From a hippie icon to a $2 billion star: The peculiar arc of Doctor Strange
“By the Eye of Agamotto!”
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‘Blade Runner’: The Marvel Comics adaptation
Never trust a critic. Most of them know fuck all. Strange as it may seem now, Ridley Scott’s movie Blade Runner received a decidedly mixed…
The Son of Satan: That time Marvel Comics got into the Antichrist
Three little words can change everything. Think of all the times you’ve said “I love you,” or “I hate you,” or even just asked “How…
Think Pink: Drool over vintage automotive marvel the ‘Pink Panthermobile’
An ad by auction house Robson Kay for ‘The Pink Panther Car’ credited to auto builder and designer Jay Ohrberg. Before I decided to go…
Groovy 1968 Frank Zappa advertisement from Marvel Comics’ Daredevil #38
One of the primary reasons that the quite mind-blowing, entertaining, and enjoyable Monkees movie Head did so poorly at the box office in 1968 was…
Classic Marvel comics covers remixed to showcase old school rap legends
A Tribe Called Quest, reworking of Fantastic Four #49 (April 1966), “If This Be Doomsday!” The Silver Surfer must choose between his master and the…
Ash from ‘Evil Dead’ fights Marvel Zombies in this ultimate mashup fan film
Ash uses a repulser beam on superhero zombies. Slash/Up is a fan-film web-series specializing in unlikely mashup “what if” shorts like Sarah Connor vs. Jason…
Marvel’s ‘Generic Comic Book’: The only superhero comic you’ll ever need!
In the spring of 1984, Marvel Comics published a very strange one-off called Generic Comic Book, which was exactly as advertised: an all white cover…
Post punk icons as classic Marvel Comics superheroes
Butcher Billy, the Brazilian designer behind the hilarious “Post/Punk New Wave Superfriends,” which reimagined punk and post punk icons in the guise of Justice League…
John Waters calls ‘Fuego’ ‘a hetero film for gay people to marvel at’
From the Dangerous Minds archives: For those of you snowed in today, here’s a sizzling hot cult film to keep you warm. Highly recommended! I…