Whew! I'm pooped. Hallowe'en is over for another year, and I'm regrouping my mental forces. Unlike previous years, last ye...

Our final Weirdo Wednesday entry of 2007 features a story written by Big Blue’s co-creator, Jerry Siegel; penciled by the Action Ace’s best ...

When I was a wee tyke (maybe six or so), I was in the second grade and reading on about a fifth-grade level. We had one of those families...

If you love movie music, it's hard to beat Film Score Monthly . It's a magazine about ... you guessed it! Their website is htt...

Here we have the ad from the rear cover of Superfman #165, featured on this week's Weirdo Wednesday. Yes, in times past you could buy...

Yes, thanks to a suggestion from a correspondent (Hi, Allen!), this week’s Three-Part Thursday features a sad and gruesome tale...

Hi guys! Today we look at a two-part tale featured in Superman 165, “Beauty and the Super-Beast!” Don’t be misled by ...

Here's another View-Master tale, this one D.C. Fontana's animated story about Spock going back in time, helping his younger self, an...

I'm saving my strength (and time) for Weirdo Wednesday and Three-Part Thursday this week by just sharing a couple of View-Master treas...

In the lettercol of the comic featured in yesterday's Three-Part Thursday, there is the usual smattering of serious quesions and smart-a...

One of the great wonders of the Silver Age of DC comics was the “imaginary” tale. Done right, these little “what ifs” could make you sm...

Great Curt Swan art highlights this week’s Weirdo Wednesday offering. “The Helmet of Hate” features a diabolical conspiracy between Jim...

As I inventory the books in the Fortress of Markitude (up to 500 and have just finished one wall's worth), I come across some treasures ...

Today we’ll take a look at two placemats for Junior. Imperfectly melded together, ’tis true, but that’s the best we can do with 20th-century...

In honor of the forthcoming Hallow-Day at the end of the month, on Wednesdays we’ll be looking at some sinister goings-on in the DC neighb...

Here are more images from Arlen Schumer, a great Pop Celebrationeer (that's a word I just invented). Enjoy! An...

Monday and Tuesday we're going to look at the work of a Super guy, Arlen Schumer. My connection with him is, I won one of his books -- V...

One of the most dearly-missed (by ME, anyway) features of comics gone by, is the Letters Column. In it, readers would brag, ask questions, ...

Yes, friends, beginning today, it’s … THREE-PART THURSDAY! Today we look at a “Great Three-Part Novel,” written by SF great Edmond Ha...