Paperback cover parade: And Then Murder

Pop links: Wolverton, Toth, Letterman's Super Bowl ad, The Who at half time

Read a batch of 1950s tales illustrated by the great Basil Wolverton.

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Read a vintage Alex Toth-illustrated romance tale.

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Here's the inside story on that Super Bowl ad featuring odd trio David Letterman, Jay Leno and Oprah Winfrey.



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More Super Bowl: Here's the Who's half-time set:





Paperback cover parade: Carter Brown - The Wanton

Video finds: The Small Faces perform Ogden's Nut Gone Flake

 I've been really into this album lately. Here are some YouTube clips featuring the band performing a few songs off it on various TV shows.











Firestorm guests on Batman: Brave and the World--pics

Here are a few pics from this week's episode of "Batman: Brave and the Bold."

Details:
"A school field trip goes awry when Dr. Double X causes lab explosion that fuses slacker science teacher Ronnie to his genius pupil Jason creating the reluctant hero Firestorm and, unbeknownst them, leaves Batman divided into three parts!"




Vintage DC Comics house ad

Deal alert! Six seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm for $90

Pop links: Mego Bat Machine, Wally Wood, Mego Lost figures, Legion of Super-heroes, Disneyland

Check out the vintage Mego Bat Machine!

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See a selection of gorgeous images from Galaxy Science Fiction magazine by the fabulous Wally Wood.

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Nifty: Disneyland Stamp Book, 1956.

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Mego-style "Lost" figures. I bet a lot of people clink that link fast.

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Former DC Comics publisher Paul Levitz discusses his return to writing the Legion of Super-heroes and Lucien the Librarian.

Take a look: Neal Adams cover for DC Comics' First Wave project

Here's a Neal Adams-created cover for DC Comics' upcoming First Wave mini-series featuring--as you can plainly see--Doc Savage, the Spirit and the Batman in a pulped-up, noirish setting.

Vintage DC Comics house ad

New comics Feb. 3, 2010

Shipping list for Feb. 3, 2010

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