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
This next issue of SUPERMAN was a bit of a minor milestone and it was heavily promoted in house ads throughout the DC line at the time. It was also the 40th Anniversary Issue of the title, and while it wasn't upsized to mark the occasion, that did provide cover for this story was being … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN #338
And finally we come to the most consistent and stable of the eight New Universe launch titles, D.P.7. I sampled all eight first issues when they first came out, and D.P.7 was the only book that I continued to follow--though even there, I dropped it after five issues. D.P. 7 was the creation of writer … Continue reading Brand Echh: D.P.7 #1
I had fallen off of reading SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES for the past couple of months, not for any particular reason, simply that it still felt weird and off-kilter to my sensibilities. But I came back for this issue, though again, I'm not sure what motivated that decision. And I'd only stick around … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #254
This book was one of the big unexpected finds I made during my first visit to Xanadu Comics in Wilmington, Delaware. I was constantly on the hunt for obscure bits of comic book history--there was nothing quite like the thrill of coming across some old super hero property that was a forgotten, hidden gem--and I … Continue reading FSC: THE ENFORCERS #2
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