The Adventures of Jodelle
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View ArticleBehind the Scenes of Planet of the Apes
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View ArticleBook Review: A Chosen Few
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View ArticleByron Preiss Preiss Visual Publications
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View ArticleBook Review: The Second Book of Robert E. Howard
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View ArticleThe Illustrated Roger Zelazny Trade paperback edition
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View ArticleRobo-Hunter and Cutie
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View ArticleR.U.B. Uno by Parissi
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View ArticleThe Tall Man from Phantasm action figure
The Tall Man'Cult Classics' action figure by Necafrom the movie Phantasm (1979)The 'Tall Man', played by Angus Scrimm, was the villainous character in the 1979 movie Phantasm. Note that this action...
View ArticleBook Review: The Chronicles of the Deryni
Book Review: The Chronicles of the DeryniDeryni RisingDeryni CheckmateHigh Deryniby Katherine Kurtz4 / 5 Stars'The Chronicles of the Deryni' omnibus was published in April 1985 by Nelson Doubelday. It...
View ArticleAmerican Comic Book Chronicles: The 1950s
American Comic Book ChroniclesThe 1950s: 1950 - 1959by Bill SchellyTooMorrows Publishing, August 2013My review of the volume for 1965-1969 is here.My review for the volume for the 1970s is here.My...
View ArticleTogether
'Together' by TierraFebruary 1981As February turns into March in 1981, the single 'Together', by the group Tierra, peaks at Number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.'Together' is a track off the...
View ArticleBook Review: Islands in the Net
Book Review: 'Islands in the Net' by Bruce Sterling3 / 5 Stars‘Islands in the Net’ first was published in 1988 by Arbor House. This Ace Books paperback (396 pp.) was issued in March 1989.The cover...
View ArticleSkorpio magazine Argentina
Skorpio magazineArgentinaSkorpio was a monthly Argentinian comic book magazine (revista) published by 'Ediciones Record' from July 1974 to January 1996 (No. 235). Its subtitle, el mundo de la gran...
View ArticlePaperback covers by Steranko
Paperback covers by Jim SterankoCourtesy of 'The Drawings of Steranko' website, a nice, three-page gallery of Jim Sternako's illustrations for sci-fi, western, adventure, and fantasy paperbacks...
View ArticleGypsy omnibus
Gypsy OmnibusInsight Comics2018‘Gipsy’ started as a bande dessinee (BD; Franco-Belgian comic) in January 1993, published by industry juggernaut Dargaud. Six volumes eventually were issued, concluding...
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