Leftover Pizza Power Kids Club Magazine Issue #1 - Pre Order

Yo, Pizza Power Kids! Cap'n Retrovania here—your eternal pizza-slingin' vampire dad straight from the neon-lit crypt—ready to blast you back to the golden age of latchkey legends with the premiere issue of Leftover Pizza Power Kids Club Magazine!

This ain't your dusty old zine. We're talkin' a massive 66-page full-color boutique-style beast printed on glossy pages with a thick stock cover—premium slime levels only! Think Nintendo Power got kidnapped, slimed in a haunted pizzeria arcade, and re-animated with extra cheese, toxic toys, and '80s/'90s nostalgia overload. Pure after-school survival guide for the crypt crew who still chase that Blockbuster run high, quote Saturday morning cartoons like scripture, and know a Konami code is basically a prayer.

Issue #1 sinks its fangs into:

- Deep-dive retrospectives on Batman: The Animated Series – Bruce Timm's iconic art-deco Gotham, Kevin Conroy's brooding Bat-voice, Danny Elfman-inspired chills, plus the full Kenner toy line glory (Batmobile variants and all) and those killer video game tie-ins on Sega Genesis and SNES.

- Total Monster in My Pocket madness – history, rare variants (neon glow exclusives!), point-value battles, the rad Konami NES beat-'em-up, that Hanna-Barbera cartoon pilot, and why these pocket-sized horrors still haunt collector shelves.

- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters nightmare fuel – the 1995 platformer chaos on Sega Genesis and SNES, where you switch between Ickis, Krumm, and Oblina to scare humans, solve puzzles, and pass monster midterms with gooey abilities, freaky level designs, and that signature Nickelodeon slime vibe.

- Legendary monster FX wizard John Carl Buechler – gooey dissections of practical effects from Ghoulies, Troll, Garbage Pail Kids: The Movie, and beyond—blood, slime, practical effects sorcery!

- Florida's Universal Studios Ghostbusters Spooktacular stage show – reliving the 90s park legend with its epic live effects showdown at the Temple of Gozer, Slimer pranks, proton streams, animatronic haunts, and that rooftop battle recreation that made every latchkey kid feel like a real Ghostbuster.

- The Monster Squad cult classic revival – the 1987 Fred Dekker gem where a squad of monster-obsessed kids faces off against Dracula and his Universal horror crew in a battle for an amulet of good vs. evil, packed with treehouse HQ vibes, killer practical effects (thanks Stan Winston!), quotable one-liners, and why this "monsters in the 80s" love letter became the ultimate VHS cult fave for latchkey survivors.

- And way more cheesy radness: toxic toy vaults, Saturday morning secrets, NES/homebrew spotlights, greasy cheat codes, VHS cult classics, reader letters in Cap'n's Crypt, and exclusive previews of Cap'n Retrovania's upcoming 8-bit horror beat-'em-up Totally Toxic Pizza-Slingin' Showdown!

This is your quarterly clubhouse (4 issues a year!) for latchkey survivors—packed with indie/homebrew features, fan art calls, and that perfect mix of retro deep dives and mutant topping misadventures.

We're doing a limited run so PRE-ORDER yours today! Join the club, claim your copy, and let's make Issue #1 legendary—because nostalgia deserves extra cheese! This magazine is currently in production, and Issue #1 July/August will launch this Summer 2026.