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The Saturday Comics: Hostess Ads
November 19, 2011 There is something inherently wrong with a Hostess Fruit Pie. It isn’t a pie, it is a small square mass-produced pastry-like substance. It contains a bright unnaturally colored...
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Why, Science, Why?
January 26, 2011 To a new world of gods and monsters! – Bride of Frankenstein Home? I have no home. Hunted, despised, Living like an animal! The jungle is my home. But I will show the world that I can...
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The Saturday Comics: Marvel Photo Covers
May 12, 2012 As I’ve shown over the past weeks, back in the 1980’s it was good to be Marvel. From Generic Comic Books to weird Fumetti comics to a No-Prize book that consisted of nothing but reprinted...
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Top Ten Rejected Marvel Superheroes
June 5, 2012 TOP TEN REJECTED SUPERHEROES The Oversleeper Black Tuna Captain Turks and Caicos Al Sharpton The Earthworm Gelatin Man The Udderly Fabulous Cow Man Limp Richard Average Man Fat Guy...
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Picture Postcard: The Jack-o-Lantern Avengers
October 17, 2012 I went to something called Rise of the Jack-o-Lanterns in Old Westbury Gardens. This is an event in a pitch-black, lonely rural patch of woods where they play spooky music and sound...
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The Allan Keyes Classic Comics Creview: Batman, A Death in the Family
June 1o, 2013 I had occasion to re-read this last week (in other words, I was out of books and needed to grab something off the old pile to read in the bathroom) and a few things about this “classic”...
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The Saturday Comics: Mutts Comic Cons 3
July 27, 2013 Every year one of my favorite comic strips, Mutts, pays homage to the San Diego Comic Con by turning its strip over to superheroes. Last week, I looked back at the last couple of years...
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The Treasure Chest of Terrible Toys: The Adolph Hitler Doll (Historic Yet...
August 25, 2013 Summer is nearing an end, so you know what that means. Hitler! from January 5, 2013 This doll is made, I fervently hope, not for children but for the collector’s market. The totally...
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Now Marvel Comics Is Doing It!
March 2, 2015 Yesterday we showed you some sneak peeks of the upcoming DC reboots. Well, today I managed to get my hands on one from Marvel and I think the House of (unoriginal) Ideas has really struck...
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August 3, 2017 I was shopping for some clothes for my niece and nephew yesterday. (No, I was not just lurking in the children’s section. I really do have toddlers in my family.) There was a rack of...
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