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Simon Bedford

@llamastrangler

Twitter refugee, tired of far right nonsense. Some random bloke. Into music, Doctor Who and various other geeky things, cooking the cuisines of the East, red wine, real ale, literature, history, politics, stuff. Pronouns he/him

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Strange Tales #108 "Before I'm through crime, not justice , will prevail on Earth... and I'll be the king of crime !" This is Saturday morning cartoon stuff e...

Just blogged Strange Tales #108… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/stra...

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Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods "Many have said that. But you are the first I believe could do it." Yes, I know. After a few months of not blogging much, then of not blogg...

Just blogged the pilot episode of Stargate: SG-1… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/star...

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The Amazing Spider-Man #1 "Everything I do as Spider-Man seems to turn out wrong!" Wow. The contrast from the last issue in the Order is as huge as it could possibly...

Just blogged the first ever issue of Amaxing Spider-Man… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

12.03.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tales to Astonish #41 "I can hardly wait to turn them on those liberty-loving fools who attack my fortress. Another Ant-Man story in Tales to Astonish . Oh dear....

Just blogged Tales to Astonish #41… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/tale...

11.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Children of the Stones, Part 2- Circle of Fear "Don't meddle with the stones!" Another episode suffused with atmosphere, as we (and Adam, Matt and Margaret) dig further into the mysterie...

Just blogged the second episode of Children of the Stones… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/chil...

11.03.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tales of Suspense #39 "Have you never seen an Iron Man before?" At last we get Iron Man- it really does feel as though it's been ages. Now we just need the X-Men...

Just blogged Tales of Suspense #39. Iron Man, at last… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/tale...

10.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

Just blogged another episode of Gen V…https://llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/gen-v-kids-are-not-all-right.html?m=1

10.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I heard the audio. He said it.
Lord. What have y'all done.

10.03.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 18652 πŸ” 5973 πŸ’¬ 1875 πŸ“Œ 836
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The Incredible Hulk #6 "I hate havin' to become that weakling Banner all the time!" This is the final issue of The Incredible Hulk ... for now. It's one of the b...

Just blogged The Incredible Hulk #6… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

09.03.2026 18:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Dexter: That Night, a Forest Grew "Pardon my tits!" Oh me. back to Dexter again (recovering well from my op) and what an episode. Where to start? Well, there's the manifes...

Just blogged another episode of Dexter… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/dext...

08.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The song "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen (popularised by Jeff Buckley) in about sex, specifically orgasm. It is NOT about god or religion. It is hilarious when church-goers sing it and disturbing when children sing it.

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Carry On Up the Jungle (1970) "Game?" "Any time, if you are." This is... well, there are some good one liners, the cast is good as ever (although Kenneth Williams is gla...

Just blogged Carry On Up the Jungle… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/carr...

08.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Journey into Mystery #90 "Arrest that costumed pest!" This... may be the most inconsequential comic yet, more skippable Larry Lieber stuff, this time without even t...

Just blogged Journey into Mystery #90… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/jour...

07.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Crimes of the Future (2022) "Surgery is the new sex." From looking at the iMDb rating, this film isn't rated very highly. I'll come straight to it: I think it's brilli...

Just blogged David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/crim...

06.03.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY is going so far:

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Fantastic Four #12 "Miss Storm, a pretty young lady can always be of help- just by keeping the men's morale up." Ah, General Thunderbolt Ross. Such a feminis...

Just blogged Fantastic Four #12… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/fant...

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Strange Tales #107 "Oh well... boys will be boys!" Two Strange Tales Human Torch stories in a row... sometimes that's just how it goes. As a reminder, I'm go...

Just blogged Strange Tales #107… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/stra...

05.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Children of the Stones, Part 1- Into the Circle "I deny the existence of that which exists." Happy day! One episode in, and I'm hooked. No, actually... I was hooked by the deeply atmosphe...

Just blogged the first episode of Children of the Stones… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/chil...

05.03.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Strange Tales #106 "You landed your fish!" So the story here is meh, and the forgettable baddie- the Acrobat- is barely a recurring villain. This is eminently...

Just blogged Strange Tales #106… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/stra...

04.03.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Gen V: Bags "What if I kill him?" "That's why we name them for assholes."Β  A goat called Elon. Presented as an expendable bag of blood that blows up gl...

Just blogged another episode of Gen V… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/gen-...

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Fantastic Four #11 "I haven't exactly got any super powers, but I can wiggle my ears real good, and..."! Here we have the debut of Mr. Mxyzptlk the Impossibl...

Just blogged Fantastic Four #11… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/fant...

03.03.2026 19:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Journey into Mystery #89 "A girl so beautiful would never marry a... a weakling like me." Β This is, it has to be said, an entirely skippable issue, but the whole po...

Just blogged Journey into Mystery #89… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/03/jour...

02.03.2026 17:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Strange Tales #105 "A trick? The Wizard needs no tricks!" We seem to be getting quite the spate of return appearances by villains at this point, showing that ...

Just blogged Strange Tales #105… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/02/stra...

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Tales to Astonish #39 "You impudent midget, I'll snuff out your life as I would a candle!" There's only so many times that I can say that these Ant-Man stories a...

Just blogged Tales to Astonish #39… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/02/tale...

27.02.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fantastic Four #10 "Lead me to that little ol' ray, daddy-o!" It's fascinating seeing the evolution of these early issues- and, overall, Fantastic Four is a ...

Just blogged Fantastic Four #10… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/02/fant...

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Strange Tales #104 "Paste is the supreme weapon!" Er... what did I just read?Β  Paste-pot Pete is easily the most bonkers and rubbish returning villain marvel ...

Just blogged Strange Tales #104… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/02/stra...

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Journey into Mystery #88 "The Sun is melting my convertible!" Let's start by briefly running through the plot, shall we, and marvelling at its bonkersness as we oft...

Just blogged Journey into Mystery #88… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/02/jour...

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The Incredible Hulk #5 "Listen, daddy-o, I know your secret... and still I tremble when I see 'im!" Two stories this time, both rather silly, but both rather fa...

Just blogged #5 of The Incredible Hulk… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

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Tales to Astonish #38 "The ants will not be able to resist the temptation I offered! For I have appealed to their greed, and their vanity!" Yep, ants. Definitely...

Just blogged Tales to Astonish #38… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/02/tale...

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Journey into Mystery #87 "Imbecile! You will pay for this blundering!" This is... well, it's an utterly inconsequential placeholder with Thor versus, you guessed it...

Just blogged Journey into Mystery #87… llamastranglermarathon.blogspot.com/2026/02/jour...

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