Hatch, Match & Dispatch – November 2022

Did you know: November is the ONLY month of the year that immediately follows October AND the only month whose name begins with a silent G! (The G is also invisible, which is why you've never noticed it before, but it's there, trust me. And from now on, every time you say "November" you'll know that's a G you're not saying at the start of it!)

Marvel UK 1900s Timeline!

A timeline of every Marvel UK comic published in the 1970s, '80s and '90s!

Hatch, Match & Dispatch – March 2022

It's an ancient Celtic tradition that every February 26th we take a look at the comics that will be celebrating an important anniversary in the coming month...

Hatch, Match & Dispatch – January 2022

We're in the depths of darkest winter, but fear not... "And when the night is cloudy, and the weather outside is frightful, the cold never bothered me anyway." -- Let it Be/Snow/Go

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 …

Hatch, Match & Dispatch – Nov 2020

Here we are again with a super-streamlined version of Hatch, Match and Dispatch, readers! Just pure data, almost no filler! (See also Oct 2019, Nov 2019, Dec 2019, Jan 2020, Feb 2020, Mar 2020, Apr 2020, May 2020, Jun 2020, Jul 2020, Aug 2020, Sep 2020 and Oct 2020.) Update 20201027: The great Rob Kirby …

In-Shallow Profile: Marvel Super Specials

The Marvel Super Specials series was a collection of one-shot comics published from September 1977 to November 1986, most of them featuring adaptations of then-current movies. I have no doubts that the series was inspired by the tremendous success of Marvel's Star Wars specials: their six-issue comic-book adaptation of the movie was repackaged as a …

Rusty’s Reviews Round-Up

To save you literally whiles of searching through this blog, here are all of Rusty's reviews in one place!

In-Shallow Profile: Load Runner

I don't know if Load Runner really was "The Galaxy's First Computer Comic" as the cover of each issue claimed, but that's an easy boast because thirty-seven years on we're still not in a position to dispute it. When, oh when, will the Powers That Be see fit to give us proper space travel so …

The Eagle Timeline

The Eagle Family Tree was one of the first major posts on this blog, back in May 2018, but it's always bothered me a little that I did it the lazy way, showing only the hierarchical relationships between the comics and not a proper time-line. Plus, unlike some of the later timelines on this blog …