Blah Blah Blog: No-Prize

A post from my old Marvel blog in which I give out a trio of No-Prizes Friday, 5:50 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Gave out the very first No-Prize today. These guys set the bar pretty durned high for everybody else. You want to see what "Meritorious Service … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog: No-Prize

BHOC: SUPERMAN #322

Another regular issue of SUPERMAN that I bought at my regular 7-11. That's a pretty strong, pretty violent cover for this time period, and it represents the first time in my memory where Superman's heat vision was used as an offensive weapon. Before this, it had typically been used as a tool, for effect against … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN #322

Lee & Kirby & Ayers: The Strange Case of STRANGE TALES #119

This is a sort of an odd situation, as I haven't even completely worked out an operating theory on just what was behind the decisions I'm about to lay out for you all. So this is still a bit of a puzzler. But it concerns a significant change that was made to the lead story … Continue reading Lee & Kirby & Ayers: The Strange Case of STRANGE TALES #119

Blah Blah Blog: My Unknown Greats, Part 3

A post from my defunct Marvel blog, part of a series talking about good comics I had edited which had been largely forgotten. My Unknown Greats pt. 3 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General That's right, it's not an apology for "One More Day"--sorry, Steve Zoovie, live in hope--but … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog: My Unknown Greats, Part 3

BHOC: MARVEL TRIPLE ACTION #41

Despite the fact that I was still not buying AVENGERS at this time, I did continue to pick up MARVEL TRIPLE ACTION, the AVENGERS reprint title, whenever it would show up at my 7-11 comic book headquarters. This reflects the fact that, even from an early age, I had a preference for the comics of … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TRIPLE ACTION #41