Being a look back at cards from the Star Trek CCG, and what I thought of them back when they were fresh and new... in EPISODE order. Lonely Among Us produced two cards, starting with... EXPANS...
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From Blackhawk: "Blackhawk Vs. the Fox" by William Woolfolk, Reed Crandall and Bill Ward, Military Comics #16 (February 1943) Golden Age comics, which this series has to date been entirely con...
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"My problem was always women." IN THIS ONE... The Liberator follows Servalan to a hidden planet with a game-changing secret. REVIEW: Ben Steed's The Harvest of Kairos was a mess, and this one...
Siskoid and Ryan Daly's coverage of Marvel Two-in-One continues with issue #28 (June 1977) by Marv Wolfman, Ron Wilson and John Tartag, starring The Thing and the Sub-Mariner! It's "In the Power...
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CAPTAIN'S LOG: Gwyn finds a villain on her homeworld. Dal's team unexpectedly veers towards the wormhole. WHY WE LIKE IT: Action hero Gwyn. WHY WE DON'T: Those damn Nova Squadron gits. REVIE...
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"ACCOMPLISHMENTS" In theaters: An amusing piece of fluff, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice's plot is all over the place, sometimes forgets the previous film's lore, and in trying to get rid of Jeffrey...
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WHO'S THIS? A Charlton villain. THE FACTS: Created by David Kaler and Steve Ditko, the Ghost first appeared in Charton's Captain Atom #82 (September 1966) and would appear enough times to be c...
Being a look back at cards from the Star Trek CCG, and what I thought of them back when they were fresh and new... in EPISODE order. One last Ferengi from that original batch... EXPANSION: Rul...
From The Justice Society of America: "The Man Who Created Images!" by Gardner Fox and Joe Gallagher, All-Star Comics #15 (February 1943) The thing about the JSA you need to understand is that ...
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"We certainly have nothing to teach them, unless it's how to remain ignorant." IN THIS ONE... Cally is kidnapped by a planet-sized computer. REVIEW: Another one of those done-in-one Blake's...
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A.J. and Siskoid continue their exploration of Big Finish's Doctor Who audios that feature other Time Lords with Find and Replace (Companion Chronicles 5.3), a Paul Magrs story starring the grea...
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Hyperion to a Satyr - The Fire and Water Podcast Network's Hamlet Podcast - wraps up its discussions on Act 4 of Shakespeare's masterpiece, as Siskoid discusses some of the section's bigger ques...
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CAPTAIN'S LOG: Admiral Janeway recruits the kids for a secret mission, but they feel left out of the loop. WHY WE LIKE IT: It's back! Oh, and the Doctor! WHY WE DON'T: What's wrong with you,...
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"Accomplishments" In theaters: Zoë Kravitz's directorial debut Blink Twice is an Eat the Rich puzzle movie that takes a while to take off - there's just so much opulence I can take before gr...
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WHO'S THIS? My least favorite Outsider. THE FACTS: Geo-Force was created for Batman and the Outsiders (therefore premiering in New Teen Titans #28's preview, July 1983) at the behest of editor...
Being a look back at cards from the Star Trek CCG, and what I thought of them back when they were fresh and new... in EPISODE order. Here's an old-time dilemma... EXPANSION: Premiere PICTURE:...
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On the occasion of completing reviews on Doctor Who's first series on Disney+, I should like to re-imagine it as a role-playing game campaign using Cubicle 7's Doctor Who RPG. (Go back one, to 60...
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"Regret is part of being alive. But keep it a small part." IN THIS ONE... The Liberator finds a haunted tomb floating in space. REVIEW: Tanith Lee's name pops up on screen and I'm, like, the ...
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Siskoid Cinema presents... No Escape from Kurt Russell, the show that explores the filmography of one of American cinema's best leading men and tries to get a handle on his mystique. Why is it w...
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"Time is a memory and memory is a time machine." TECHNICAL SPECS: First aired Jun.21 2024. IN THIS ONE... Sutekh returns. REVIEW: Doctor Who Endgame turns almost everyone to dust and the uni...
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"ACCOMPLISHMENTS" In theaters: The trailer for Strange Darling left it ambiguous as to whether the man or the woman in the story was a serial killer or the victim, and the film keeps this u...
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WHO'S THIS? A monocled spirit. THE FACTS: Created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Joe Kubert, the character first appeared in October 1947's Flash Comics #88 (as, simply, "The Ghost") to ...
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Being a look back at cards from the Star Trek CCG, and what I thought of them back when they were fresh and new... in EPISODE order. How about a Tactic card that's very specific to that one episo...
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A.J. and Siskoid continue their exploration of Big Finish's Doctor Who audios that feature other Time Lords with the reintroduction of the Meddling Monk in the Eighth Doctor Adventures Season 4 ...
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From G-2: "Case 3: The Murder Gun" by Ruben Moreira, National Comics #29 (February 1943) This story is told by a "murder gun", I kid you not. It's not only the narrator, but it speaks through ...
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