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A Look at Marvel’s Softcover Masterworks
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Happy 30th Anniversary, KISS comics!
Thirty years ago today, Marvel released the debut of Marvel Comics Super Special #1 featuring Kiss, where they squared off against (who else?) Mephisto and Dr. Doom. The issue was printed with ink that had blood added from each of the band members, a feat not surpassed until Mark Gruenwald’s ashes were mixed in with…
I for one welcome our new robot overlords
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Shipping Late, by Martha Thomases
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He’s got a chauffeur that’s a genuine dinosaur… And he can knuckle yo’ head before you count to four. – Dallas Frazier “Alley Oop” (1960) The formidable dinosaur-replica standing guard at the entrance to the Museum of Science & History in Fort Worth, Texas is a native Southwesterner in more ways than one….

