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Alex Ross's Captain Marvel

A few years ago, Alex Ross did a small pitch for Kurt Busiek's then-upcoming The Marvels comic. And now, some more OAFEry:Spoilers on toys Rustin's Spoils of the Week #147 Rustin's Spoils of the Week #180 Fortnite: the Nexus War … Continue reading

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Wake up, it's Friday the 13th!

Ch-ch-ch-ch, ah-ah-ah-ah! (via) And now, some more OAFEry:Rustin's Spoils of the Week #163 Flippin' through Previews - September '15 Horror Classics Mystery Minis - Freddy vs. Jason reviews Rustin's Spoils of the Week #212 Flippin' through Previews - December '15

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Alex Ross' Iron Man

Here, direct from 1991, is Alex Ross' original design for Iron Man, which eventually became the "Heroes Return" armor:

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Shredder's colors

Mirage Studios' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 was published, in all its black and white glory, in 1984. For such a foundational comic, it's no surprise companies have taken any excuse they can to reprint it. Often that excuse involves … Continue reading

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Spider-Verse Jessica Drew addendum

As mentioned in today's review, here is one of the earlier designs for Jessica Drew, before it was decided to make her black: You can really see the Kris Anka influence there. And now, some more OAFEry:Flippin' through Previews - … Continue reading

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Re-creating Uncanny X-Men #275

In honor of today's Retro Collection Wolverine review, here's the comic that inspired him and both "Strike Force" box sets: And now, some more OAFEry:Professor X Minimate addendum X-Men Legends addendum: More Morph Xevoz Series 5: Ursa Khan Rustin's Spoils … Continue reading

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GI Joe: Outback addendum

Outback may not have appeared on the cartoon, but he did appear in animation: as a way around advertising restrictions, Hasbro produced a handful of commercials for the GI Joe comicbook, including this one for issue #65, "Divergent Paths": Also … Continue reading

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Kid Omega's non-omega costumes

Oof. You dodged some bullets there, Quentin. And now, some more OAFEry:DCSH Brainiac addendum Minimate Mini-Review #15 - Storm & Colossus Superman goes for a flight Rustin's Spoils of the Week #39 Minimate Mini-Review #86 - '90s Beast & '90s … Continue reading

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Fangverine

Here is what Fang looked like when he was introduced in 1977's Uncanny X-Men #107: He, of course, was based on the Legionnaire, Timber Wolf, introduced in 1964: And now, some more OAFEry:Rustin's Spoils of the Week #21 Rustin's Spoils … Continue reading

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Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3

Surprise! Part 2 wasn't the end of the race after all. Part 3 may not have been ready when Crasher went up, but now we finally get one: Vision-Impaired Transcript: Page 1 Panel 1: Apparently crossing the finish line in … Continue reading

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