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Meet the man inside the glowing Spandex unitard, who refuses to be a "geek pinata."
By Ben Palosaari
Riverfront Times
The nation's best known--and perhaps only--demonologist keeps up the
struggle against Satanic spirits.
By Aimee Levitt
Miami New Times
Sensing the end of an era, bottled-water companies spend billions to keep an eco-unfriendly industry alive.
By Lee Klein
Village Voice
A man fascinated by a violent 1930s strike solves a mystery with the help of a mobster's musician.
By Tony Ortega
Playthings That Go Bump in the Night
It's Christmas in October for hard-cores
Published on October 04, 2007
To paraphrase Orwell, some toys are more equal than others. Sure, there'll be Beanies, Barbies, and Belles up for grabs at the Phoenix Toy Show & Collectors Swap Meet, but this expo is more about way-cool shit like Todd McFarlane/Spawn, Gundam, and anime. Baby boomers can shed nostalgic tears over childhood goodies such as Hot Wheels, G.I. Joes, and Golden Age comic books while boomer sires salivate over rare remnants such as cap guns, battery-ops and wind-ups, Western ephemera, and '50s-era robots and space toys. Point is, with 150-plus dealers showing wares, you can find just about anything that runs, jumps, slays, pees its pants, or shoots fake flames through its snout.
Sat., Oct. 6, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 2007