| 10/28/2007 |
Installment 129: 1 - 10 - Cracked! |
| 10/21/2007 |
Installment 128: Clichés |
| 10/14/2007 |
Installment 127: Comics Never Made - Drive-In Movie Classics and Fantastic Film Classics |
| 10/07/2007 |
Installment 126: Circus Time |
| 09/30/2007 |
Installment 125: 1-10 - Challengers of the Unknown! |
| 09/23/2007 |
Installment 124: Ch-ch-ch-changes - And it's all Superman family titles! |
| 09/16/2007 |
Installment 123: Comics Never Made - Drive-In Movie Classics and Fantastic Film Classics |
| 09/09/2007 |
Installment 122: Reader Challenge - a reader gave me four comic book covers, and challenged me to come up with the theme! |
| 09/02/2007 |
Installment 121: Cartoon Stuff |
| 08/26/2007 |
Installment 120: Sports |
| 08/19/2007 |
Installment 119: 1-10 - Captain Marvel Adventures! |
| 08/12/2007 |
Installment 118: Comics Never Made - Five comics that never were! |
| 08/05/2007 |
Installment 117: Carnival |
| 07/22/2007 |
Installment 116: A G-g-g-g-g-ghost! |
| 07/22/2007 |
Installment 115: TV Comics! |
| 07/15/2007 |
Installment 114: Going to the Chapel |
| 07/08/2007 |
Installment 113: Comics Never Made - Four comics that never were! |
| 07/01/2007 |
Installment 112: Power Failure! |
| 06/24/2007 |
Installment 111: Real People - Focuses on comics based on real people! |
| 06/17/2007 |
Installment 110: Seeing Double - and yes, it's a theme I've covered before, and will likely cover again in the future! |
| 06/10/2007 |
Installment 109: Comics Never Made - More Drive-In Movie Classics! But this time, there's a difference: For no particular reason, I'm presenting EIGHT issues instead of just four! |
| 06/03/2007 |
Installment 108: Special Guest Star! - in which, naturally, a guest star appeared in the comic book. |
| 05/27/2007 |
Installment 107: Turned Evil! - in which a hero or heroes appear to have turned evil! |
| 05/20/2007 |
Installment 106: What The--? - featuring covers that were just so eye-grabbing, if not absolutely puzzling, that you would feel compelled to buy the comic book just to see what the cover was about! |
| 05/13/2007 |
Installment 105: Comics Never Made - More Drive-In Movie Classics! |
| 05/06/2007 |
Installment 104: My column's two-year anniversary and to celebrate, a whole bunch of covers that are issue 104! |
| 04/29/2007 |
Installment 103: Sexy revisited with an email from regular reader Joe Lenius |
| 04/22/2007 |
Installment 102: Sports |
| 04/15/2007 |
Installment 101: Comics Never Made - Three issues of The Addams Family! |
| 04/08/2007 |
Installment 100: What Were They Thinking? - The four covers I'm presenting this time around represent what I feel are some lapses in judgment and/or taste. |
| 04/01/2007 |
Installment 99: Games of Chance - We look at four covers that take place at the carnival! |
| 03/19/2007 |
Installment 98: Unmasked - Last time I ran with this theme, it was all Spider-Man... but this time, other characters will get their time in the sun, so to speak... and it's all DC! |
| 03/18/2007 |
Installment 97: Comics Never Made - More Drive-In Movie Classics! |
| 03/11/2007 |
Installment 96: Super-Kids - And yes, that means lots of Superman covers! |
| 03/04/2007 |
Installment 95: 1-10 - This time around, I'm looking at the first 10 issues of Superboy, the adventures of Superman when he was a boy! |
| 02/25/2007 |
Installment 94: Sexy! - Covers that feature some of the sexiest women presented on comics covers |
| 02/18/2007 |
Installment 93: Comics Never Made - We look at three one-shot books from an alternate reality! |
| 02/11/2007 |
Installment 92: Seeing Double! |
| 02/04/2007 |
Installment 91: 1-10 - This month, the focus is on The Mighty Marvel Western |
| 01/28/2007 |
Installment 90: Out of the Comic - featuring four covers in which the characters are coming out of the comic in some way... you'll see what I mean as we go! |
| 01/21/2007 |
Installment 89: Comics Never Made - And once again we return to another quartet of issues of the other-reality Charlton title, Drive-In Movie Classics! |
| 01/14/2007 |
Installment 88: Other Superpeople - Featuring those one-off super-characters who seemed to pop up in the Superman comics on a regular basis! |
| 01/07/2007 |
Installment 87: 1-10 - This time around, I'm looking at the first 10 issues of that mid-1970s Marvel title... Nova! |
| 12/31/2006 |
Installment 86: Merry Pranksters! |
| 12/24/2006 |
Installment 85: Comics Never Made - We resume Drive-In Movie Classics! |
| 12/17/2006 |
Installment 84: Mass Media! - Newspapers on the cover. |
| 12/10/2006 |
Installment 83: He's Dead, Jim! - Yes, I'm revisiting a previous theme once again! Features covers in which one of the title characters appears to be dead! |
| 12/03/2006 |
Installment 82: 1-10 - This time the spotlight is on Justice League of America |
| 11/26/2006 |
Installment 81: Comics Never Made - Even more Drive-In Movie Classics! |
| 11/19/2006 |
Installment 80: This time around, I'm taking a look at some foreign edition comics, reprinting US comic books for other countries in their native language! |
| 11/12/2006 |
Installment 79: 1-10 - The American Comics Group title Forbidden Worlds! |
| 11/05/2006 |
Installment 78: Goin' to the Chapel - featuring wedding covers! |
| 10/29/2006 |
Installment 77: Get In The Picture - Features photography on comics covers - and variations thereof! |
| 10/22/2006 |
Installment 76: 1-10 - When I take a look at issues 1 to 10 of a selected comic book title. Last time around was Action Comics... this time around, it's The Fantastic Four! |
| 10/15/2006 |
Installment 75: For the Birds - featuring a quartet of covers with avian antagonists! |
| 10/08/2006 |
Installment 74: Spider-Man Exposed - Given that only a few months ago, Spider-Man willingly revealed his identity to the world, it seemed appropriate for me to feature this theme this time around! |
| 10/01/2006 |
Installment 73: Comics Never Made - More Drive-In Movie Classics! |
| 09/24/2006 |
Installment 72: 1-10 - The first ten issues of a selected comic book title. |
| 09/17/2006 |
Installment 71: Dreams! - Specifically, covers featuring characters dreaming! |
| 09/10/2006 |
Installment 70: Drawing a Crowd - Revisiting a theme which I've covered before, these four covers feature a character on the cover drawing something which has an impact on what else is happening! |
| 09/03/2006 |
Installment 69: Comics Never Made - Thunderbirds |
| 08/26/2006 |
Installment 68: Dance Crazes - Which is a theme I know I covered some time ago, but there were some other cool dancing covers I didn't use the first time around. |
| 08/20/2006 |
Installment 67: Cowboys and Indians - which I believe I've covered before, but it's worth returning to again! |
| 08/13/2006 |
Installment 66: This week's theme returns to the circus, with a quartet of Big Cats covers! |
| 08/06/2006 |
Installment 65: Ch-ch-ch-changes - with all due apologies to David Bowie we revisit a past theme |
| 07/30/2006 |
Installment 64: Comics Never Made - More Drive-In Movie Classics! |
| 07/23/2006 |
Installment 63: Sideshows - which used to be common fare at circuses |
| 07/16/2006 |
Installment 62: Wedding-Themed Covers |
| 07/09/2006 |
Installment 61: Hall of Mirrors |
| 07/02/2006 |
Installment 60: Roller Coasters! |
| 06/25/2006 |
Installment 59: Comics Never Made - Alternate-reality Charlton comics, Drive-In Movie Classics |
| 06/18/2006 |
Installment 58: Cartoon Stuff - Covers where otherwise inanimate objects seem to have come to life, like in some of the old Warner Brothers cartoons. |
| 06/11/2006 |
Installment 57: Abracadabra! - Yep, this week I return to featuring characters performing "magic" - but not real magic. |
| 06/04/2006 |
Installment 56: I'm revisiting a topic that I previously covered back in the 22nd edition of this column... "A g-g-g-g-ghost!" |
| 05/28/2006 |
Installment 55: Clichés |
| 05/21/2006 |
Installment 54: Comics Never Made - The Marx Brothers |
| 05/14/2006 |
Installment 53: This week marks the one-year anniversary of this column, as promised, I'm presenting a quartet of Birthday Covers! |
| 05/07/2006 |
Installment 52: I Object! - A quartet of covers that lawyers will get a kick out of, if not all of you readers! |
| 04/30/2006 |
Installment 51: Cap's Hobby Hints! - Comic covers featuring hobbies! |
| 04/23/2006 |
Installment 50: Histeria! - What the heck does that mean? Well, it means comics covers guest-starring a figure from history. |
| 04/16/2006 |
Installment 49: He's Dead, Jim! - Yes, it's a group of dead characters (okay, none of them are really dead, y'know... they get better!). |
| 04/09/2006 |
Installment 48: Handicapable! |
| 04/02/2006 |
Installment 47: Foreign Edition Covers! |
| 03/26/2006 |
Installment 46: First Meetings! - Featuring the first meetings with characters |
| 03/19/2006 |
Installment 45: It's time for another set of covers that tie in with a current holiday of sorts... yes, that's right... it's April Fool's Day covers! |
| 03/12/2006 |
Installment 44: Family Ties - no, there's no Alex, Mallory, or Jennifer Keaton here... it's all Superman and his family! |
| 03/05/2006 |
Installment 43: Exploitation! - You want half-dressed Amazon women enslaving men? Or maybe Vietnam-era student protesters? Or even women's prison stories? They're all right here, and in titles you might not have expected to find these in! |
| 02/26/2006 |
Installment 42: Comics Never Made - The Beach Boys and Elvis Presley Comics |
| 02/19/2006 |
Installment 41: At the Circus |
| 02/12/2006 |
Installment 40: Charge! - Yes, that classic cavalry call! |
| 02/04/2006 |
Installment 39: Valentine's Day! |
| 01/29/2006 |
Installment 38: Comics Never Made - The Prisoner and Gilligan's Island |
| 01/22/2006 |
Installment 37: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes - Featuring more strange transformations of the Man of Steel! |
| 01/15/2006 |
Installment 36: Catching a Ride! - Where a character literally catches a ride! |
| 01/08/2006 |
Installment 35: Comics Never Made - The remain four Godzilla comics never made |
| 01/01/2006 |
Installment 34: This week is New Year's Eve, and so I'm presenting a trio of appropriate covers for you, from comics' Golden Age! |
| 12/25/2005 |
Installment 33: In observance of this day, here's a quartet of covers from Christmas Past! |
| 12/18/2005 |
Installment 32: This week, I'm presenting a very special theme! This week is fellow WF Comics columnist Tony Isabella's birthday! |
| 12/11/2005 |
Installment 31: Covers where super-heroes turn EVIL! |
| 12/04/2005 |
Installment 30: "Snakes... why did it have to be snakes?" |
| 11/27/2005 |
Installment 29: Four football-themed covers |
| 11/20/2005 |
Installment 28: We're celebrating Thanksgiving with "Turkey" covers |
| 11/13/2005 |
Installment 27: Comics Never Made - Hawaii Five-O and Jack Benny Comics |
| 11/06/2005 |
Installment 26: I feature four "rounds" of boxing covers! |
| 10/30/2005 |
Installment 25: Comics Never Made - The Rolling Stones and The Doors |
| 10/23/2005 |
Installment 24: Since Halloween is this week, I figured why not celebrate with some Halloween-themed covers? |
| 10/10/2005 |
Installment 23: Given that Halloween is next week, why not show you the first four issues of Adventures Into Weird Worlds? |
| 10/09/2005 |
Installment 22: I Want My Mummy! - Yep, ghosts last week, mummies this week... gee, ya'd think Halloween was coming up or something, eh? |
| 10/02/2005 |
Installment 21: A G-g-g-g-g-ghost! - Covers with ghosts and ghost-like images. |
| 09/25/2005 |
Installment 20: Comics Never Made - David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention and Little Richard Mystery Comics! |
| 09/18/2005 |
Installment 19: Drawing a Crowd - Covers in which someone is being drawn or painted (more or less, anyway!). |
| 09/11/2005 |
Installment 18: A quartet of covers fitting the theme, "Dance Crazes!" |
| 09/04/2005 |
Installment 17: We look at covers featuring cowboys and Indians... but I'm not "cheating" and using Western comics! Nope, these all come from Action Comics! |
| 08/28/2005 |
Installment 16: We look at covers all showing sports! |
| 08/21/2005 |
Installment 15: Covers in which someone is unmasked! |
| 08/14/2005 |
Installment 14: Covers featuring a son of Superman! Yep, it's imaginary story time... so hang on to your hats! |
| 08/07/2005 |
Installment 13: Comics Never Made - Godzilla comics that were never made! |
| 07/31/2005 |
Installment 12: Today's theme takes us under the big top to look at four covers featuring high-wire acts! |
| 07/24/2005 |
Installment 11: A G-G-G-Ghost! - Ghosts on comic book covers... they could be actual ghosts, they could be phony ghosts, they could even be there in a purely symbolic role! |
| 07/17/2005 |
Installment 10: What The--? - Feature covers that are just so eye-catching that you look at them and just HAVE to find out what's going on inside. |
| 07/10/2005 |
Installment 9: Comics Never Made - More Beatles comics that were never published in our reality! |
| 07/03/2005 |
Installment 8: It's that time of year in the USA when picnics are planned, and various incendiary devices are purchased and exploded... in other words, the Fourth of July, aka Independence Day! |
| 06/26/2005 |
Installment 7: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes - Five Action Comics covers featuring strange transformations of the Man of Steel! |
| 06/19/2005 |
Installment 6: Breaking the Fourth Wall - Characters on the cover talk to the reader! |
| 06/12/2005 |
Installment 5: Altered Egos - Comics covers featuring familiar characters assuming new identities! |
| 06/05/2005 |
Installment 4: Comics Never Made - I present a pair of Beatles comics that were never published in our reality! |
| 05/29/2005 |
Installment 3: Are You Talkin' To Me? - Cover character talking directly to the reader. |
| 05/22/2005 |
Installment 2: Altered Egos - Which was a pretty common theme in comics! |
| 05/14/2005 |
Installment 1: Abracadabra - Or in other words, covers which feature characters performing stage magic! |
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