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Tuesday, 29 November 2011

The All-Girl Amazon Attack Batallion by Garry Leach and Steve Moore.

from Warrior # 13.

Posted by joe bloke at 17:28 4 comments:

Labels: comics, steve moore

Fit Birds.

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Silence or Death! by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

from Thor # 149.

Posted by joe bloke at 17:15 1 comment:

Labels: comics, jack kirby, marvel, stan lee, the inhumans

Monday, 28 November 2011

Dr. Strange by Walt Simonson and Dave Gibbons,

from Marvel Fanfare # 41,

Posted by joe bloke at 21:01 5 comments:

Labels: comics, dave gibbons, marvel, walt simonson

. . .And finally: Black Bolt! by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.

from Thor # 148.

Posted by joe bloke at 20:41 3 comments:

Labels: comics, jack kirby, marvel, stan lee, the inhumans

Sunday, 27 November 2011

Little Ego by Vittorio Giardino.

Posted by joe bloke at 09:52 5 comments:

Labels: comics, little ego, vittorio giardino

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Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!

Today in Comics History: Wonder Woman loses her powers for a day and is captured by an alien giant and placed on a human charm bracelet with Steve Trevor and I'm honestly not making any of this up, I swear - So yesterday, June 18, we discovered that due to using a *really* powerful shampoo... Panel from *Wonder Woman* #176 (May-June 1968), script by Robert K...
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Stripper's Guide

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The Super-Team Family: The Lost Issues!

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Rick Baker's Nazi Werewolf - From "An American Werewolf in London".
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4thletter!

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Love Today, Cry Tomorrow-Win Mortimer/Wallace Wood-1969 - With his smooth style and his amazing skill at drawing pretty girls, Wally Wood would have seemed a natural for romance comics but he really never did m...
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Diversions of the Groovy Kind

Black and White Wednesday: "The Rubber Ball Project" by Cuti and Continuity Associates - What it is, Groove-ophiles! Today we're going back in time to visit with our fave made-for-TV superhero, *Steve Austin--The Six Million Dollar Man*! "The R...
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The Magic Whistle

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BOOKSTEVE'S LIBRARY

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Fantasy Ink

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The Glass Walking-Stick

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Super I.T.C.H

D. J. David B. Spins Comics-Tunes: Yes, It’s Superman! - Once again, in honor of the new Man of Steel movie, we’re going to completely ignore it and focus instead on the Superman of days gone by. By the way, if y...
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TOO DANGEROUS FOR A GIRL!

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Peter Gray's Comics and Art

The first Sparky People by Jim Petrie - See the first Sparky People by Jim Petrie..from of course Sparky comic.. follow link to see it.. http://comics.brucelaing.id.au/sparkypeople01/#comment-375
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Cinema Steve

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Pocket War Comics

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The Yellowed Pages

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Silver Age Comics

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Men's Adventure Magazines

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Golden Age Comic Book Stories

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