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! Plus a full spread on the original Garbage Pail Kids trading cards that started it all: the gross-out sticker craze of '85, the Topps rebellion against Cabbage Patch perfection, the banned-at-school wars, and those hilariously disgusting characters that defined latchkey rebellion.

- Toys “R” Us 1986-87 Radical Aisles & Endless Summer Adventures – reliving those epic summer catalogs and in-store glory days: the “Summer Fun Book” pages packed with beach toys, water guns, and outdoor madness; the endless glowing aisles of action figures, bikes, and arcade cabinets; that magical feeling of walking through the automatic doors into a wonderland of possibilities, complete with holiday wish-book vibes and the pure freedom of '86-'87 toy hunting before school started again.

- 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.

- Garbage Pail Kids: The Sick, Sticky Legacy of the '80s Most Revolting Rebels - From the gross-out Topps trading cards that had playgrounds hooked on puke and pus, to the short-lived Saturday morning cartoon and the gloriously disgusting 1987 live-action movie packed with practical-effects mutants — this retrospective dives deep into the full Garbage Pail Kids saga.A sticky, slime-filled love letter to the most revolting rebels of the 1980s. Perfect for any '80s kid who still owns a barf bag.

- 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 Haunted Pizzeria Clubhouse guide (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.