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Tag Archives: monster
Giant Kristy McNichol!!!
…or make that Giant McNichols!
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1970s, 1979, ad, comic book, giant, Godzilla, Jimmy McNichol, Kristy McNichol, Marvel, monster, poster, Toho
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I Was a $1.98 Werewolf
Posted in Halloween, What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1972, ad, comic, monster, rubber mask, vintage, werewolf
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I find your lack of faith…disturbing.
Walking to work on trash days I’m noticing a certain disenchantment with my favorite of all holidays before the day has even arrived!
Posted in Halloween, Trash or Treasure
Tagged Alien, Halloween, mask, monster, rubbish, Star Wars, trash
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Vampire Blood!
This was sort of a forbidden fruit for kids growing up in the early 1970s.
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1970s, 1972, ad, bat, Charlton, comic, comics, Dr. Shock, gag, Halloween, horror, humor, monster, Philadelphia, prank, Steve Ditko, The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves, Vampire Blood, vintage, WPHL
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Zombacalypse NOW
Last week I looked at the legendarily bad Plan 9 From Outer Space and the sadly forgotten Invisible Invaders both of which are forerunners to the modern zombie genre that George Romero kicked off with his classic Night of the … Continue reading
Posted in Halloween, Movie Matinee
Tagged 1964, Halloween, horror, Internet Archive, monster, pandemic, Richard Matheson, Roku, Romero, Vincent Price, zombie
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Scary, Life Size MONSTER GHOST
If it’s a ghost, shouldn’t that be Death Size?
Posted in What I Miss About Comics
Tagged 1960, 1971, ad, beach, ghost, Jack Kirby, kite, Marie Severin, Marvel, monster, New Jersey, Paul Reinman, shore, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, tacky, vintage, Where Monsters Dwell
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Sunday Matinee – The Atomic Brain
This film which was also known as Monstrosity is an utter piece of crap, but it’s one of those things that I saw on Dr. Shock when I was in grade school, and it remained lodged in some dusty corner … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matinee, News
Tagged 1964, brain, cat, horror, monster, movie, transpalnt
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