This is one of those comics where I'm not 100% certain where I got it from, or when. But I think it turned up in a 3-Bag at around the same period as IRON MAN #100 and AVENGERS #161--it's of the same relative vintage anyway. So let's go with that. During the 1970s, as a … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL SUPER ACTION #2
https://youtu.be/6uuJUHSsBOw A video version of one of the most popular pieces I ran on this page, a countdown of five instances where comic book creators depicted savage caricatures of one another in the pages of the stories they were creating.
https://youtu.be/I7-loYSHOK8 After a brief break, we return with the sixth installment in our series on the thinking that goes on when it comes to being an editor at a mainstream comic book company such as Marvel or DC.
People certainly seemed to be interested in my earlier story about the assorted Spider-Man stories that were crafted for the voracious marketplace in Mexico in the early 1970s and which have not been translated or reprinted in English. So let's take a look at another one, since I happen to have a stack of these … Continue reading Forgotten Masterpiece: EL SORPRENDENTE HOMBRE ARANA #153 and DAREDEVIL #9
This entry goes out to writer Dan Slott, who posted about SKATE MAN #1 on his Twitter stream this past week, causing me to bump this book to the top of my queue to cover here. SKATE MAN #1 and only was published in 1983 by Pacific Comics, the Direct Market comic book company spun … Continue reading Brand Echh: Skate Man #1
A post from my Marvel blog of a decade-plus ago, this one talking about circulation figures from the year 1998. The Year That Was -- 1998 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Another week begins another round of odds and ends. Continuing our irregular series of postings on sales … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – The Year That Was: 1998
Here's another issue that I got out of one of those 3-Bags that toy stores and department stores carried in the 1970s. The books therein were always about nine months old once those bags hit the racks, which was a godsend for me, as they provided a way in which I could get my hands … Continue reading BHOC: IRON MAN #100
https://youtu.be/CfCI_B47Ox4 Another new bit of video content, this time showcasing my selections for the five best single issue comic books released during the year 1974.
I just ran across a bunch more of these, so here's another batch of photographs from the past either showcasing comic books on sale in their native time or else old comics being read by the audience of their era. Yes, that genuinely is DETECTIVE COMICS #27, the first appearance of Batman, in this magazine … Continue reading Comics in the Wild 7
Here's a post that you can credit (or blame) entirely to Mark Waid. Mark sent me these two old Quality Comics releases with instructions to read a particular story inside each one. And now I'll share that story with all of you--another example of how the Comics Code of America was protecting the corruptible youth … Continue reading Your Comics Code at Work: LOVE SECRETS #48
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