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Fantastic Friday: Be cool, molecule

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. In issue #20, we meet a nerd… with the power of the gods! The fun begins in Reed’s lab, where the team is investigating a meteor recently fallen to Earth. Ben breaks … Continue reading →

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Ten cent movies: Escape From Galaxy 3

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Mac McEntire

A while back, I spent a whopping $5 on this 50-movie set, Sci-fi Invasion. That adds up to 10 cents per movie. 1981’s Escape from Galaxy 3 is an outer space epic set to disco music. FOR THE LOVE OF … Continue reading →

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Ten cent movies: Hyper Sapien: People From Another Star

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Mac McEntire

A while back, I spent a whopping $5 on this 50-movie set, Sci-fi Invasion. That adds up to 10 cents per movie. Hyper Sapien: People From Another Star, made in 1986, is yet another aliens-running-around-the-woods-outside-a-small-town movie. What makes this one … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Walk like an Egyptian

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #19 features freaky time travel craziness and Egyptian wildness. The tale begins with Reed, Sue and Johnny tooling around the city in the Fantasticar, looking for Ben. They stop by Alicia’s … Continue reading →

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Ten cent movies: The Alien Factor

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Mac McEntire

A while back, I spent a whopping $5 on this 50-movie set, Sci-fi Invasion. That adds up to 10 cents per movie. Time for more aliens-running-around-the-woods action with 1978’s The Alien Factor. Here’s what happens: Aliens crash land outside a … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: I’m Super (Skrull), thanks for asking!

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. After spending the last two issues outsmarting Dr. Doom, the FF take on a more physical threat in issue #18, a baddie with souped-up superpowers. The issue begins with the FF sitting … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Dr. Doom’s Day

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Most villains come up with an evil plot, but it takes a one-of-a-kind villain to come up with multiple evil plots throughout the course of a single story. That’s our boy Dr. … Continue reading →

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Ten cent movies: Invaders From Space

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Mac McEntire

A while back, I spent a whopping $5 on this 50-movie set, Sci-fi Invasion. That adds up to 10 cents per movie. Today we’re blasting off to Japan for 1968’s Invaders from Space, a didn’t-translate-well tribute to total randomness. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Shrinkage!

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Things get crazy in issue 16, with the introduction of a whole new universe. (No, not 1986’s New Universe, that’s a post for another time.) Both the cover and the splash page … Continue reading →

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Ten cent movies: Star Knight

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Mac McEntire

A while back, I spent a whopping $5 on this 50-movie set, Sci-fi Invasion. That adds up to 10 cents per movie. Star Knight combines sword n’ sorcery action with sci-fi alien freakiness. Here’s what happens: Back in the ol’ … Continue reading →

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