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The best conspiracy thriller films came out in the 70s. That’s the official decision. But no one can convince me of that. I got wise to the intrigue…
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Like hardcore drug use and street gang membership, the practice of comic book reading is a culthood into which you are inducted, always, by…
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“Though I am prince of the deep, monarch of the sea, my titles are hollow… my kingdom is empty and meaningless!!”—Namor the Sub-Mariner, X-Men # 6, 1964…
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“Never have you, the reading public, been so instantly fascinated by a group of super-powerful villains as last issue, when you met Magneto’s evil…
Lane Talbot

February 2023

Lara Croft's adventures in self-actualization.
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“I am wiring two bombs! One will be placed at this door, to booby-trap it and destroy them when they enter! As for the other, that one will be a nuclear…
Lane Talbot
“Didn’t expect the flying Zamboobas to tackle you this way, did you?” Central conflict: The X-Men vs. The Blob and a cast of circus performers
Lane Talbot

February 2021

Central conflict: The X-Men vs. The Vanisher Fictional Film listed on theater marquee in a background: “A Teen-Ager’s Tears.”
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Central conflict: X-Men vs. Magneto Biggest surprise: Xavier a dick.
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