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For Friends of Aqauaman (AKA “F.O.A.M.“), there is no better treat in the world than Rob Kelly’s incredible Aquaman Shrine, a “daily devotional” blog dedicated to the proverbial King of the Seven Seas.

Rob recently appeared on Javier Hernandez’ internet radio show, Planet Comic Book Radio. This is the same radio show that I was a guest on, back in December 2007. Rob’s interview is a fascinating discussion between two hard-core comic book nerds. Check it out here, broken up into three parts:

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

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Our collection of Mego Christmas photos is growing!

Scott Tipton is an author and scholar — a life-long comics N’ toys geek — who operates Comics 101, which includes his amazing “Comics 101 with Professor Scott Tipton” blog. These fun, informative sites are definitely worth bookmarking, if you haven’t already.

Thanks to Scott Tipton, we now have these wonderful memories of his Mego Christmas in 1976. Below, we see Scott (with red hair), holding the Mego Supervator playset, the Mego Robin box and the Mego Batman box, while his brother, Dave, opens Kenner’s Six Million Dollar Man and a Mego Spider-Man box.

When Scott sent these photos, he wrote:

“The great thing was, my entire interest in comics and toys was all kicked off by my getting the Mego Batman and Spidey, and the fact that it was captured on film is amazing.”

Indeed.

I like the fact that Mego’s Supervator playset, issued in 1974 only, was still hanging around toy stores in 1976. I guess it really WAS a peg-warmer toy!

Thanks for the great memory pics, Scott!