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Ten cent movies: Hands of Steel

A while back, I spent a whopping $5 on this 50-movie set, Sci-fi Invasion. That adds up to 10 cents per movie. Let’s get futuristic with Hands of Steel, which was obviously released in some places under the name Atomic Cyborg. … Continue reading →

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Ten cent movies: The Eyes Behind the Stars

A while back, I spent a whopping $5 on this 50-movie set, Sci-fi Invasion. That adds up to 10 cents per movie. Now it’s time for 1978’s The Eyes Behind the Stars. (How can they see anything from back there?) … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Let’s everybody brain-swap

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We reach the double digits in issue 10, so it’s appropriate that it’s a tale about brain switching. The issue begins with Reed taking a picture of Sue with his “electronic x-ray … Continue reading →

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Ten cent movies: The Day Time Ended

A while back, I spent a whopping $5 on this 50-movie DVD set, Sci-fi Invasion. That adds up to 10 cents per movie. Up next is The Day Time Ended, from 1980. Here’s what happens: A family moves a ranch … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: More like the fantastic 99 percent

  Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #9 is one of the most famous in the series’ history, because of how silly it is. The splash page features Namor, all alone in his undersea lair, watching the … Continue reading →

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Ten cent movies: The Head

A while back, I spent a whopping $5 on a 50-movie DVD set, Sci-fi Invasion. That adds up to 10 cents per movie. Today we’re going back to 1959 for the black-and-white midnight movie The Head. No, it’s not the MTV … Continue reading →

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Ten cent movies: Brain Twisters

A while back, I spent a whopping $5 on this 50-movie set, Sci-fi Invasion. That adds up to 10 cents per movie. So, let’s watch these things and see whether each one was worth so steep a cost. I’ll be … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: All the world’s a stage, and we’re merely puppets

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue eight introduces one of the most important supporting characters in the comic’s history. The story begins at FF headquarters, where Mr. Fantastic is not letting Ben inside the lab. Ben thinks … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Planet X is lovely in the springtime

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Last issue took our heroes into space, and now, in issue seven, it’s back into space again. The issue starts with our introduction to the villain of the week/month, Kurrgo, the master … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Super villain team-up

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Before there were crossovers, there were team-ups. Issue number six brings us the first villain team-up in the FF’s history, with the baddies we just met in the previous two issues Once … Continue reading →

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