Monday, December 23, 2024

Christmas on a Wednesday? Who voted for this?

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Cover from 1989's Alf #13 by Dave Manak.  I'm writing this post before I leave, but hopefully when this posts I'm just back fr...
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Friday, December 20, 2024

Admittedly, you may get the creeps the next time you drive past some now...

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Hoo, boy, we're maybe at the end of the Twilight Zone comics I had handy; and I seem to recall the cover story here being the dumbest ...
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Thursday, December 19, 2024

Dad might enjoy some Jonah Hex; gotta build him up to that. Although that movie might've salted that well...

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A couple months ago, I got a bunch of cheap Lone Ranger comics from the cheap bins for my dad; and he plowed through them when I was on va...
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Wednesday, December 18, 2024

"Loan."

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In the 70's, Conan the Barbarian (and to a lesser extent, Red Sonja) were licensed by Marvel but were de facto Marvel characters: they ...
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Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Is it traditional in France to refer to your troops as "mes enfants"?

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It's used twice this issue! But, this one's got a few twists, even from the usual twisty formula. From 1980, Unknown Soldier #240 ,...
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Monday, December 16, 2024

Maybe if I scan this, I can read it without my glasses.

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I typically don't have a lot of Christmas shopping: I don't have a huge family, and I give a lot of cash and gift cards and such. I...
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Friday, December 13, 2024

If a little kid murdered me with toy soldiers; I gotta say, man, respect.

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I may be just a hair older than this issue, but it's close! It was possibly on the racks when I was born, or pretty close to it. From 1...
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