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• 13 MARVELOUS ILLUSTRATIONS: A C.C. BECK Birthday Celebration

  9-6-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  SHAZAM! Supermaven Walt Grogan brings color to a gallery of offbeat, groovy images… By WALT GROGAN It’s that marvelous time...

• RETRO HOT PICKS! On Sale This Week — in 1968!

  8-6-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  Scott and Dan hit up the comics racks from 55 years ago… This week for  RETRO HOT PICKS, Scott Tipton and I are...

• 1966 BATMAN AND ROBIN Costumes Sell at Auction for More Than a Half-Million Dollars

  8-6-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  You’d have to be as rich as Bruce Wayne to afford it… Hey, this is nifty. Heritage Auctions’ Comisar Collection sale...

• FAR OUT! Dig This Groovy Bronze Age Map of KA-ZAR’s SAVAGE LANDS

  8-6-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  Break out your compass! Back Issue #144 is out now and it’s got kind of an unlikely theme — Ka-Zar in the 1970s. Groovy,...

• 13 COVERS: A WAYNE BORING Birthday Celebration

  6-6-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  One of Superman’s greatest artists was born 118 years ago… It’s been a couple years since we’ve done a Wayne...

• Dig These 13 Groovy RARE COMICS AND ART PIECES Now Up for Auction

  6-6-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  Bolland! Adams! Kirby! Frazetta! Batman! Captain America! MORE! This weekend is Heritage Auctions’ big TV memorabilia sale...

• SHA-WHAT? When UNCLE MARVEL Actually Had Superpowers

  6-6-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  Dudley’s moment in the sun… I always dig it when Alter Ego gives itself over to the Fawcett Collectors of America for a...

• 13 DC COMICS Artist’s Editions We’d Love to See

  4-6-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  Keep ’em coming! IDW’s announcement this week that the publisher would in 2024 be expanding its line of DC Comics...

• THE SECRET ORIGIN of the LEGION OF DOOM

  4-6-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  How did ABC get away with a show where heroes and villains actually — gasp! — fight? Here’s how… The latest...

• 13 COVERS AND SPLASH PAGES: A BLONDE PHANTOM Salute to SYD SHORES

  4-6-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  A birthday tribute to a Golden Age stalwart, who was born (about) 110 years ago… By PETER BOSCH There hasn’t been a birthday...

• 13 TIMES Superheroes Quit — But Came Back Anyway (Of Course)

  3-6-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  Because it’s NATIONAL LEAVE WORK EARLY DAY ! For true! By CHRIS RYALL During the secluded pandemic years of 2020 and...

• 1975’s DOC SAVAGE: A Promising Movie Buried Under a Pile of Camp

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  REEL RETRO CINEMA: New looks at old flicks — and their comic-book connections… — UPDATED 6/1/23: Ron Ely’s...

• CAPTAIN HERO Returns in New JUGHEAD Superhero Digest Special

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  Faster than milkshake through a straw, more powerful than triple hamburger… I’ve always been a fan of Archie Comics’...

• RETRO HOT PICKS! On Sale This Week — in 1988!

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  Scott and Dan hit up the comics racks from 35 years ago… This week for  RETRO HOT PICKS, Scott Tipton and I are...

• NEAL ADAMS and BATMAN: YEAR ONE ARTIST’S EDITIONS Coming From IDW and DC

  31-5-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  Oh, it’s about time! I’ll get right to this one because this is the most exciting comics news I’ve heard in forever:...

• SPIDER-MAN VS. MUHAMMAD ALI: The Fight of the Century That Never Was

  31-5-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  An alternate view of a Bronze Age classic… By WALT GROGAN Every once in a while I happen across a piece of artwork that just...

• 13 MAGNIFICENT MOVIE POSTERS: A BOB PEAK Birthday Celebration

  31-5-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  One of the greatest commercial artists was born almost 100 years ago… By PETER BOSCH Advertising illustrator Robert “Bob” Peak...

• My 13 Favorite BATMAN Stories, by ALAN BRENNERT

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  The highly respected Bat-writer selects some great Bat-tales… — UPDATED 5/30/23: This piece first ran when Tales of...

• The TOP 13 Mike W. Barr BATMAN Stories — RANKED

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  Comics scribe and historian FRED VAN LENTE pays birthday homage… — UPDATED 5/30/23: Mike W. Barr turns 71! Perfect...

• 13 COVERS: A Salute to MEMORIAL DAY

  30-5-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  Featuring THE LOSERS… It’s Memorial Day. Honor the fallen. Get some fresh air. Check out these 13 COVERS starring the...

• Dig These 13 Groovy COSTUMES AND PROPS Now Up for Auction

  29-5-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  Batman ’66! Adventures of Superman! Star Trek! More! A gazillion TV and movie costumes and props from the famed Comisar...

• BOND, JAMES BOND: 13 Great Moments in IAN FLEMING’s Novels

  29-5-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  A birthday tribute to the writer who gave us 007… By JIM BEARD I was born right smack-dab in the middle of the famed “three...

• While You Wait for the Omnibus, Dig These Groovy 13 MICRONAUTS COVERS

  28-5-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  A huge salute to the heroes of the Microverse, by guest columnist Chris Ryall… By CHRIS RYALL With Marvel’s announcement...

• CHRISTOPHER LEE: The Greatest RA’S AL GHUL That Never Was

  28-5-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  OUR ANNUAL TRIBUTE: The Demon lives again! — UPDATED 5/27/23: The late, great Christopher Lee was born 101 years ago on...

• LEE MERIWETHER: Meredith, Romero and Gorshin Were the Cat’s Meow

  28-5-2023 Books https://13thdimension.com/feed/

  The LEE MERIWETHER INTERVIEWS: The actress recounts how she got the Catwoman gig — and what it was like being part of the Fearsome...