Fantastic Flashbacks

Memories of the fantastic movies, TV shows, books and comics of my youth. Lots of clippings from my scrapbooks and articles from my magazine collection, as well as some vintage advertisements just for fun!

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

1979 article on "The Star Wars Holiday Special"

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From issue #19 of Starlog Magazine, published in February of 1979, comes this cover article on one of the darkest chapters in Star Wars hist...

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Saturday, May 15, 2010

1973 Mad Spoof On Apes Movies

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The collection cabinets open this time to bring forth issue #157 of Mad magazine, published in March of 1973. By this time there were four f...

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Saturday, May 8, 2010

More Sci-Fi Book covers

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As a young boy and teen I devoured the old science fiction novels I picked up at the used bookstore. Here are a few of the cool covers from ...

Thursday, April 29, 2010

"V - The Final Battle" 1984 TV Guide article

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Back in 1984, one of the most anticipated events on TV (at least for me) was the sequel to the highly-rated "V" saga. The article ...

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Sunday, April 18, 2010

1975 "Space:1999" Premiere Review

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Below is an article I clipped from the September 11, 1975 edition of the Miami Herald. I lived in Ft. Lauderdale at the time, and although ...

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

1978 Mark Hamill interview

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From Rona Barrett's Hollywood Super Special: Winter 1978, comes a one-page interview with Mark Hamill, who was about to begin work on ...

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

1966 comic book ads

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The first things I ever collected were comics, and looking through those earliest ones I bought as an 8 year old (that I still have) I am am...

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Frederick: Born in the late 50's, a kid in the 60's, a teen in the 70's, I'm "forever-fourteen." Monsters, spooky stuff, sci-fi and Star Trek captured my imagination as a youth and the memories made will never fade. The profile photo symbolizes the efforts of my stepdad to rid me of my "childish" interests, as he called them; at which, not being a man of strong imagination, he failed.

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