tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68148481389917942822026-05-10T06:32:22.800-04:00Welcome to the SANCTUM SANCTORUM COMIX blog. Follow me as I light the way down the path of madness of my hobby which encompasses a philosophy that I have dubbed the 6-Dimensions of Doctor Strange. A blog dedicated to all the cool swag in my collection. Think of the warehouse at the end of Raiders of the Lost Arc. A collection devoted to: Dr. Strange, Man-Thing, ROM Spaceknight, Scarlet Witch, Black Knight, Defenders, Illuminati, Midnight Sons, New Avengers and many Marvel, DC, and indie comics.~P~http://www.blogger.com/profile/09299078564477985626noreply@blogger.comBlogger407125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814848138991794282.post-17289233099971632792016-10-11T14:56:00.000-04:002016-10-24T11:35:23.369-04:00

--- Today, October 11th (2016), being the 8th bloggiversary of this SANCTUM SANCTORUM COMIX Blog, I am pleased to be able to commemorate this occasion by giving a REview of the PREview Event shown last night (see my blog post yesterday [HERE]) for the DOCTOR STRANGE film, directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. As this IS my  “bloggiversary” for this

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--- Today (10-10-2016) is the day that brings us the airing of the  DOCTOR STRANGE: 15 MINUTE PREVIEW FOOTAGE EVENT  across the world (if not the WORLDS)! I'll be seeing it, in glorious IMAX 3D, at the following location tonight at 7pm: Regal UA Westbury Theatre Stadium 12 & IMAX 7000 Brush Hollow Rd, Westbury, NY 11590, USA Be there, or be... some kind of

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Welcome back for a FUN...KO bit of POP Culture! I'm just going to post a quick hit-n-run entry,  But before I do, let me hep you to a few projects that I'm in the middle of for this blog; such as... 1. Writing ALL-NEW blog posts, including;  1a. A year-in-review post for the current Jason Aaron / Chris Bachalo DOCTOR STRANGE series 1b. Posts involving the (very soon) upcoming

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Long-time readers of this blog may remember that I've often likened my collectibles' room (what some might call a "man-cave") to the SANCTUM SANCTORUM of Doctor Strange. In fact, that IS what I call my retreat, my reliquary, my holy of holies... MY Sanctum Sanctorum. And those self-same long-time readers may recall when I lamented that my Sanctum was in a dilapidated, derelict state (much like

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As promised, the Doctor Strange podcast that I have co-founded in now online: DOCTOR STRANGECAST PTOR, D and HOWARD: your hosts of Doctor StrangeCast Diedra ("Deee"), Howard Hallis, and myself share various thoughts and experiences with, not only Doctor Strange, but comics and pop-culture in general, (But mostly Doctor Strange) with my being on the East Coast and Howard and Diedra on the

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As promised, the Doctor Strange podcast that I have co-founded in now online: DOCTOR STRANGECAST PTOR, D and HOWARD: your hosts of Doctor StrangeCast Diedra ("Deee"), Howard Hallis, and myself share various thoughts and experiences with, not only Doctor Strange, but comics and pop-culture in general. (But mostly Doctor Strange.) There are 5 mini episodes online now: - A "Mission

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This is a blog-post that I SHOULD have written days, months, years...er...EONS ago! While my presence on this blog has been... remiss (to say the least), it was NEVER for lack of wanting to do so. However, even as the BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH starring DOCTOR STRANGE film has been looming, and of ALL times for me to be cast on the wayside (life has been... hectic), THIS was the worst time. However,

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--- WELCOME to a VERY SPECIAL POST! Those words were never more true - at least not on this blog. This post, while seeming to be merely just the latest in a string of annual "best of" posts, is in truth the reaffirmation post to a blog which came precariously close to going the way of many a fine blog... shuttering. With ever-less limited time (and ebbing interest in the way certain

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Due to a slight posting error * from the original entry, I felt it best to RE-POST it afresh. * (It's all about URLs and Obsessive/Compulsive Disorders - or maybe I'm just insane [not that the two are mutually exclusive]). However, I'll leave THIS post here with a link to the new one (AND re-post the new link on the Twitter so as to not confuse anyone who didn't already see THIS f.u.b.a.r. mess

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--- (scan taken from Marvel 1980 Doctor Strange Calendar - of a panel taken from Marvel Feature # 1) * --- At long last… after many months away… I AM RETURNED unto you! After a gestation of 9 months… I am reborn! Alright… I’ll stop the added melodramatics. But seriously, I’ve been away from this blog for far too long, but I’m looking to make a return to producing posts

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--- First, let me ASSURE you that this isn't becoming the "TARDIS-BLOG"; virtual fan-home of THE DOCTOR (WHO). It's just that much of my time now is being spent immersed in all-things "Time Lord", and so, while reading of new 12th DOCTOR (or 14th Doctor, depending on how accurate/pedantic/OCD you may be) Peter Capaldi's unveiling of his new Doctor Who costume, I IMMEDIATELY did a double-take

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--- As I’ve noted in the last post of 2013, I’ve been less than enthusiastic about my DOCTOR STRANGE interests/habit/mania/obsession/fix as Marvel has not been treating the character well at all, and instead, while watching-and-waiting to see how Strange is treated in each month's new comics, have been focusing on RE-discovering my love for DOCTOR WHO. More often than not, while I’m

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Time is relative. It seems "Time Flies"… (whether you’re having fun or not) and as such, I’ve missed several opportunities to post new blog entries. My apologies. And so... Happy (belated) New Year - 2014, Sanctum Dwellers! In this, the first post of the new year, I once again thought it appropriate to blog about the passage of time. Well... honestly, about calendars. This post

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--- Many people may have been wondering why my blogging has been sparse over the past few months. Well, I could say that it has something to do with a new schedule at work that leaves me tired and lacking time, but while true, in part, that's not really the whole truth. The truth is... I've been feeling out of sorts for many months. Tired. Worn out. Despondent. Life, at times, has

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--- It may be seen as anachronistic, or even retro-throw-back for modern computer-gamers (or are they predominantly "console gamers" now?) to want to play PINBALL, but it seems that they do, and because of that, pinball (or at least a virtual version of it) is seeing a resurgence in popularity not seen since the 1970's. Now, while I do confess to rocking the flippers back in the arcades of

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I just want to take this time to wish everyone all the Happiness of this Holiday Season! And to help celebrate your  VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH, KOOL KWANZAA,  WILD WINTER SOLSTICE, and A FESTIVUS FOR THE REST-OF-US... ...I present to you this scene that we are ALL glad is not  MARVEL canon. (click to make YULE-SIZED) SILVER SURFER as the HERALD ANGEL

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--- Jack Kirby at his drawing board, as seen in the documentary: "With Great Power - The Stan Lee Story"  --- Yes, I know… no sooner do I post a 5th Anniversary Special, than do I seemingly vanish off the face of the Earth. No new posts for over a month – missing both; Halloween and Thanksgiving. But what if I tried to make up for it by presenting a blog entry that is part “

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--- WELCOME to a VERY SPECIAL POST! With limited time (and zero talent), I’ve somehow managed to make it to FIVE YEARS of producing a fair-to-middling amount of "content" (all of varying quality) for this blog! (This, on top of the many years - since 1997 - of my being an omni-present commenter/ know-it-all loudmouth on others’ blogs, message boards and random street corners.)   So,

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--- Welcome to another entry in the long-running “IDOL PURSUITS” series (and of the “Master of the PLASTIC Arts” sub-series {a complete run-down of previous entries can be found [HERE] or individual links can be found at the end of this post})! Today’s entry features the DOCTOR STRANGE Action Figure from the “Spider-Man: the Animated Series” line. (AND all its VARIANTS!)

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--- Introductory page to: DOCTOR STRANGE’s HAUNTED PATHWAYS The Game of Mystic Mindrot --- “WHAT-the-wha…? A DOCTOR STRANGE BOARD GAME”, I hear the collective crowd exclaim, incredulously. Yes! And, as a point of fact, a DOCTOR STRANGE BOARD GAME that was OFFICIALLY produced by MARVEL COMICS! “Who-in-the-WHAT-now?!”, You all stammered, as one…. Yes! I am quite

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--- IT FIGURES... this is going to be a multi-purpose post. No, I'm not complaining or being sarcastic about anything. "IT FIGURES" was the name I originally used as a subject header / tag-line for a continuing series of blog-posts that deal with "Action Figures", figurines and statuary. I soon realized that in keeping with the mystic nature of this blog's focus (i.e; Doctor Strange and the

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--- Of late, I've had the fortune of having some time to devote to getting my Sanctum Sanctorum "man-cave" organized  - as I mentioned [complete with a sneak-peak pic of some display units] in a post a week ago [HERE] - as well as this Tweet (with pic of new UV coated window) [HERE]. However, after more than a year of neglect (and a few years of partially-sorted comics), it's a

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Today, here in America, is LABOR DAY. A day created to give hard-working people an official day off. Yet, not only are real flesh and blood people hard-working, but also those of the 4-color variety. None more so than Dr. Strange's loyal "man-servant", Wong. Due to our living in a more "Politically Correct" (P.C.) age, that nomenclature is sometimes dropped and, depending on the writer,

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Well, it seems with September a mere day away, I've missed my opportunity to post SUMMERTIME themed blog entries ("Summer" movies and music featuring Doctor Strange and others, but don't worry, I'll get them on here soon enough), so before August ends, I'll "TOSS" (you'll get that joke in a moment) a blog post here about one item in my DOCTOR STRANGE collection (and tease about a bunch of others)

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I've been dying to blog here the past few weeks (and I've a few GREAT posts in the works, mostly dealing with SUMMERTIME themes of SUMMER MOVIES and MUSIC - but in the case of this blog, all the Doctor Strange related flix and trax in my collection). However, since I've been underwater with my real-world responsibilities (which seemed to have reached tsunami-levels in the summer), and can't get

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