I always have dug The Spectre, and I brought back our 2007 article on the character written by Bradley Mason Hamlin directly below to remind everyone how cool he is. I was thrilled to learn that there was an exclusive short of The Spectre included in the Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths DVD. It’s [...]
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The Spectre: A Golden Age Retro Review by Brad Hamlin
February 24th, 2010 
rberry “No one suspects that Jim Corrigan is in reality the earthbound ‘Spectre,’ whose mission is to rid the world [...]
Deadpool Corps Issues 1-5 to Feature 5 Interlocking Covers!
February 24th, 2010 rberry Ha, this looks pretty funny, I must admit! Deadpool is a fun character that is NOTHING like the crap version you saw in the Wolverine movie. CLICK HERE to see the entire preview with full size pictures at Newsarama. Which is about the best comic book news site on the net, by the way!
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What In The World Is The Story With This Cover?
February 22nd, 2010 rberry Ha…found this cover for the March 1960 issue of Wildcat Adventures in a book of classic pulp mags and think it’s just fantastically crazy. But what the hell is going on? The story headline is “Playboys’ Joy-Flight To Terror” and it looks like even a crash landing on the high seas isn’t keeping these awesome [...]
I Love The Metal Men
February 14th, 2010 rberry First appearing in 1962 and used only sporadically by DC Comics since their monthly series was canceled in 1978. These shape-shifting robots were the inspiration for the T1000 in Terminator 2, and recently appeared in a super cool episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold a few weeks ago. They are easily one of [...]
Gorgeous Comic Covers: House of Secrets #106
February 12th, 2010 rberry Berni Wrightson did a string of covers for both DC Comics’ “House of Secrets” and “House of Mystery” in the early ’70s, and this gorgeous zombie piece he did in 1972 for HOS #106 is one of my favorites. There’s so much depth and eerie beauty to the piece, I can look at it over [...]
Batman Thinks About Unicorns
February 12th, 2010 rberry Just a fun little scribbling to share with ya! Happy Valentine’s Day!
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2 Comments »4th Grade Homework Assignment
February 10th, 2010 rberry I found this in a stack of old school papers. Well, not really…it was my son’s math homework and I just drew a bunch of stuff on it, but I like it and stole it. He got an “F” that day, unfortunately.
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Superman vs. Muhammad Ali ROUND TWO!
February 7th, 2010 rberry More than 30 years after it was originally published, the bizarrely cool Superman vs. Muhammad Ali comic book from 1978 will be reprinted later this year. The Denny O’Neil/Neal Adams piece matched Superman against the world’s greatest athlete and was an instant sellout. The book has been out of print since, as licensing rights for [...]
Dynamite Magazine “Bummers”
February 5th, 2010 rberry I used to love reading Dynamite, and their “Bummers” feature was a highlight! You’d get $5 if they published one of your Bummers. I always had a fantasy that I’d come up with a good Bummer and be famous AND have $5, but alas, I never pursued my dream.
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Remembering RUNNING (A 1979 Michael Douglas Film)
January 27th, 2010 rberry I saw Running in the theaters when it first came out, and aside from a few TV rebroadcasts, and some non USA DVD releases, the film has been largely forgotten in America. It wasn’t much of a hit when it came out, granted, but you’d think Michael Douglas is at least recognizable enough for Universal [...]
Heroes In Action (1975)
January 27th, 2010 rberry I was 6 years old when Mattel released these back in 1975, and they seemed like the coolest thing ever on the TV commercial. Each figure was animated when you moved a lever back and forth. My friend David Dowdy had a few of these, and though they looked neat, it was clear that the [...]
A Book About Your Skeleton (1978)
January 27th, 2010 rberry I found this at a yard sale many years ago and thought the cover was just wonderful (if not coffee stained). The ironically named Ruth Belov Gross writes all about your skeleton with fun lines like, “If you didn’t have any bones, you would flop around like spaghetti.” It’s got some great artwork inside that [...]
SPOOKY SACRAMENTO
January 24th, 2010 rberry When I was a kid, I used to have tons of fun defacing magazines and catalogs in our home. A super-model on a fashion mag would end up with a face full of buck teeth, whiskers, devil-horns, and an eye patch. I still have a great time doing this once in a while…as even this [...]