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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. And now, some more OAFEry:Minimate Mini-Review #364 - … Continue reading →

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Re-creating Uncanny X-Men #275

Posted on July 26, 2023 by OAFE

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:Marvel Legends Mystique addendum Rustin's Spoils of the Week #96 Lights, camera, ACTION (figures)! Minimate Mini-Review … Continue reading →

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GI Joe: Outback addendum

Posted on July 21, 2023 by OAFE

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

Posted on July 8, 2023 by OAFE

Oof. You dodged some bullets there, Quentin. And now, some more OAFEry:Real flying Lego Superman Rustin's Spoils of the Week #183 Face Off Sabretooth addendum Marvel Legends addendum: dat (Spider) body! Soon Forget: DC Direct DCeased

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Fangverine

Posted on July 2, 2023 by OAFE

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:Hasbro's SDCC exclusives (part 2) Soon Forget: Marvel … Continue reading →

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Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3

Posted on June 27, 2023 by OAFE

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: The comic also explains how Prowl can visit the Legacy world despite … Continue reading →

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ML9: Wonder Man addendum

Posted on June 14, 2023 by OAFE

As mentioned in today's review, here's the John Byrne art that inspired Paul Harding's sculpt of Wonder Man: And now, some more OAFEry:Flippin' through Previews - June '13 A free angry white boy for you Minimate Mini-Review #360 - Black … Continue reading →

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Barbie meets Beast Wars

Posted on June 6, 2023 by OAFE

According to the artist, "Silverbolt fits so well as Ken I had to draw them in this little scene from the trailer." And now, some more OAFEry:Transformers Bumblebee: Studio Series Wheeljack addendum How to remove chrome Transformers Monsterbots Transformers BotBots … Continue reading →

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The Theory of ALF-olution

Posted on May 28, 2023 by OAFE

Thanks to Green Lantern, we know the planet Melmac, in the Adromeda galaxy, exists in the DC Universe - but it turns out it also exists in the Marvel Universe! In the '80s, Marvel published an ALF comic that managed … Continue reading →

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