A post from my old Marvel blog concerning a packet of materials sent to members of WAM!, the Wild Agents of Marvel WAM! April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Jen Grunwald brought me in an artifact from the past, well-timed given some of the stuff I talked about in … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – WAM!
True to form, once I had made the leap to reading AVENGERS on a regular basis, I made may way back to the drug store, to dig through their Big Bin of Slightly Older Comics to see if I could find any other recent issues. I came away with two, this one and issue #152 … Continue reading BHOC: AVENGERS #141
This is maybe a weird thing to be writing about on this page, but over the past month or so I've become completely enamored with the Japanese reality show TERRACE HOUSE, most of which is available on Netflix. I'm not really a reality show viewer--I've never gotten on board with a domestic reality show with … Continue reading Terrace House
A post from my old Marvel blog of a decade-plus ago about filling in holes in my AMAZING SPIDER-MAN collection. Re-Evaluating The Past April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General One of the things I've found interesting about my own tastes and how they've changed and evolved over time is … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Re-Evaluating the Past
While we were at Heroes World, by younger brother Ken picked up a comic book as well, this brand new issue of INCREDIBLE HULK, a title he was still following buoyed by his interest in the weekly television show. His interest, though, was waning a bit, and by the next issue he would be finished … Continue reading BHOC: INCREDIBLE HULK #223
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! All right, we are moving into … Continue reading EDITORIAL SIMULATION Move 9
A post from my old Marvel blog about the Baltimore Comic Con. Still a good show. Monday, 1:32 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Got a surprise visit this morning from Frank Cho and Marc Nathan. Frank and Marc were in town making some guest arrangements for the Baltimore … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Baltimore
Picking things up where we left off last week, above is the cover of FANTASTIC FOUR #186, the second of two issues that I bought on an unexpected trip to Heroes World in 1979. With the acquisition of this and the previous issue, my run of FF now stretched unbroken back to #181. #180 had … Continue reading BHOC: FANTASTIC FOUR #186
in the final years of the 1970s, the major comic book companies realized that centennial issues and other similar anniversary issues could be upsized and uppriced and bring in a heck of a lot more money for their respective companies. And so, this was the age where the centennial mega-special was really hatched. And it … Continue reading Perfect Game – JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #200
A post from my old Marvel blog regarding the guidelines for reader comments. Still applies here. Thursday, 1:09 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Thursdays are typically busy, with more meetings-per-capita than any other day. So less time for blogging.I saw some concern in the comments section about hecklers … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Comments
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