Master of the World! (Man from Atlantis #5, June 1978) – MCC067
Part one of a three part story has a troubling female character and a final page that transcends the rest of the issue. Cliches abound, some of them bad, but not all of them!
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Down in the Mine! (Human Fly #10, June 1978) – MCC066
Human Fly does a stunt! Human Fly helps some people! All in a day’s work for Human Fly! But is it GOOD? Well, maybe…
Arena for Three! (Godzilla #11, June 1978) – MCC065
It’s Godzilla vs. Yetrigar vs. Red Ronin in a three-way Kaiju slugfest, with the lives of four random, thrill seeking white water rafters in the balance!
Doomworld! (Star Wars #12, June 1978) – MCC064
Luke was looking for a new rebel base, and now he’s caught by pirates on a water world…
…while Han, Chewie, and Leia were looking for Luke, and now they’re caught by pirates on a captured star destroyer, heading to that same water world!
The new adventures continue!
SKYWALKER STRIKES, Star Wars 1-6 (2015) – MCC063
It’s a new series! A new publisher! And a new canon! Ben explores the ongoing Star Wars series as it dives into new stories taking place directly after the first Star Wars movie!
Marvel’s Star Wars Movies Remastered (2015) – MCC062
Marvel has re-colored it’s classic adaptations of the Star Wars original trilogy. Does it work? Is it worth buying? Is it just a cash grab, or does it make sense for them to create these “special editions”? And what other extras did they dig up to include within these hardcovers? Ben …
Two Second Sensational Senses Shattering Issues! (Ben’s Bullpen Bulletin, May 1978) – MCC061
We take a look inside the covers of the May 1978 books — the ads, the copy-pages, a Twinkie ad — and then open the pages of Jack Kirby’s two 2001 successors: Machine Man and Devil Dinosaur!
Fortress of Bones! (John Carter: Warlord of Mars #12, May 1978) – MCC060
In a Gothic, bio-horror tale, John Carter and Tars Tarkis enter a fortress made of bones and skulls and face evil warriors also made of bones and skulls! (Or, I guess you could call them skeletons…)
Freely Adapted! (Man from Atlantis #4, May 1978) – MCC059
It’s Mark Harris, the Man from Atlantis, vs. mind controlling spores from outer space!
Sort of Guest Starring Daredevil! (Human Fly #9, May 1978) – MCC058
“…And Daredevil Makes Three” is a GREAT example…of a terrible team up. Take three heroes who have nothing to do with each other and then don’t let them interact and this is what you get.