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Superman vs. Darth Vader: The Crossover That Nearly Happened

Pop culture crossovers are everywhere today, but for most of its history, Star Wars stayed surprisingly isolated from other fictional universes. Aside from playful nods…like Indiana Jones discovering Han Solo’s remains, or Luke Skywalker visiting

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 112

Adam Pope

Former Marvel Comics employee and co-host of the Dollar Bin Bandits podcast, Mike Farah joins us to talk the origins of Ultimate X-Men and The Dark Knight Strikes Again, WIZARD’s rankings for the 10 Toughest

Truth, Justice, And The All-Star Superman

David Inguagiato

A look back at All-Star Superman, the 12 issue series by Grant Morrison And Frank Quitely In his nearly 90 years of existence Superman has become an American icon. Debuting in 1938 in the pages

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 111

Adam Pope

Adam and Mike Schwartz explore issue 111 of Wizard featuring a TON of Stan Lee and Joe Quesada stories, Wizard’s picks for 80’s cartoon comic book dream teams, a Fantastic Four movie Casting Call by

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 102

Adam Pope

We discuss all the drama behind the Superman revamp at DC Comics, the launch of CrossGen, Joe Simon suing Marvel for the rights to Captain America, Rob Liefeld and so much more. Issue 102 of

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Wizard Alex Ross Millennium Edition Special

Adam Pope

We’re joined by Mike Farah from the Dollar Bin Bandits podcast to discuss the Wizard Alex Ross Millennium Edition Special from 1999 and 2003 to explore the career and opinions of the legendary artist whose

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 85

Adam Pope

A monumental episode of WIZARDS is upon us as Michael Cannetti makes his departure from the main episodes of the podcast and reveal the identity of our new co-host. But before the passing of the

Super Looney Tunes Return!

Walter King

In 1991, I was 9 years old and the novelty of Happy Meal toys at McDonald’s was starting to wear thin. We had gone from Changeables and Super Mario Bros to Barbie, Hot Wheels and

10 Awesome Comic Book Gimmicks of the 90’s

Adam Pope

Were you there for the avalanche of comic book mania that rolled onto the scene in the early 1990’s? In case you missed it, somehow word got around that comic books were a good investment

Wax Pack Flashback: Lois and Clark (1995)

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In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Adam opens a pack of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman trading cards from 1995. This 90-card set by Skybox featured 8 cards in each pack

Wax Pack Flashback: The Return of Superman (1993)

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In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Adam opens a pack of The Return of Superman trading cards from 1993. This 100 card set from Skybox featured art and comic panels from the triumphant long-haired

Friday Flix: July 1987

Pitfall Gary

What a great month for movies. Comedy, action, horror, biography and an international spy. There is something for everyone to enjoy. I saw a lot of movies in July 1987. We just moved to a

Friday Flix: March 1982

Pitfall Gary

Wow. March 1982 is a bad month for movies. I’ve only seen one of them. That’s not what makes it bad, the lackluster movies are what makes it bad. To be fair there is one

Check Out Those Ads! – Armageddon 2001 #1

Pitfall Gary

Armageddon 2001 was a big crossover event held in the summer of 1991. The story line for Armageddon 2001 is interesting. It starts in 2030 with a tyrant superhero, named Monarch ruling the world with

Check Out Those Ads! – Legends of the Dark Knight #16

Pitfall Gary

Happy Birthday Batman!! The Dark Knight turns 82 this year; first appearing in Detective Comics #27. The comic hit newsstands on 30 March 1939 (although the cover date on the issue is May 1939). Batman

Check Out Those Ads! – The Adventures of Superman #475

Pitfall Gary

Superman has been saving earth for over 80 years. He’s one of the first superheroes to hit comics, making his debut in Action Comics #1, 1938! Over those 80 years Superman has starred in over