John Hansen

Michaelangelo one-shot

Raphael, Michaelangelo, Donatello get ‘TMNT’ one-shots (1985-86)

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): Raphael, Michaelangelo and Donatello get one-shot issues early in Mirage “TMNT” Vol. 1.

TMNT No. 8

‘TMNT’ travels through space, time in Issues 8-9 (1986)

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): The “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” meet Renet and get a flashback story to their younger selves in Mirage Issues 8-9.

TMNT No. 6

‘TMNT’ Issues 5-7 (1985-86) are out of this world

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): The Turtles travel to outer space to meet the Triceratons and Fugitoid in Mirage “TMNT” Vol. 1 Issues 5, 6 and 7.

TMNT No. 2

April, Baxter enter ‘TMNT’ fray in Issues 2-4 (1984-85)

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): Eastman and Laird get adventurous in Mirage “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Vol. 1 Issues 2, 3 and 4.

TMNT No. 1

‘TMNT’ epic begins with Mirage Vol. 1 Issue 1 (1984)

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book review): An epic begins for Eastman and Laird with the legendary Mirage “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Vol. 1 Issue 1.

TMNT No. 1

Love of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ lingers

Commentary: Eastman & Laird’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” is on my Mount Rushmore of entertainment franchises. Here’s why I love it.

‘X-Files’ comic book feels more like the TV show than ever before (Commentary)

While “The X-Files” has a proud tradition in comic books — enjoying stints at Topps, Dark Horse (one “Lone Gunman” issue) and Wildstorm – it’s never felt as much like the TV show as it does in “The X-Files” Season 10, which is now nine issues into its run with IDW Comics.

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Forces: Jedi Knight’ (1998) (Book review)

There’s been some buzz in “Star Wars” fan circles about a new definitive canonicity that the newly formed Lucasfilm Story Group will release in advance of “Rebels” and the sequel trilogy. The Temple Archives podcast/website and many fans have taken this to mean that some works will make the cut as being an “official” part […]

Did anyone else think Rick was dead? (TV commentary)

With Rick lying on a sofa without moving, Carl puking up his breakfast and bizarre dream sequences popping up (albeit from Michonne, not Carl), Sunday’s mid-fourth-season premiere of AMC’s “The Walking Dead” obviously called to mind the “Buffy” episode “The Body.” It’s a credit to the show’s unpredictability that I thought they might kill off the main […]

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘Dark Forces: Rebel Agent’ (1998) (Book review)

Although not necessarily apocryphal, “Rebel Agent” (1998) – the second of William C. Dietz’s “Dark Forces” illustrated novel trilogy – features interpretations of Force users that seem to contrast with what George Lucas would establish in the prequels the following year.