Logan’s Run #7 (July 1977) – MCC006
In this episode, it’s the FINAL issue of Marvel’s Logan’s Run series, and it ends on a cliffhanger! With no resolution. Ever. Cue the sad trombone.
What If Uncle Ben Didn’t Die? — What If? #19 (Ben) CBTM011
What If? and Elseworlds . . . stunning sagas of alternate realities that can’t, couldn’t, or shouldn’t exist! Ben explores one of those alternate realities by going back in time and opening the pages of What If? #19, which asks two questions (both have the same answer): “What if Spider-Man …
GO, GO, GODZILLA! Marvel Sci-Fi, August 1977 (Ben) CBTM010
Jump in the Time Machine to cover date August 1977! Star Wars gets its second chapter, Mister Machine is born as a superhero in 2001’s penultimate issue, John Carter continues his swashbuckling ways, and the king of all monsters comes to the Marvel universe! Also, I dug up some interviews …
Star Wars #1 (July 1977) – MCC005
Finally! We get to talk about Star Wars, issue #1, the first part in the SIX PART adaptation of the first Star Wars movie!!!
ROCKET RACCOON 4 Issue Limited Series (Group) CBTM009
Where did Rocket Raccoon come from? Most people know him from a pretty big and fun movie, and some people know him from an epic run of the Guardians of the Galaxy comic, spun out of the cosmic event Annihilation events. But back in the 80s, he was just a …
MANHUNTER #1 — Mark Shaw Manhunter (Daniel) CBTM008
Daniel digs into Ostrander and Yale’s Manhunter #1 from 1988. He reviews the story, Mark Shaw’s motivations, the origins of the title and the passion that Captain Cold and Daniel share.
HULK: HEART OF THE ATOM (review)
HULK: HEART OF THE ATOM WRITERS: Harlon Ellison, Roy Thomas, Archie Goodwin, Len Wein, Bill Mantlo, Peter Gillis ARTISTS: Herb Trimpe and Sal Buscema (pencils)l; a ton of inkers and letterers and colorists So I took a look at the graphic novels shelves at my local comic shop and found …
Who Is Ben Reilly?: Spider-Verse Prerequisites Part 2 (Matt) CBTM007
“Spider-Verse” is a Marvel event starting during the fall of 2014. In this event, every Spider-Man from the entire Marvel multiverse will be featured during the course of the story. In order to prepare for this huge spider-centric event, one of the Comic Book Time Machine hosts, Matt Anderson, will be reading …
John Carter: Warlord of Mars #1 (pre-Star Wars) – MCC004
As we lead up to the Star Wars series, we look at John Carter: Warlord of Mars, a sci-fi series that inspired Star Wars!
STAR WARS BEGINS! Marvel Sci-Fi, July 1977 (Ben) CBTM006
Our exploration of Marvel’s Star Wars finally begins! Taking the time machine to cover date July, 1977, we are given the beginning of a new era in science fantasy with Star Wars’ first issue, and another sci-fi title gets cancelled with Logan’s Run’s cancelation. In between those two extremes, Jack Kirby …