An obscure magical device that created trouble for the Justice Society of America during the 1940s. Easy to apply, no toxic fumes.

A pulpish horror-fantasy warrior queen from sleazy early 1970s Warren Publishing comics magazine. She’s a Gardner Fox character.

DC Comics’ Davy Tenzer is the Biblical King David, but as a 1970s immortal anti-terror international singing super-spy. Sometimes, he fights snake aliens.

A sort of golem that once fought the Black Panther in King Solomon’s tomb. It was pretty tough.

A “magical slasher” villain seen in Z-list — mostly direct-to-video — horror movies.

A small clan of magical Japanese creatures. These once helped the Outsiders fight crime, sort of.

Let’s talk about Marvel Comics’ Inhumans. Let’s walk among a few decades of ancient lore, cosmic grandeur and the occasional continuity gaffe.

This is our sample Player Character for Titan Quest, a cool action game about Ancient Greek, Egyptian and Chinese gods and monsters.

Sylphid is a bratty, stealth demi-goddess of the wind and, inadvertently, the last Olympian and defender of mortals.

Life-devouring scary demons that appear in Titan Quest, an action-adventure video game that starts in a fantasy Ancient Greece not unlike the world of Xena and Hercules (Sorbo version).