DAREDEVIL was a series that I had been buying and enjoying for about a year, but right around here it started to steadily get better and better--in such a gradual way that you almost didn't notice it happening. Most of this was down to the arrival of new penciler Frank Miller. As these books were … Continue reading BHOC: DAREDEVIL #160
There were other concepts that were originated with the intention that they would be a part of the New Universe initiative but were left by the wayside as the parameters of that concept changed and evolved. One of them went on to become one of the lesser lights of the Marvel Universe. This was Speedball, … Continue reading Brand Echh: SPEEDBALL #1
This was the third of the three issues of MARVEL'S GREATEST COMICS that I picked up as a back issue at Bush's Hobbies in Ronkonkoma after marching with my 6th Grade school band in the Memorial Day parade. That event wasn't anything particularly special to me, but an opportunity to stick my head into Bush's … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL’S GREATEST COMICS #46
At the very end of the 1970s, comic books began to take a cue from network television. There, the concept of a limited series of broadcasts had become popular as important destination viewing, garnering ratings that proved such programming to be attractive to potential viewers. Accordingly, first DC and them Marvel began to experiment with … Continue reading FSC: WOLVERINE Limited Series #1
It has to be said that 1975 wasn't the best year for DC Comics. Editorial Director Carmine Infantino was in his last year running the firm, and the fortunes of the organization were on the wane. This despite having placed a couple of properties onto television and the Superman movie going ahead. A lot of … Continue reading BC: SHAZAM #18
As I recounted yesterday, I purchased this issue of MARVEL'S GREATEST COMICS as well as the issue before and after it at Bush's Hobbies in Ronkonkoma on Memorial Day following a parade performance by my grade school band. I was indifferent to being in the parade but excited by the prospect of being able to … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL’S GREATEST COMICS #45
Not every title originally conceived for the New Universe initiative wound up being released under its auspices. Certain titles fell out as the parameters of the new line shifted during the development process. One such series was STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI, a super hero war series set in the future. As pitched by writer Peter B. Gillis … Continue reading Brand Echh: STRIKEFORCE: MORITURI #1
A couple noteworthy events happened at around this time. The first is that my Mom took me and my brother to see the movie ALIEN, which had just opened. She was a fan of science fiction and fantasy in film and on television, and so during this time she would regularly want to see any … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL’S GREATEST COMICS #44
As we covered a bit last week, there were two separate issues of Larry Houston's fan-published super hero comic magazine THE ENFORCERS that I found on my first trip to Xanadu Comics in Wilmington, Delaware. We covered the first last time: https://tombrevoort.com/2026/03/22/fsc-the-enforcers-2/ #3, obviously, was the second. I would spend the next fifteen-plus years vainly … Continue reading FSC: THE ENFORCERS #3
When I was growing up in the early 1970s, you didn't have a whole lot of choice about who your friends were. You were pretty much limited to any other kids who happened to live on your street. In my case, that included a kid my age who lived down the block named Charles Grella. … Continue reading BC: SUPERMAN #274
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