A post from my Marvel blog of days gone by, talking about the closing of a comic book shop that I used to occasionally frequent in my fan days. The Newark, Delaware branch of Captain Blue Hen is still in business even today. Death of a Hen April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Death of a Hen
Now this was a great issue, a classic entry in the history of AVENGERS. I picked it up in a 3-Bag, having only started to follow the title a number of months after this. But I was excited about it just from this cover--you see, I recognized Ant-Man from his appearance in the first AVENGERS … Continue reading BHOC: AVENGERS #161
As we've spoken about in the past, the early 1980s saw the comic book direct sales marketplace become a viable arena in which to launch new publications. There was enough of a network of comic book specialty stores by this point to make such a venture potentially viable, as well as a desire for material … Continue reading Brand Echh: Nexus #1
A post from my old Marvel blog reporting back after one of our frequent Marvel creative summits. (The photo below isn't from the Retreat being talked about, but a much later one--best I could lay hands on.) Post-Retreat April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General So our creative summit ended … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Post-Retreat
This was another book that I pulled up out of my local drugstore's Big Bin of Slightly Older Comics, and just like the issue of SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP we talked about last week, this issue was definitely purchased to round out a stack, to get me to that magic number of 5 where each book would … Continue reading BHOC: SON OF SATAN #1
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