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Marty Bostick

Marty Bostick

Marty and Harvey and the April 18, 1938 Morning Superman Stepped Onto the Newsstand

Marty and Harvey step back to April 18, 1938—the real newsstand day Action Comics #1 appeared—and hold onto the headline-sized moment Superman quietly entered the world for ten cents.

Bob Schmeling and Kent Brooks Shag the Drag in a Black 1960 VW Beetle — Fort Dodge, 1968

Bob Schmeling and Kent Brooks remember cruising Central Avenue in 1968—two Fort Dodge High School Dodgers in their letterman jackets, riding through town in Bob’s black 1960 Volkswagen Beetle with a Playboy bunny logo on the side.

Thomas and Harvey and the April 17, 1964 Headline: A Mustang Debuts with Walt Disney

Thomas and Harvey go back to April 17, 1964 and find the newspaper headlines that still thrill them: the Ford Mustang debuting at the World’s Fair—with Walt Disney’s imagination along for the ride.

Mark and Brett and the Chain-Link Fence Moment at the Fire N Ice Arena Site (2019–Now)

Mark and Brett have been watching the Fire N Ice Arena site in North Phoenix since 2019, so when they saw real momentum again, they made a quick detour—snapping a photo through a chain-link fence as the desert hockey dream came back to life.

Orlando and Harvey and the April 16, 2003 Headline That Still Feels Like a Goodbye

Orlando and Harvey go back to April 16, 2003 through newspaper headlines—revisiting the night Michael Jordan played his final NBA game and how that goodbye still lingers.

Lenny and the April 15, 1955 Headline That Opened the Golden Arches

Lenny goes back to April 15, 1955—holding onto a newspaper headline about Ray Kroc’s first franchised McDonald’s in Des Plaines—and remembers the small, exact details that made a turning point feel human.

Edward Collins and the Day London Exhaled: Whitehall on VE Day, 1945

In 1945, Edward Collins was swept with London’s VE Day crowds toward Whitehall, surrounded by Union Jack flags and the familiar authority of the radio made suddenly real in the street.

Ken and the Headline That Still Hits: “TITANIC SINKS, 1500 DIE” (April 15, 1912)

Ken researches April 15, 1912 and finds the kind of newspaper headline that doesn’t soften tragedy: “TITANIC SINKS, 1500 DIE.” In Ken’s hands, the Titanic becomes less legend and more a clock counting down in real minutes.

Leonie’s Virtual Drive Down Australia’s Great Ocean Road in a 1959 Black-and-Chrome Studebaker Hawk

Leonie takes Harvey and Marty on a virtual drive down Australia’s Great Ocean Road in Leonie’s dream car—a 1959 black-and-chrome Studebaker Hawk—laughing their way through old memories and ocean cliffs.

Marty and Harvey’s Virtual Road Trip to Roswell in a Red 1965 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado—With an Alien in the Back Seat

Marty and Harvey fire up a virtual road trip back to Roswell, New Mexico—top down in a red 1965 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado Convertible, laughing like the old days and making room for an alien hitchhiker in the back seat.