, Summer 2019) of Shock Cinema magazine just arrived. I got to thinking that a post about this magazine is long overdue, especially since I've been...
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Planetoid by Corben
Planetoidby Richard Corbenfrom Heavy Metal magazine, January 1992At the beginning of the 90s, computer generated graphics were starting to come into their own, and it's no surprise that Corben, who was...
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Book Review: The Douglas Convolution
Book Review: 'The Douglas Convolution' by Edward Llewellyn3 / 5 Stars'The Douglas Convolution' (190 pp) is DAW Book No. 359, published in October 1979. The cover art is by Don Maitz.Edward Llewellyn...
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July is Vietnam War Month
July is 'Vietnam War Month' at the PorPor Books Blog !Here at the PorPor Books Blog, we like to take a break every now and then from reviewing sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books, comics, magazines, and...
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Book Review: The Glory Hole
Book Review: 'The Glory Hole' by T. Jeff Williams2 / 5 Stars'The Glory Hole'first was published in the UK by Corgi Books in 1977; this paperback reissue (286 pp) was published in 1985.T. Jeff Williams...
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Killraven's First Appearance, Amazing Adventures Issue 18
Killraven's First Appearance'War of the Worlds'Amazing Adventures No. 18Marvel Comics, May 1973I've posted excerpts from this inaugural issue of the 'Killraven / War of the Worlds' storyline back in...
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Book Review: Vietnam: The Australian Experience
Book Review: 'Vietnam: The Australian Experience' by John Rowe5 / 5 StarsI didn't realize that the Time Life Books publishing enterprise, so ubiquitous to anyone who is a Baby Boomer, also was active...
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Judge Dredd in Beggar's Banquet
Judge Dredd in 'Beggar's Banquet'Writers: John Wagner and Alan GrantArt: John Higgins2000 AD Prog 456 (February 8, 1986)This was the very first Judge Dredd assignment for UK artist John Higgins, and he...
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Book Review: Sand in the Wind
Book Review: 'Sand in the Wind' by Robert Roth3 / 5 Stars‘Sand in the Wind’ first was published in hardcover in October 1973, making it one of the first novels about the American experience of the war...
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In the Land of Retinal Delights
'In the Land of Retinal Delights'by Robert Williamsoil on canvas, 1968
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Ill Bred by Charles Burns
'Ill Bred'by Charles Burnsfrom Death Rattle Vol. 2 No. 1October 1985Charles Burns was already making a name for himself in the early 80s as the creator of the strip 'El Borbah' in Heavy Metal magazine....
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The Tower King episodes 7 - 9
The Tower Kingepisodes 7 - 9Alan Hebden (writer)Jose Ortiz (artist)Eagle (UK) 1982episodes 1 - 3 are here.episodes 4 - 6 are here.
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Book Review: The Vietnam War
Book Review: 'The Vietnam War' edited by Ray Bonds5 / 5 Stars'The Vietnam War' first was published by Salamander Books in the UK in 1979; in the U.S., this version (248 pp) was published by Crown, also...
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'I'm Easy' by Keith Carradine
'I'm Easy'by Keith CarradineJuly 1976'I'm Easy' was first performed by Keith Carradine (the brother of Kung Fu actor David Carradine) as a acoustic guitar song in the 1975 movie Nashville.In 1976,...
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Book Review: Body Count
Book Review: 'Body Count' by William Turner Huggett4 / 5 Stars'Body Count' was first published in hardback in 1973 by G. P. Puttnam; this Dell paperback version (445 pp) was issued in October...
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Book Review: The Five FIngers
Book Review: 'The Five Fingers' by Gayle Rivers and James Hudson4 / 5 Stars'The Five FIngers' first was published in hardback in 1978. This Bantam paperback edition (339 pp) was published in June 1979;...
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