Comic Strip Review: Jet Scott: Volume 1 written by Sheldon Stark, art by Jerry Robinson It is the very near future, and science is advancing rapidly. Sometimes it’s misused and disaster looms; then the U.S. government calls upon the Office of Scientifact and its top agent, Jet Scott. Scott travels the world battling criminals and… Continue reading Comic Strip Review: Jet Scott: Volume 1
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Anime Review: Argevollen
Anime Review: Argevollen When Tokimune Susumu’s sister Reika is killed in a mysterious “training accident”, the boy decides to join the Arandas military as a Trail Krieger (basically walking tanks) pilot to work his way up the ranks in hope of eventually having enough access to learn the truth about her death. He’s still very… Continue reading Anime Review: Argevollen
Book Review: Conquest of Earth
Book Review: Conquest of Earth by Manly Banister Note: This review will contain SPOILERS for some major plot twists beyond a certain point. Today Kor Danay is a Man. It is the distant future, when Sol has become a red star, and Kor has completed nineteen years of intense mental and physical training to become… Continue reading Book Review: Conquest of Earth
Magazine Review: Marvel Science Fiction November 1951
Magazine Review: Marvel Science Fiction November 1951 edited by R.O. Erisman Marvel Science Fiction started as a pulp magazine titled Marvel Science Stories that was published irregularly from 1938 to 1952. The original publisher was the same one who eventually published Marvel Comics. At the point this issue is from, the magazine was a digest-sized quarterly.… Continue reading Magazine Review: Marvel Science Fiction November 1951
Manga Review: Assassination Classroom
Manga Review: Assassination Classroom by Yusei Matsui Things are tough for the students of Class 3-E at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. 3-E’s where the elite school sticks all the losers and freaks, the bottom 5% of the student body. Their classes are held in a decrepit outbuilding, they aren’t allowed any extracurricular activities, and the… Continue reading Manga Review: Assassination Classroom
Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales Volume 1
Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales Volume 1 edited by Joe Kubert & Joe Orlando As I’ve mentioned in other reviews, the relaxation of the Comics Code in the early 1970s created a horror anthology boom at DC Comics. At the same time, the once best-selling war comics were going into a slump,… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents: Weird War Tales Volume 1
Manga Review: Shonen Jump Weekly (USA) 2014
Manga Review: Shonen Jump Weekly (USA) 2014 It’s the second anniversary of this blog, so it’s time for the annual look at the online edition of Shounen Jump Weekly, the best-selling manga anthology in Japan. The big news this year was the end of the long-running and popular Naruto series (see my previous post on the… Continue reading Manga Review: Shonen Jump Weekly (USA) 2014
Book Review: Naked to the Stars
Book Review: Naked to the Stars by Gordon R. Dickson Section Leader Calvin Truant of the 91st Combat Engineers has not slept in two days, his unit is at less than half strength and their translator is dying, and all the officers have been killed, leaving Cal in command. The truce with the alien Lehaunan… Continue reading Book Review: Naked to the Stars
Book Review: The Cryptic Case of the Coded Fair
Book Review: The Cryptic Case of the Coded Fair by Barbara & Robert Tinker with Pendred Noyce, illustrated by Yu-Yu Chin Disclaimer: I received this book as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. Once again the Galactic Academy of Science must reach out to kids from the 21st Century to… Continue reading Book Review: The Cryptic Case of the Coded Fair
Anime Review: Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?
Anime Review: Invaders of the Rokujyoma!? Satomi Kotaro’s father has gone abroad on business, but he’s staying in Japan to attend high school. Their family is not well off, and to stretch his living allowance as far as possible, Satomi jumps on Room 106 at Corona House because it costs the equivalent of $50 a… Continue reading Anime Review: Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?