A post from my long-ago Marvel blog concerning how fans stumping in support of OMEGA FLIGHT were sending their communications to the wrong e-mail address. Omega Flight Fans Must Be Stopped April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General For the past two weeks, since it became public that OMEGA FLIGHT, … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Omega Flight Fans Must Be Stopped!
This was another comic that came from the drug store's Big Bin of Slightly Older Comics, this one selected by my younger brother Ken. He never got into comics quite in the same way that I did, but he dabbled with them throughout his youth in a way that was common for kids of that … Continue reading BHOC: TWO-GUN KID #126
I've had to clean out my office recently, and in doing so I've unearthed a small treasure trove of interesting items that have been buried for several years. So with the holidays before us, I expect that I'll be posting a bunch of stuff before through the end of the year. Consider it a bonus … Continue reading Making The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man
A post from my ancient Marvel blog in which I answered some questions from teh audience. Tuesday, 11:47 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Been a while since we went to the mailbag (or the replies threads). So let's see what people are asking:>I get what you're saying, I … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Reader Questions
This was another issue of AVENGERS that I dug out of my drug store's Big Bin of Slightly Older Comics one day, the oldest issue I had yet had an opportunity to read. I had only just taken the plunge into reading AVENGERS--never would I have thought that someday I would not only edit the … Continue reading BHOC: AVENGERS #139
As assorted readers pointed out, there were a lot more instances of creators at both Marvel and DC including themselves as characters in the stories that they produced than I covered in the prior two pieces about Self-Mythologizing. And so, since this is a concept that seems to have attracted some audience interest, here then … Continue reading 5BC: Five More Times Marvel Self-Mythologized
A post from my old Marvel blog concerning a gift that I gave to Joe Quesada. A Gift For Joe Q April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General What do you get for the man who has everything?Well, if you're like me, you know that a man—if he's a comic … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – A Gift for Joe Q
Here's another comic that I got in trade with my 5th Grade friend and classmate Donald Sims. And on the surface, it seems as though this book should have been an easy home run: it features the Fantastic Four's greatest enemy in a lead role, and it was the Marvel equivalent to my beloved SECRET … Continue reading BHOC: SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP #10
The Golden Age craze for super heroes only truly lasted a couple of years, immediately following the debut of Superman and the entry of the United States into World War II. That said, it was a genre that was virtually unique to comic books, and so fortune-minded publishers would continue to toy with it for … Continue reading Brand Echh – Captain Flash #1
Joe Kubert was one of the most talented cover artists of his time. Typically, though, his skills would primarily be put to use on the war and western comics that he usually drew throughout the Silver and Bronze Ages of Comics--where he perfected almost infinite variations on the "heroes exclaim that they're out of danger … Continue reading Great Covers – FLASH #189
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