dirtyriver: slsblog: thefortressofsqualitude: Ok, if I saw THIS cover on the stands, I’d have to pick it up and read it to find out what’s going on. Ditto. Considering the bad guy’s named the Duke of Deception, I think I’d have been terribly disappointed. Source: thefortressofsqualitude
dirtyriver: wonderful-strange: G.I. Combat #83, September 1960. Cover by Jerry Grandenetti and Jack Adler (washtones) Source: wonderful-strange
We’re getting near to the end of the era of the 100-Page Spectaculars, not that I knew that at the time. This issue of SUPERMAN represents one of the last I’d ever purchase, bought as usual from my local 7-11. I’ve had two or three copies of this book over the years–not quite sure what … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN #284
comicbookcovers: Wonder Woman #178, October 1968, Pencils: Mike Sekowsky, Inks:Dick Giordano
Another Treasury Edition brought home by my father, and proof positive that we were in the closing months of 1974. I would have been reading comics for a year and a half at this point. These Christmas Specials used to be a regular thing, attractive even to more casual purchasers as something that could be … Continue reading BHOC: LIMITED COLLECTORS’ EDITION #C-34
A month later, and back at my Grandparents’ house and back at that same candy store that only stocked Marvel Comics, I had the opportunity to pick up the second half of the MARVEL TEAM-UP story that I’d begun previously. This would be my final such chance, though, as the store shortly thereafter stopped carrying … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TEAM-UP #17
Pretty sure that I traded my next door neighbor Johnny Rantinella something for this comic, as it guest-starred the Flash, and was one of those great 100-Page Spectaculars that I loved. It’s got a fun Nick Cardy cover as well. The story opens as, inexplicably, Superman is in Clark Kent’s usual place, reading the news … Continue reading BHOC: ACTION COMICS #443
The Tom Brevoort Experience 