A post from my old Marvel blog, part of a series running down comics I edited that weren't a huge success but which I still liked and stand behind. Comics I Don't Apologize For pt 3 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Today's entry in this week's theme of … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Comics I Don’t Apologize For, Part Three
This was another issue of INCREDIBLE HULK purchased by my younger brother Ken and which eventually ended up in my possession. Ken had become a regular reader of the adventures of the Green Goliath, inspired by the TV show, and he'd stick with the series for several months--which meant that I got to read it … Continue reading BHOC: INCREDIBLE HULK #221
This is the first issue of Biljo White's classic 1964 fanzine devoted entirely to the Caped Crusader. An interesting look back at where Batman fans' heads were at prior to the 1966 TV show, Denny O'Neil & Neal Adams, and Frank Miller.
In the early 1980s at the beginning of the end of their tenure as a publishing house, Charlton came up with a way to produce a book more cheaply. They outsourced the creation of the content to fans and would-be professionals and paid not a penny--publication itself would be the only compensation these creators would … Continue reading Brand Echh – Charlton Bullseye #4
A post from my old Marvel blog about FANTASTIC FOUR: THE LOST ADVENTURE and how a page from that job turned up after the issue had been completed and went to print. Frustration April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Interrupting my sequence on Unknown Greats because I'm running behind … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Frustration
This was another book that I picked up on my weekly trips to 7-11 on Thursdays when new comics would drop. Green Lantern was at this point one of my favorite characters, primarily due to his stories in the back of FLASH. I wasn't quite as wild about the GL/GA incarnation of the character--while I … Continue reading BHOC: GREEN LANTERN #102
Okay, well, that was about as properly DOCTOR WHO as DOCTOR WHO has felt since the start of this new regime. It wasn't perfect, naturally, it had its flaws--the largest of which being that the underlying plan of the Kasarvin is not only utter nonsense, it's dispensed with almost off-handedly, so much so that secondary … Continue reading Doctor Who: Spyfall, part two
A post from my old Marvel blog about the short-lived NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET black and white magazine. Thursday, 9:28 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Today's Bad Comic I Was Associated With wasn't really all that bad at all--yet the series lasted only two issues.In the late 1980s, … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Bad Comics I Was Associated With
When the cover price on comic books went up to 35 cents, this presented certain new challenges for readers. Primary among them was the fact that a dollar would no longer get you three comics--you needed to be packing an extra nickel. I didn't really yet have a ready source of income at this point, … Continue reading BHOC: DEFENDERS #57
The final issue of Steven Grant, Steve Gerber and Frank Miller's 1988 freelancer newsletter.
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