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Category Archives: What I Miss About Comics
It was either Art School or This…
Back when I was pondering what I wanted to do with my life, the fast growing/big money world of van customization beckoned to me like a siren singing a sweet song from the rocks.
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1975, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comic book, comics, customized van, Dr. Strange, Frazetta, group therapy, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hulk, Marvel, The Defenders, vintage
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Thor Was a Lady Before
Last week I had showed you delightful readers Alex Ross’ version of a female Thor from the late 1990s. As it turns out, a few years before that another woman wielded Mjolnir! And who was that lady with the impossibly … Continue reading
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1990s, comics, DC, female Thor, God of Thunder, Goddess, Marvel, Thor, Wonder Woman
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Been There, Done That
Is it just me or is Marvel Comics suffering from short-term memory loss?Thor, Goddess of Thunder was in Marvel Comics Earth X series about 15 years ago.
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged Earth X, female Thor, gender bender, Marvel, Thor, Thor Goddess of Thunder
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Your Very Own Vampire Bat
He’s BIG! He’s FEARSOME! But best of all — he’s fun?
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1980, blood, comic, Marvel, Mattel, Thor, toy, vampire, vampire bat
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YECCH!!! Looks, Feels Real!
The Finger Factory? Was it a cottage industry or was there a brick and mortar building where workers punched a time clock to crank out life-like severed fingers?
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1977, ad, coffin, comic, comic book, Iron Man, Marvel, severed finger, super-hero
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Cylons is Golden
Sorry. I can’t resist a pun, and I’ve been itching to use this since the late 1970s.
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1979, ABC, Battlestar Galactica, Cartoon, cartoons, comic, comic book, comics, Cylon, Marvel, Star Wars, USA
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