Here's a Time magazine profile of Mr. Clarke and his (very optimistic) outlook on man's technological prospects. No ...

From its April 15, 1968 issue, here's what Newsweek had to say about 2001 . Since it's my theory that 2001: A Space Odyssey ...

Medical bulletin: If all goes well, we should be able to bring Joyce home tonight. I'm waiting until the doctor makes his evening r...

Since my wife was rushed to the hospital this afternoon, I'm only going to take a second to say, the title for today's post app...

SPOILER ALERT: Over the next week or so I'll be presenting all manner of important and trivial things concerning the entity (som...

From the November 1961 issue of Superman , number 149, a tale ripped from yesterday’s headlines, comes now “The Death of Superman!” Yep, t...

Today, here’s a look/review of a new book (DC-authorized of course) by Kevin J. Anderson, entitled The Last Days of Krypton . In it Ander...

At a bookstore somewhere I found these Superman note cards with envelopes. I guess it'll be no surprise that I've never used ...

From Superman Annual #1, here's a double-page spread covering Superman's Arctic Fortress. You can tell it's Swanderful a...

In #97, the Nov-Dec 1966 issue of The Adventures of Jerry Lewis , "Batman Meets Jerry!" with art by Bob Oskner. ...

OK. When I was 8 or 10, Wham-O merchandised the Superball. Now widely available as knock-offs abound (and rebound), the originals were a du...

Here's an illustrated side-by-side look at Superman, as drawn by perhaps the two most influental Super-Artists (after Daddy Joe Shus...

(with apologies to Billy Joel) Here are a couple of more simply fab comic-book ads for Aurora model kits. My first guess is that Murphy ...

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 ...