Philip Portelli replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"All American Comics #13 (Ap'40): the book needed a star as Adventures into the Unknown, Ultra-Man, Scribbly, Mutt & Jeff and even Hop Harrigan weren't cutting it. Three months later, the answer with shine bright!"
11 hours ago
Philip Portelli replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Can any of us survive "The Bunny From Beyond"?"
yesterday
Philip Portelli replied to JD DeLuzio's discussion About Neil Gaiman
"I was putting together some notes to start a discussion on this. I was going to call it "To Sleep Perchance to Dream--What to do about The Sandman". The accusations and details are pretty damning and widespread, not just to Gaiman but the industry…"
Friday
Philip Portelli replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"As far as alien threats to Earth went, TIM BOO BA was pretty low on the list! "
Friday
Philip Portelli replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion DC Finest line
"I don't recall if I mentioned this before but I stopped buying new comics by mid-2020 and only got a handful of trades since them including my first (and only) omnibus. I wasn't thrilled by the format or weight! 
I have a lot of Archives, Showcase…"
Thursday
Philip Portelli replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion DC Finest line
"Rob, he appeared with Jay Garrick and Doctor Mid-Nite in The Flash #170 (My'67) though not on the cover and in #236 (S'75), again with Jay!"
Wednesday
Philip Portelli replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Even disregarding the Guardians of the Galaxy, Korvac's Minions of Menace are made up of non-humanoid aliens!"
Wednesday
Philip Portelli replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion DC Finest line
"Doctor Fate made a couple of guest appearances in The Flash, had his origin retold in a brand-new story in the Secret Origins of Super-Heroes Special and co-starred with Superman in DC Comics Presents during that span."
Wednesday
Philip Portelli replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"The Dominators will never give off that "E.T." vibe!"
Tuesday
Philip Portelli replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"How can we forget "E.T. the Extra-Terrestial"?
I'm a bit surprised that Marvel didn't do an adaptation. Probably not "exciting" enough!"
Monday
Philip Portelli replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"I couldn't find any better STAR TREK covers with Lt. Arex, a character from the Saturday morning cartoon show who need animation to exist!"
Jan 11
Philip Portelli replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
""Miss, Miss, please don't run away! I just want the recipe for popcorn! I've heard so much about it! I'll share it with you! Honest!""
Jan 10
Philip Portelli replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Say what you want about the Faceless Creature from Saturn (aka the Faceless Hunter), he's not going to blend in with the crowd!"
Jan 9
Philip Portelli replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Aquaman, King of Atlantis
"When I was young, I got Secret Origins #7 (N'74) which reprinted Aquaman's first appearance. At the time I had no idea that it was the only Golden Age Aquaman story DC would reprint. I would read several early Silver Age reprints.
It wasn't much of…"
Jan 8
Philip Portelli replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"The Justice Society Vs "The Globe-Being From Space!"
The JSA did battle aliens several times during the Go;lden Age, even if that was rare in their solo adventures!"
Jan 8
Philip Portelli replied to The Baron's discussion Pro Wrestling
"The first time I saw Hulk Hogan was in Rocky III (1982) as "Thunderlips". He looked like a special effect! Never knew from his heel days in WWF or his run in AWA. I didn't start watching wrestling until around Wrestlemania I and Hogan was…"
Jan 7
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