On Patrol or: More Like KP Had some company over the weekend. Had to police my area. Comics spread about the house now neatly stacked up. Atop the pile by …

Local Villain or: Hi-Flyin’ Hi-jinks The Green Goblin wasn’t the most powerful villain. He never tried to blow up the world or take over the country. I think the biggest …

Lions, Tigers, No Bears or: Tag, You’re It   Unlike most of Spidey’s rogues gallery, Kraven wasn’t interested in money, jewels or taking over the mob. He just wanted Spidey’s …

Smoke and Mirrors or: Man of Mystery   More mysterious madness from the hands of Steve Ditko. The master of special effects, Mysterio.   Happy Trails, Smitty      

Feathered Justice or: Red is For Raptor   Another delightfully deft and dramatic Ditko design; the Hawk from the Hawk and the Dove.   Happy Trails Smitty      

Creepin’ Out or: Laughter in the Night   After leaving Marvel and landing briefly at Charlton, Ditko follows Dick Giordano over to DC where he conjures up the Creeper. His …

Strange Creations or: Back Handed Compliments   While we can debate who did the heavy lifting on creating Spider-Man (Ditko, for the win)  the origins of Dr Strange are considerably …

Anti-Jack or: Time Slip Posting a night early. Tomorrow’s booked and I suspect I’ll be hitting the rack early.   After a long run of Kirby characters, let’s try a …

the Great Escape or: Sons and Fathers   We’re going to end our ongoing KIrby-thon with Mister Miracle, the greatest of the Fourth World heroes (and those who disagree are …

John Romita 1930 – 2023   More bad news. We’ve lost one of the giants. John Romita has passed away. I imagine most fans will remember his run on Spider-Man …

Elevator Madness or: Heart to Heart Bad news and good news. Seems our old buddy Barry Windsor-Smith (silly Brit that he is) went and had himself a stroke. Latest word …

Night of the Hunter or: Son of Darkness I’ve fallen into Kirby’s brain and I can’t get out. How does one guy come up with so many great characters over …

Big Boned Gal or: The Magicians Lovely Assistant Still on a Fourth World kick. This week we’re going with the better half of Mister Miracle, Big Barda. Happy Trails Smitty …

Pest Control or: A Pair of What?   Still on a Fourth World kick as this week we go with Darkseid’s Para-Demons.   Are we having fun yet?   Happy …

Don’t Be Cruel or: Big Damn Head   Sticking with the Apokolips theme. So many cool characters to choose from. Kalibak the Cruel starts out with near Mr Potato Head …

Make Apokolips Great Again or: Justify This   Jack tried to warn us. He warned us in the 40’s. He did it again in the70’s. If he were alive today …

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star or: Ghosts of Stars Past   Green Lantern #73 is this weeks draw from the Long Box of Mystery. Green Lantern returns from space to his …

Opposing Storms or: Winter Surfing, Summer Skiing   This one’s for recent weather. Spring want’s to come, winter doesn’t want to leave. Shirtsleeve weather one day, snow on the ground …

Of Polecats and Owlhoots or: What’s This Book Doing Here   This week the Longbox of Mystery reveals Rawhide Kid #139 and, for the life of me, why this book …

Birds of a Feather or: Behind Every Good Man…   Just balancing out last weeks post…   Happy Trails Smitty      

Wingin’ It or: the Hawkman Cometh   Cause I can… and you can’t stop me.   Happy Trails Smitty      

Under Control or: Mind Power   Back to the Long-Box of Mystery which this week reveals the Invincible Iron Man #13, the conclusion of a two part story centered around …

Nightmare Scenario or: It Was All a Bad Dream   If you’ll remember, last week, just as I was getting ready to post, my workstation computer went kerflooey and I …

Technical Difficulties or: The Big Fried Circuit   It’s been coming for a while but, my workstation has finally gone to live on a farm in Silicon Valley where it …

Power Up or: Villain For Hire   This week, the Long Box of Mystery reveals the Avengers #22. It seems that, last issue, one of the late Baron Zemo’s good …

The Lethal Lancer or: Stuck in the Middle   It’s back to our regular broadcasting schedule and the grab bag which, this week, reveals Tales of Suspense #59. Historically speaking, …

INVINCIBLE! or: Yea Us – Boo You   How ’bout those… CHIEEEEFS!   The Mighty red and gold Chefs of Kansas City have cooked the goose of the oozy green …

Sorry guys, Uncle Smitty isn’t feeling draw-a-licious tonight. I’m turning in early   Happy Trails Smitty      

Kick the Cat or: Yee Haw @ GEHA   The Bengals bungled, Burrow’s been buried and, once again, all is right with the world.   How ’bout those…. CHIEEEEEFS!   …

Peerless Pearson or: I Heard It Through the Grapevine   Well, foo! I just found out we’ve lost another brother-in-arms. It seems Jason Pearson has passed away, far too young …