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Out of the Vault – Scout

So last week, I talked about Airboy, the 80’s revival, published by Eclipse, of the 40’s Hillman character. Two things about Airboy that bear repeating in reference to this week’s title. Number one, as mentioned last week, Airboy was an … Continue reading

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Out of the Vault – Airboy

This one gets a little complicated. In the 40’s, a company called Hillman Periodicals put out a comic called Air Fighters Comics, featuring their most popular character, Airboy, along with a host of back-up characters. And then in 1986, Eclipse … Continue reading

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Out of the Vault – Raika

Got a little tired of the Ultraverse after a month, so I’m going to move around a while. Raika was a ninja manga that published a 20 issue run in 1992. It was published by Sun Comics, and and was … Continue reading

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Out of the Vault – The Solution

Yeah, yeah, more Ultraverse. And I think this one might kill my enthusiasm for continuing the project for a while. The Solution by James Hudnall and the usual Ultraverse line-up of revolving artists was a book that just never seemed … Continue reading

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Out of the Vault – Solitaire

Having so much fun going through old Ultraverse titles that I’m going to keep pushing the streak. I first heard of Gerard Jones, co-writer of Prime and writer of this week’s title, when he was doing a series of very … Continue reading

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Out of the Vault – Prime, Part 2

After last week’s post, I went through and read the entire Prime series (through number 26, the last Malibu issue and the last issue I have). And I remembered the things that the Ultraverse didn’t do so well. The first … Continue reading

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Out of the Vault – Prime

As mentioned in last week’s Vault, in 1993, Malibu Comics started an ambitious project: a new line of comics featuring a new universe of interrelated characters. Other companies were also doing the same thing at around the same time, like … Continue reading

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Out of the Vault – Firearm

In 1993, Malibu Comics launched an ambitious new project called the Ultraverse.  This was basically an attempt to hit the ground running with the type of dense, detailed interwoven world that had taken years to evolve at Marvel and DC. … Continue reading

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Out of the Vault – Merry Christmas From the Flash!

Yes, I know, it’s late in the day to finally be posting this, but I had to dig through a lot of comics before finally finding a Christmas-themed story worth posting (I have some better ones, but they are still … Continue reading

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Out of the Vault – Action Comics #472

In honor of the climax of Superman: The Movie, here’s an issue of Action Comics just one year before the movie opened. The issue is Action Comics #472, June 1977. If you notice, the cover is now calling it Superman’s … Continue reading

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