Flea Market Fantasy

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Flea Market Fantasy

Each week, we review a different Bronze Age comic from the 1970s and 1980s. Hosted by Kevin Jank and Michael Dell.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #351 | Laff-A-Lympics 4 (1978)

    The Yogi Yahooeys, Scooby Doobies, and Really Rottens play baseball. Kind of.

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    6th Annual Flea Awards

    Yes, it's the 6th Annual Flea Awards, when we honor the best and worst of the past year.

  3. 418

    Flea Market Fantasy #350 | Batman 427 (1988)

    The Joker takes a crowbar to Jason Todd. About time somebody did.

  4. 417

    Flea Market Fantasy #349 | West Coast Avengers 26 (1987)

    Meet the Zodiac, a criminal cartel based on astrology!

  5. 416

    Flea Market Fantasy #348 | Steel 1 (1978)

    Yes, it's Steel, the Indestructible Man. Who canceled?

  6. 415

    Flea Market Fantasy #347 | Daredevil 117 (1974)

    The Owl is trying to steal Daredevil's brain, and it's up to Black Widow and Shanna the She-Devil to stop him.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #346 | Flash 231 (1975)

    One of the craziest books we're ever read. Flash takes down a convention of rogues, and then the Green Lantern meets Aaron Burr.

  8. 413

    Flea Market Fantasy #345 | Thor 391 (1988)

    Thor and Spider-Man face the Mongoose!

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    Flea Market Fantasy #343 | Flash Gordon 5 (1988)

    Remember how fun the Flash Gordon movie was? Well, this comic is nothing like that at all!

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    Flea Market Fantasy #342 | Aliens 2 (1989)

    The Alien movies had comic books. Who knew?

  12. 409

    Flea Market Fantasy #341 | Amazing Adventures 25 (1974)

    Killraven puts personal revenge over the greater good.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #340 | Spider-Man, Storm, and Power Man (1982)

    Spider-Man, Storm, and Power Man team up to teach some hard lessons about smoking.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #339 | Concrete 10 (1988)

    Concrete goes to visit his dying mother, so not exactly a laugh riot.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #338 | Captain Atom 6 (1987)

    Captain Atom, a government blackmail victim, chases Doctor Spectro, who is blackmailing the government.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #337 | Green Arrow 2 (1983)

    Someone is out to kill Green Arrow for inheriting a friend's fortune.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #336 | X-Men vs. Avengers 2 (1987)

    The X-Men, the Avengers, and the Soviet Super Soldiers have a triple-threat match for Magneto.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #335 | Teen Titans 48 (1977)

    Two-Face learns he has a daughter. Oh, and he tries to blow up Gotham City and New York.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #334 | Thundercats 8 (1987)

    Thundercats, Thundercats, Thundercats, hooooooooo!

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    Flea Market Fantasy #333 | Wonder Man 1 (1986)

    Yes, it's Wonder Man, the newest Disney+ star! And, wow, is he terrible.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #331 | New Adventures of Superboy 39 (1983)

    Superboy visits an Earth without Christmas, plus a Dial H for Hero backstory. Dial S for Suck.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #330 | Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man 112 (1986)

    Celebrate Christmas with Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man... or don't. This issue stinks.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #329 | Silverblade 2 (1987)

    An aging movie stars gets the power to transform into any of his former characters.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #327 | Iron Man 57 (1973)

    Iron Man vs. the Mandarin. And at stake? Workers' rights!

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    Flea Market Fantasy #326 | Strange Tales 10 (1987)

    Dagger has a night on the town with the Black Cat, and then Doctor Strange loses an eye.

  28. 393

    Flea Market Fantasy #325 | Nick Fury vs. SHIELD 1 (1988)

    Nick Fury discovers a conspiracy within SHIELD.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #324 | Checkmate 8 (1988)

    Yes, it's Checkmate, the DC answer to SHIELD, with a Hellfire Club twist.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #323 | Hot Stuff 154 (1980)

    We close out Shocktober in style with Hot Stuff, the hottest devil in town!

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    Flea Market Fantasy #322 | Ghosts 107 (1981)

    Shocktober continues with Ghosts, a horror anthology that does the impossible: It makes me hate a story about a monkey.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #321 | The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves 65 (1978)

    Shocktober continues with this spooky horror anthology from Charlton Comics.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #320 | Giant Size Man-Thing 5 (1975)

    To kick off Shocktober, we whipped out our Giant Size Man-Thing.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #319 | Ghost Rider 13 (1975)

    Ghost Rider must save Karen Page from the Trapster.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #318 | Warlock 9 (1975)

    Warlock vs. Richard Simmons... I mean the Magus.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #317 | Welcome Back. Kotter 2 (1977)

    Juan Epstein's practical jokes are causing problems for Mr. Kotter and the Sweathogs.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #316 | The Legend of Wonder Woman 3 (1986)

    The Legend of Wonder Woman is a Golden Age tale without any of the charm or pizzazz of the Golden Age. We also learn more about the Comics Code Authority!

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    Flea Market Fantasy #315 | Nightmask 7 (1987)

    This week, we venture back into Marvel's New Universe with Nightmask, a "superhero" who enters people's dreams to help them deal with trauma. Yeah, it's as lame as it sounds.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #314 | Amazing Spider-Man 97 (1971)

    The Green Goblin is back! And the Comics Code Authority refused to approve this book because of Peter Parker's swinging 70s wardrobe.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #313 | Superman 264 (1973)

    Superman fights the Phantom Quarterback!

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    Flea Market Fantasy #312 | Echo of Futurepast 3 (1984)

    This obscure anthology features Bucky O'Hare and a bunch of weird stuff. Blame Jank.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #311 | Fantastic Four 197 (1978)

    Reed Richards regains his stretching powers just in time to fight the Red Ghost.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #309 | Mister X 1 (1984)

    Meet Mister X, a creative masterstroke from Vortex Comics.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #308 | Solo Avengers 12 (1988)

    Hawkeye vs. Abomination (kind of), and Yellowjacket (Rita DeMara) vs. the Fixer. Oh, plus guest appearances by Wasp and Black Knight, the latter of whom provides one of the greatest quotes in the history of quotes.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #307 | Champions 6 (1986)

    Not the Champions you think. This is the Champions from Eclipse Comics, which was based on a role-playing game. And it is some, wild, wild stuff.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #305 | The Eternals 1 (1985)

    Ikarus is apparently a professional wrestler! Who knew? Plus, Thena becomes the prime Eternal and Sersi makes a fish sweat.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #304 | Green Lantern 196 (1985)

    Guy Gardner is the new Green Lantern. His first mission? Getting beaten up by some shark dude named Karshon.

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    Flea Market Fantasy #302 | Detective Comics 578 (1987)

    In the final instalment of Batman: Year Two, Batman drives a woman to celibacy.

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Each week, we review a different Bronze Age comic from the 1970s and 1980s. Hosted by Kevin Jank and Michael Dell.

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