If you’ve ever read any of these Marvel Madness posts, it becomes quite clear that there are certain things that will almost guarantee I choose a story to highlight. I generally am working through the various runs of the big Marvel characters, and seeing certain elements will […]
If you’ve read many of these Marvel Madness posts, one thing becomes abundantly clear. The 1970’s were a wild time at Marvel Comics. It seems like anything went, and all sorts of truly insane stories were being pumped out, full of appearances by real celebrities, cameos of […]
Well, after starting things off with a screwball comedy and moving onto a solemn samurai flick, it looks like this Bucket List project is next taking a trip to the world of ponderous seventies sci-fi movies. And, like last week, we’re talking about a movie that I’m […]
Hi there everyone, and welcome back for yet another installment of Bat Signal, my never-ending quest to read every issue of Detective Comics ever published, in random order, and with no real context. And, we have a very apropos comic to talk about this week, at least in […]
Last August I decided, rather spontaneously, to devote that month’s two Marvel Madness posts to a very strange pair of comics. Inter-company cross-over stories between the Big Two superhero comics companies, Marvel and DC. Sadly, it doesn’t happen much any more, but over the decades the Big […]
Well folks, it’s the Fourth of July, and you know what that means. It’s time to talk about some buck-wild Captain America stories! And, as you maybe can see, I’m breaking tradition this year and not talking about Captain America’s interactions with werewolves, because unless I’m missing […]
A few years ago I talked about a book that I found myself really enjoying. It was Gore Vidal’s Burr, an entry in his long-running Narratives of Empire series which sought to create historical fiction tales about various important moments in American history. The series blended real-life and fictitious characters to […]
Another week, another incredible lineup of movies from the 1970’s. But, unlike most of the other years I’ve been talking about lately, 1976 had a clear front-runner for me that never really stood up to much competition. I love Network, and I’ve loved Network from the first time I saw it […]
Well everyone, it’s that time again. Halloween is upon us, which means it’s time to take another look at the weird and wild world of Marvel’s Dracula. For the past two years I’ve rung in the most wonderful time of the year by telling you about […]
Every October I like to share two very specific types of stories with you in my Marvel Madness posts. Earlier this month I took you on another trip to the spooky town of Rutland, Vermont, and next week I’ll share another ridiculous adventure of the lord of […]
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