This was another book that came out of the drugstore's Big Bin of Affidavit Return Comics and the first point when I learned that before it had featured the Hulk exclusively, MARVEL SUPER-HEROES had been split between the Green Goliath and the Sub-Mariner just as TALES TO ASTONISH had been years before. More than anything, … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #55
DISCLAIMER: All individuals, sales figures, situations and occurrences involved in this editorial simulation are completely fabricated as part of the game, and do not in any way reflect the actual real-world opinions, viewpoints or situations involving any of the creators or titles named. THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION! We've had a bit of an … Continue reading EDITORIAL SIMULATION Move 3
A blog from my dearly departed Marvel blog of a decade ago in which I discuss my dislike for the term Earth-616. Despite what I wrote here, the term 616 was invented by Dave Thorpe not Alan Moore. I cannot stomach the current fannish tendency to refer to the mainstream Marvel universe as "616." It … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – 616 411
This issue of CAPTAIN MARVEL was another book that I got out of the drugstore's Big Bin of Slightly Older Comics, though this purchase didn't go quite so well. There was something about this comic that I didn't like, that made me vaguely queasy, and I traded it away the first opportunity that I got. … Continue reading BHOC: CAPTAIN MARVEL #40
Well, not really the Comics Code per se--but this is the area where we look at how vintage comics were changed for publication, so this entry fits. On the right is the cover to MYSTERY TALES #38 as it saw print--and on the left is the cover as originally submitted by Bill Everett on Alan … Continue reading Your Comics Code at Work: MYSTERY TALES #38
As we've seen in the past, it's often the color treatment that can elevate a pedestrian cover into an awesome one. This Mike Zeck MASTER OF KUNG FU cover is all right, nothing special, and maybe even a little bit stiff and posed-looking. But that color approach makes it pop like wild. This scan doesn't … Continue reading Great Covers – MASTER OF KUNG FU #68
A post from my long-gone Marvel blog continuing the series on Bad Comics I Wrote. Still Bad After All These Years April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Today closes out our series on BAD COMICS I WROTE, delving into some of the dark corners of the 1990s for gems … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Still Bad After All These Years
Back at the drugstore, I pulled this book out of my usual haunt: their large bin of comics that had been reported destroyed, but which instead had been sold off the back of the truck. As I've talked about many times here, that bin was a welcome source of comics that I had missed for … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TRIPLE ACTION #25
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