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Tag: Altered Images
Comics That Never Were #12
Is it possible to create a comic that appeals to *everyone*? (Or at least doesn't necessarily repel anyone?)
Comics That Never Were #11
When comic mergers go wrong (or maybe right!)...
Altered Images: Mary Jane Watson
Original: From Amazing Spider-Man #42 (Nov 1966), art by John Romita
Comics That Never Were #10
Sometimes it's not a good idea to switch a comic or character into a different genre. (But sometimes it IS!)
Altered Images: Nemesis the Warlock
OK, now we're in trouble...
Altered Images: Sub-Mariner
In another reality Stan Lee was a beatnik... Original: Sub-Mariner #1, Marvel Comics Group, May 1968Pencils by John Buscema, inks by Sol Brodsky
Comics That Never Were #9
2000AD went missing for five weeks at the end of 1978 and to be honest, I'm still not completely over it.
Comics That Never Were #4 – #8
The archives have been plundered once again, readers, in order to bring you yet more comic-book gems from another reality! Before I go on (and on, and on) I would like to answer a question that I imagine at least one reader has possibly considered asking... The comics in this series have not all been … Continue reading Comics That Never Were #4 – #8
Comics That Never Were #3
Welcome, readers, to the long-unawaited third episode in our sporadic and unreliable series in which your Uncle Rusty takes a look at comics that didn't actually exist in this universe but should have... In the 1970s (a sort of prototype version of the 1980s, but with wider ties, longer hair, and orange and brown wallpaper) … Continue reading Comics That Never Were #3