Reader Steven Thompson asked me a question about this recently, so this piece exists entirely due to his interest--you can thank him if you find anything here of value. There was a time-honored tradition of writers and artists inserting themselves into their stories, and Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were no different. In general, the … Continue reading Lee & Kirby & Goldberg & Hartley: The Unlikely Cameos of Jack Kirby
A post from my vintage Marvel blog concerning the making of CIVIL WAR Civil War Record April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Missed a day yesterday unexpectedly, so I'm going to try to double-up a little bit here on the progressing story of CIVIL WAR's development.After the outline and … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog: Civil War Record
As usual, it was an exciting day when a new issue of FANTASTIC FOUR turned up on my 7-11's spinner rack. We were in the midst of an extended "FF breaks up" storyline, one that had been running virtually since I began buying new issues, and I was very much invested in what was going … Continue reading BHOC: FANTASTIC FOUR #193
S03EP08 - In the aftermath of the conclusion to series 2 and the departure of star Gareth Thomas, BLAKE'S 7 was forced to reinvent itself moving into its third series. It did so over the course of the year's first three episodes, much in the manner that the series began. In this new era, it … Continue reading Best of Blake’s 7 – Rumours of Death
A post from my decade-old Marvel blog concerning trying to please the demanding and mercurial fan audience. What the Fans Want April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Spent the past weekend at Wizard World Philadelphia, where Marvel met a great crowd of enthusiastic readers. Got to spend a little … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog: What the Fans Want
When she first arrived at DC as the new publisher, Jenette Kahn instituted a pet format that she hoped would help reverse DC's fortunes in the mainstream newsstand market: the Dollar Comic. As it said right in the name, a Dollar Comic cost a buck, but you got an awful lot of material for that … Continue reading BHOC: BATMAN FAMILY #17
In any long-running series, there's going to be a magnetic pull among a certain type of writer to want to change things, to make adjustments to details, to eliminate contradictions in the stories that have been told and to introduce new information about foundational events. These ideas can sometimes be additive and sometime be destructive, … Continue reading 5BC: Five Best Forgotten DC Retcons
A post from my old Marvel blog about the cyclical nature of the audience's response. Classic or Catastrophe--YOU DECIDE! April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General I was tickled to discover that I'd made the top of somebody's kill-list. You know the ones, the "what I'd do if I miraculously … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog: Classic or Catastrophe–YOU DECIDE!
Bought this issue of X-MEN most likely at the same time as I got yesterday's INVADERS issue, at my regular source for new comic books, the 7-11. Every issue of X-MEN in these days was a discovery, as the cast had changed so completely from the team that I had met in SON OF ORIGINS … Continue reading BHOC: UNCANNY X-MEN #110
S02EP13 - This was the finale to the second season/series of BLAKE'S 7 and is a watershed episode in both for the transition moment that it represents and the unfulfilled potential of what might have been . It aired in the United Kingdom on April 3, 1979. By this point, a lot had changed since … Continue reading Best of Blake’s 7 – Star One
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