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Spider-Man Joins Magic: The Gathering This September
Magic: The Gathering is launching a new set this fall: Magic: The Gathering | Marvel’s Spider-Man.…
JUST IMAGINE! April 1967: Incineration and Invincibility
Destruction and resurrection are a running theme in superhero stories. I think our unconscious minds are…
JUST IMAGINE! October 1961: Mayhem in Miniature
In order to tell a good superhero story, writers must constantly come up with ways to…
JUST IMAGINE! May 1954: Amid the Alien Corn
A Cold War “enemy within” vibe continues in Strange Adventures 44 (May 1954), when evil, intelligent…
JUST IMAGINE! August 1957: My Fair Super-Girl
Although the Superman comic books were aimed at kids, the Superman newspaper strip necessarily included…
El Rey del Comic: ABEL ROMERO DIBUJÓ EL ZORRO PARA DISNEY
Un chileno que triunfó en Europa, Suecia y España. Cuando llegué a trabajar como ayudante de…
JUST IMAGINE! February 1955: Fighting Red with Red
Odd that such a red-baiting character would dress all in red. A sort of anticommunist Batman,…
JUST IMAGINE! October 1947: The Shadow of Hawkman’s Ghost
The Gentleman Ghost, a character created by Robert Kanigher who first appeared in Flash Comics 88…
JUST IMAGINE! July 1950: King for a Brief Day
If superheroes were fading in 1950, maybe secret agents were the coming thing? During the spring…
Magic: The Gathering Unites with Final Fantasy to Launch in June
Wizards of the Coast is bringing the legendary Final Fantasy universe to Magic: The Gathering with…
JUST IMAGINE! November 1961: The Stranger in the Swamp
Just as cruelty was punished in Marvel’s short fantasy stories, kindness, and decency were always rewarded.…
JUST IMAGINE! January 1962: Flubber’s Strange Adventure
In 1961, jalopies took to the skies — first in the hit Disney comedy The Absent-Minded…
JUST IMAGINE! March 1963: When Titans Tangle!
Fantastic Four 12 (March 1963) offered something rare then — a superhero battle that enabled readers…
JUST IMAGINE! January 1929: Optimism and Armageddon
The art may seem a little crude, but the sense of wonder is palpable in the…
JUST IMAGINE! June 1966: Finding the First Fortress
Supermen seek solitude. After all, being inundated by ordinary people’s needs and demands would be draining,…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Fantastic Stories #5
Fantastic Stories #5 A young man learns about werewolves the hard way when he discovers that…
JUST IMAGINE! October 1965: The Perfidious Premiere of Power Man
Even at first glance, I recognized Power Man as a nod to that one-issue wonder, Wonder…
FANTASTIC COMICS FAN: Kickstarters
It’s time again for another chance to back some of the most fantastic campaigns out there.…
JUST IMAGINE! October 1944: Siblings Shamble Out of the Swamp
One of the greatest foes ever faced by Green Lantern and the Justice Society of America…
JUST IMAGINE! September 1958: A Venusian Eye in the Sky
Admittedly, The First Satellite (Space Adventures 25, Sept. 1958) was a pretty predictable piece. Bellicose Earthmen…
JUST IMAGINE! April 1941: Zatara in Action
Although he always lived in Superman’s shadow, Zatara the Magician was at least as powerful as…
FANTASTIC COMIC FAN: INTERNET ARCHIVE
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been going through some of the ways to read digital…
JUST IMAGINE! July 1963: FF Shrinks as Marvel Universe Grows
I must have reread Fantastic Four 16 (July 1963) more often than any other issue, and…
JUST IMAGINE! July 1987: Wonder Drugs to the Rescue
Superheroes may be fiction, but wonder if drugs are real. Originally, in his first appearance in…
INDY SPOTLIGHT: Jennifer The She-Wolf #1
Jennifer The She-Wolf #1 Jennifer The She-Wolf #1Jennifer The She-Wolf #1 – Image 2Jennifer The She-Wolf…
JUST IMAGINE! January 1958: Strange Mysteries of Other Planets
Even in the superhero desert of the 1950s, a lot of comic book stories might be…
BEST INDIE HORROR FILM 2024
“HELLs COMING FOR YOU” Wins Film Threat / Award This! Award At this year’s Film Threat’s…
FilmThreat presents the 2024 AWARD THIS! Winners
Film Threat’s Award This! Announces 2024 Winners Award This! In its 6th Year Honored Indie Filmmakers In-Person on February 2nd,…
LAS VEGAS TRAFFIC movie playing now
MAKING A DIFFERENCE & KICKING ASS TOO!! “Vegas Traffic” is a new film set to…
JUST IMAGINE: March 1982: Shout ‘Kimota!” and Transform Comics
Before his own Watchmen and Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns, there was 1982’s Marvelman, Englishman Alan…
JUST IMAGINE! April 1960: Wolf Man Jimmy
Superman’s pal may have been mystified about how he became a Wolf Man (Jimmy Olsen 44,…
JUST IMAGINE! March 1962: Monsters May Be Misunderstood
From the first, Marvel Comics regularly repeated an anti-prejudice theme (except where “Reds” were concerned, of…