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Dr Who prayers can be answered.

A big thank you to the BBC today who at last issued a Leela collectable figure. Nuff said ! Ok, Leela was a feisty warrior companion to Tom Baker’s fourth Doctor and as you can see from the image her scanty costume must have helped with the ratings. She was also if memory serves me …

phaser

It’s how much !

Today I recevieved an email telling me for a paltry sum I too could be the owner of the fantastic replica Star Trek phaser. Take a moment, admire the picture. Looks smart doesn’t it ? Even now you can see it in pride of place on your desk or bookshelf. Tell me more you say. …

burma chronicles

The Burma Chronicles.

” Burma Chronicles is the most enlightening and insightful book about life under the country’s brutal dictatorship in years. Rory MacLean, Guardian newspaper. The Burma chronicles is a graphic novel written and drawn by cartoonist Guy Delisle chronicling the year he, his wife and their baby spent in Burma when he wife was employed by …

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POW 9

The panel of the week this week is a bit of a cheat in that its not actualy a comic book panel but a screen capture from the sixties_Batman_movie . Feast your eyes on the greatest crime fighting device ever invented, shark repellent.  

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Kelly’s Eye.

Kelly’s eye is the comic strip adventures of one Tim Kelly who after saving the life of an old South American man is guided to the temple of everlasting life where he finds a mysterious gem called the eye of Zoltec. The eye granted Tim protection from death in any form but only as long …

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Graveyard of Empires

“Afghanistan, a graveyard of empires. I (hope) that peace will one day shine, but for now I will just pray.” Mahmud Tarzi. I have very little to say about this excellent new comic by Mark Sable and Paul Azaceta other than it involves the current conflict in Afghanistan and zombies. It’s very, very good. Nuff …

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POW 8

The latest Invincible Iron Man ( issue 505 ) sees our hero face off against a powered up Grey Gargoyle in Paris. To be honest it’s not the best Iron Man comic I’ve ever read but one panel saves it. Iron Man awakes to find Grey Gargoyle has not only turned nearly everyone in Paris …

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Screamland.

Imagine a world where all the famous movie monsters from the golden age of Hollywood were not portrayed by actors but were actually living breathing ” people.