ONE AGAINST A WILDERNESS by William L. Chester What a great little book! One of several DAW paperbacks I found at a used book store in...

Rom the Spaceknight – King-Sized Annual #1 “I’ve stripped you of your armor, spaceknight… now I’ll take your life!” thus sayeth the...

Marvel Team Up #138 Spider-Man and Sandman star in Spidey's monthly team-up title, which was pretty unusual back then. Spider-Man...

THE MOUNTAINS OF BREGA WIZARD OF RENTORO WARRIORS OF LATAN by Jeffrey Lord At first glance, these titles scream fantasy series....

ROM #62 By this time the ROM series is drawing to a close but remains very strong story-wise. Writer Bill Mantlo never took his foot off...

Ex-Mutants Microseries – Erin #1 Printed by Pied Piper Comics circa 1987, this sold for $1.95 in the States, which was a modest chunk of...

THE DAWNING by Hugh B. Cave To judge by the author's bio in the back of the book, Mr. Cave is a man of impressive accomplishments (over...

Supreme #28 I won this comic in 2019. It was a door prize on Free Comic Book Day at Okecon, a small con put on by the amazing Ware County...

X-Factor Giant-Sized Annual #2 The sole cover blurb reads “Guest Starring: the Inhumans!” This is usually a selling point for me. I like...

Marvel Super Action #36 “How do you catch the world’s fastest man?” the cover asks the reader. This is a great question, especially when...

THE ETERNAL SAVAGE by Edgar Rice Burroughs An interesting, but short novel even by Burroughs' standards. The Eternal Lover chronicles the...

Marvel Triple Action #32 The cover dress prominently features “starring Capt. America, Hawkeye, Goliath, and the Wasp”, which is a weird...

Deathstroke the Terminator #1 Written by Marv Wolfman and drawn by Steve Erwin, the cover blurb declares this the “1st Take No Prisoners...

THE WIZARD OF OZ by L. Frank Baum I haven't read this one since I was a kid. Happily, years later, I still find it very enjoyable. All...

Action Comics #472 “Face it, Superman! I’m as powerful as you—and a much better fighter!” Ah, the 70s! Lots of things were changing at...

G.I. Joe #13 An awesome cover sets the tone for one of my favorite issues of my favorite G.I. Joe story arc of all time. Surpassed only...

Death Draws Five (aka Wild Cards XVII) by John J. Miller I remember that when I had finished reading this book, which was the then-latest...

Swords of the Swashbucklers #1 God, I miss Bill Mantlo! Really, I should say I miss Bill Mantlo’s writing. He is still alive, but after...

Stinger by Robert R. McCammon Recently I was on a stakeout that went wrong in a bad way. Not the kind conducted by police officers or...

The Mark of the Demons by John Jakes In honor of the recent passing of John Jakes, I offer this review of a less well-known work. Well,...