Spaceknight Saturdays Encyclopedia Bonus — by Siskoid on

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Encyclopedia Week is winding down, but I couldn't let Spaceknight Saturday pass without a non-spoiler look at Rom's Marvel Universe ...

Spaceknight Saturdays: Dog Day Afternoon — by Siskoid on

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My first thought: Are those Dire Wraiths on the cover? Is this how they were originally envisioned? But no, don't worry, they're not...

Star Trek 540: Mortal Coil — by Siskoid on

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540. Mortal Coil FORMULA: Phage + Ethics + The Loss WHY WE LIKE IT: The crew in civvies. WHY WE DON'T: Emo Neelix. REVIEW: The...

Free Comic Book Day Friday Night Fight — by Siskoid on

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Free Comic Book Day has wrought black and white fighting goodness from the strangest parts of comicdom... GUMBY! Don't worry, he'll ...

Encyclopedias Can Be Silly — by Siskoid on

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DIRECTORY TO A NONEXISTENT UNIVERSE #1, Independent Comics Group, December 1987 This is a comic I first saw on D&D night in the hands o...

Star Trek 539: Concerning Flight — by Siskoid on

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539. Concerning Flight FORMULA: Future's End + A Matter of Time - all the time WHY WE LIKE IT: John Rhys-Davies. WHY WE DON'...

Jeff Rovin's Super-Encyclopedias — by Siskoid on

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You know, encyclopedic series are all well and good, but sometimes it's nice to have an outsider's eye, one that isn't tied to a...

The One You Didn't Think I Had — by Siskoid on

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G.I. JOE YEARBOOK #1, Marvel Comics, March 1985 This may beg the question "what the hell is that doing in your collection, Siskoid?&qu...

Star Trek 538: Random Thoughts — by Siskoid on

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538. Random Thoughts FORMULA: Justice + Prime Factors + Meld WHY WE LIKE IT: The last sighting of the old Janeway. WHY WE DON'T: ...

Countdown to Ambush Bug Gets Encyclopedic — by Siskoid on

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8 weeks to go... In the meantime, how about we respect Encyclopedia Week? AMBUSH BUG #3, DC Comics, August 1985 After you've read all...

Star Trek 537: Year of Hell, Part II — by Siskoid on

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537. Year of Hell, Part II FORMULA: Yesterday's Enterprise + The Search for Spock + Distant Origin WHY WE LIKE IT: Same reasons as...

Atlases of Impossible Places — by Siskoid on

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Middle Earth. Flatland. Narnia. Lilliput. Oz. Earthsea. These are places that don't exist except in our imaginations thanks to great wri...

90s Comics Encyclopedia: We Need Stories! — by Siskoid on

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JLA SECRET FILES #1, DC Comics, September 1997 In the 90s, DC's Who's Who series evolved into a loose-leaf format, and then merged ...

Star Trek 536: Year of Hell — by Siskoid on

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536. Year of Hell FORMULA: Yesterday's Enterprise + Starship Down + Before and After WHY WE LIKE IT: Kurtwood Smith. Beat-up Voyage...

Barlowe's Guides to Peoples Not From Here — by Siskoid on

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Encyclopedia Week is about more than comics. I have a number of fictional atlases, guides, compendiums, dictionaries and encyclopedias on my...