I originally planned to showcase ads from the Shadow of the Bat issue #1 for this installment, but when I looked through the comic the ads were less than memorable. I guess a good story CONTINUE READING…
High Score, a new documentary series on Netflix covers the history of video games from the early days of the arcade video games, through the console wars of the 1990’s and onto the next level CONTINUE READING…
Over on the Wizards Podcast, Adam and Michael will occasionally extoll the virtues of comics with gimmick covers from the 90’s. I thought I’d dig out one such comic and see what the ads looked CONTINUE READING…
I’m back with part 2 of the Greatest Summer of Movies! This time we are talking August 1985. As good as July 1985 was for movies, August was even better. The new 5-screen movie theater CONTINUE READING…
In the last article we looked at ads from an issue of The Flash published in 1977. For today’s article we’re jumping ahead a few years to 1984, looking at another DC title, The Fury CONTINUE READING…
For today’s comic book ad we are jumping back to one of the infamous dirty dozen comics I received from a friend of my dad. This week we’ll look at The Flash #256 from 1977. CONTINUE READING…
There’s been a lot of Alf material on The Retro Network lately. On a recent episode of Wax Pack Flashback Jason opened a set of Alf trading cards and over on RD’s Retro Detention Alf CONTINUE READING…
Everyone has ‘their’ year for movies. For me it’s a combination of two years. It starts with the release of Footloose in Februray of 1984 and doesn’t end until the screen goes dark on Enemy CONTINUE READING…
Comics have been a part of my life since early childhood, 5-6 years old. I started out with Bugs Bunny comic books and other ‘kid’ friendly titles. It was a few years later when I CONTINUE READING…
Total Recall hit the silver screen 30 years ago and the debate as to whether it’s a dream or reality started immediately. It’s based on the short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” CONTINUE READING…
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