BLAST FROM THE PAST

Sometimes in his travels, Mr. Bronze Age finds quite unexpected gems!

The second part of Mr. Bronze Age's look at the Rutland, Vermont Halloween Parade focuses on the classic comics that cleverly added the parade as a backdrop to their stories!

All you need to read up on (thus far) for the Disney+ Hawkeye series!

What seals the deal on this particular origin tale is when Tony Isabella said, “I’d sure like to meet her”.  

More vintage book reviews from Mr. Bronze Age!

Our expert of the old school reviews a grab bag of classic comics and novels.

Our old school pop culture lover, Mr. Bronze Age, reviews three classic novels.

Our old school expert happens upon one of the greatest Spider-Man stories ever AND MORE!

Celebrating Cracked Mazagine's 40th anniversary of "Traitors of the Lost Ark".

Ghosts ran from 1971 to 1982. It began as “True tales of the weird and supernatural”, to “New tales of the weird and supernatural”. Perhaps it couldn't live up to the claim of “true tales”? This particular issue definitely owned up to the weird part. This was near the end of its run, as it officially ended in September 1982.

From shape-shifting snake ladies to haunted severed hands and Kongi the Rat God the weirdest story in this issue was, “Sound of Mourning”.

Mr. Bronze Age remembers the life and career of character actor and voiceover legend, David L. Lander!

Mr. Bronze Age showcases vintage books that are strange, funny and just plain oddball.

Our old school expert reviews a "potpourri" of novels and comics.

Mr. Bronze Age ain't done with The Doctors! Join him as he searches his local bookshops for more Tardis entertainment!

our All-American Mr. Bronze Age remembers his fondest July 4th, during the Bicentennial, and the comics that appeared around that time!

Mr. Bronze Age dusts off his Tardis and retro-reviews his favorite classic Dr. Who novelizations!

Our Retro-Expert profiles one of the Hollywood greats, the Six Million Dollar Man himself, Lee Majors.

Classic film scores like Blade Runner and Metropolis blend perfectly while reading comics! Which other artists or genres become amazing soundtracks to your comics?

Looking back at two classic stories from the archives of Mr. Bronze Age!

Time to shatter you with the shocking truth about egg-themed supervillains! Why? Because it's Easter and things are weird, that's why!

Stuck at home? Bored? There has never been a better time to dig up those feel-good old comics in your collection!

Someone has figured out how to make some counterfeit money, the engraving and paper are of extremely good quality, but the ink is “perfect”. Who has this same ink supply that the government uses? It's fun to see Alfred play a significant role in helping Batman uncover clues about this case.

From Marvel's NFL branded hero to Charles Barkley battling Godzilla, sports has always been an odd component in comics!

Looking back at Kurt Busiek's and Alex Ross' classic that showed the Marvel Universe from a whole new perspective after 25 years.

There's a major issue with New York's Thanksgiving Parade these days. SPIDER-MAN IS MISSING! We investigated to see what happened to this beloved balloon.

Taking a look at some of the most weirdest and unbelievable ads in vintage comics!

Dracula! Frankenstein! Godzilla! Predator! They've appeared in your favorite comic universes! Here's a guide to where you can find them and who they've faced!

Looking back when our heroes used delicious Hostess products to solve some pretty weird crimes! 

The story begins by learning that Homer Weaver has had a lifetime of bad days. It's hard to feel bad for Homer once you learn that he married a stick in the mud because she has money.

This story begins with a feeling of impending dread and doom. You get the feeling there's going to be some sort of Lolita/Fatal Attraction mashup that can only live in a two hour long Lifetime movie.

Once again, our "Retro-Wizard" tributes classic and sometimes controversial television shows that revolutionized pop culture and raised generations of fans!

Our resident "Old School Expert" Mr. Old School returns with a look at classic, groundbreaking TV shows celebrating their 50th year anniversary!

Welcome to the beginning of the end of the world! Because if the Freedom Fighters don't defeat this demon, the Earth dies screaming.

While others will come to accept that Batman's crusade has come to an end, for Dick Grayson it begins again.

We may all be excited for Captain America: Winter Soldier, but did you know Captain America had a few movies before Chris Evans donned the red, white & blue?

Are there very many actual heroes in our world today? They seem pretty few and far between these days, but for those of us that grew up in the 80’s and 90’s, Christopher Reeve was a hero both on our TV and theater screens and in real life.

The one piece of pop culture I truly think is dying as we speak is the music video. As a child of the 80’s and 90’s, I grew up watching music videos. And this was when they were just as imaginative too. Today it is a lost art.

With Marvel very soon shaking things up on some of their top titles and moving their most talented creators around, it feels it’s time to take a “bloody” look at some of my favorite funky-fresh beginnings in comics!

There was once a time when kids all over North America would rush home after school every weekday and watch cartoons. We were treated to many memorable cartoons, but some of the most popular ones came from The Disney Afternoon, which housed an assortment of cartoons starring classic and some all-new Disney characters.

For the first edition of BloodCel we will look at what could very well be my favorite cartoon of all time: X-Men: The 90’s Animated Series, bub!