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Protecting a Third-Earth that hates and fears them

Posted on February 7, 2024 by OAFE

Dynamite Entertainment has a new Thundercats comic debuting this week. And as the Dynamite do, there are a bunch of variant covers available, including this one by Jae Lee: Like the original, it's actually a set of five covers: the … Continue reading →

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Getting into Luke Cage's pants

Posted on January 29, 2024 by OAFE

From Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1, black pants and black boots with yellow cuffs:

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Behind the Laughter

Posted on January 5, 2024 by OAFE

Recently, friend of the site googum went digging through his musty garage well-maintained archives and pulled out this old Twisted ToyFare Theatre strip, because why should we realistically have to wait 95 years for an abandoned copyright to expire? If … Continue reading →

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Despite all my rage

Posted on December 28, 2023 by OAFE

How can we determine Splinter's age? Let's start with issue #1 of the comic and work our way backwards. For math purposes, we will treat the story as happening "now." When the boys get back from their first mission above-ground, … Continue reading →

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That settles things

Posted on December 12, 2023 by OAFE

(via) <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Fiction meets Fiction Star Trek: The (Stop-)Motion Picture He also could have tried "five eight eight two three hundred" Reprolabels Knock Out upgrade kit review Teeing up a TFAN fan art tease

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Alex Ross's Captain Marvel

Posted on November 5, 2023 by OAFE

A few years ago, Alex Ross did a small pitch for Kurt Busiek's then-upcoming The Marvels comic. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>"Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2" Movie Series: Star-Lord review Rustin's Spoils of the Week #204 Lou Scheimer: Creating … Continue reading →

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Wake up, it's Friday the 13th!

Posted on October 13, 2023 by OAFE

Ch-ch-ch-ch, ah-ah-ah-ah! (via) <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Flippin' through Previews - June '16 Flippin' through Previews - September '15 Rustin's Spoils of the Week #212 Flippin' through Previews - December '15 The Slashstreet Boys

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Alex Ross' Iron Man

Posted on September 25, 2023 by OAFE

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

Posted on August 24, 2023 by OAFE

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

Posted on August 14, 2023 by OAFE

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. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Flippin' through Previews - … Continue reading →

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