Marvel's Cosmic Comics: Star Wars, John Carter, ROM, Micronauts, and Beyond!

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A sub-feed of the Comic Book Time Machine, moving month by month through Marvel's 1977-1986 licensed comics lineup, using Star Wars as its throughline alongside ROM, Micronauts, and John Carter.

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Aug 15, 2024

The Final Marvel LOGAN’S RUN Comic: Bizarre Adventures 28 – MCC127

Ben returns to the world of LOGAN’S RUN with a comic story that is TOTALLY NOT Logan’s Run, but TOTALLY IS Logan’s Run. What do you do when you have a Logan’s Run comic book issue, but don’t have the...

Aug 01, 2024

HUMAN FLY #0??? – MCC126

“Wait. What?” ~ Ben’s exact words when he was looking at comic book soliciations for last month. But The Human Fly is back! It’s a new series! A new continuity! A new creative team! A new publisher! A...

Jul 06, 2024

JOHN CARTER’S FINAL ISSUES (John Carter, Warlord of Mars 28, Annual 3, & more) – MCC125

Using Star Wars as a guideline, we’re exploring comic books based on licensed properties that Marvel Comics published from 1977 to 1986. It’s the end of an era. Ben reads the final two issues of John...

Jun 09, 2024

“Master Assassin of Mars” Parts 10-12 (John Carter, Warlord of Mars 25, 26, & 27) – MCC124

Using Star Wars as a guideline, we’re exploring comic books based on licensed properties that Marvel Comics published from 1977 to 1986. For this episode, Ben reads the FINAL three chapters in the 12...

Dec 23, 2022

“Master Assassin of Mars” Parts 7-9 (John Carter, Warlord of Mars 22, 23, & 24) – MCC123/CBTM183

Using Star Wars as a guideline, we’re exploring comic books based on licensed properties that Marvel Comics published from 1977 to 1986. For this episode, Ben reads the next three chapters in the 12...

Apr 07, 2022

“Warriors Three” (Shogun Warriors #2, March 1979) – MCC122/CBTM180

Using Star Wars as a guideline, we’re exploring comic books based on licensed properties that Marvel Comics published from 1977 to 1986. Ben returns to 1979 to read the toy-line tie-in SHOGUN WARRIOR...

Dec 29, 2021

“Highwire to Heaven” (Re-Upload) (Human Fly #19, March 1979) MCC121/CBTM174

(We have moved our websites to a new server, and as a result we lost this post, meaning I had to re-upload it. Please accept our apologies if you had this show up in your feed twice. Thank you!) Using...

Sep 09, 2021

“Annihilation” (Battlestar Galactica #1) – MCC120/CBTM171

Using Star Wars as a guideline, we’re exploring comic books based on licensed properties that Marvel Comics published from 1977 to 1986. And we’re beginning the journey to find a lonely plant . . . k...

Nov 04, 2020

“Shadow of a Dark Lord” (Star Wars #21, March 1979) – MCC119 and CBTM162

Using Star Wars as a guideline, we’re exploring comic books based on licensed properties that Marvel Comics published from 1977 to 1986. Star Wars continues! Luke faces Vader . . . in a hallucination...

Feb 18, 2020

“The Lady and the Lion!” (John Carter: Warlord of Mars #21, February 1979) – MCC118 and CBTM152

Using Star Wars as a guideline, we’re exploring comic books based on licensed properties that Marvel Comics published from 1977 to 1986. The Master Assassin of Mars continues . . . with gladiatorial...