As super heroes began to take hold of the comic book marketplace at the beginning of the 1960s, all sorts of different publishers stepped up to provide their own take on series featuring costumed do-gooders. One of the best-remembered was MAGNUS, ROBOT FIGHTER (though today most readers may be more familiar with the character in … Continue reading Brand Echh: Magnus, Robot Fighter #1
A post from my Marvel blog of long ago in which I lay out some of the timeline of events revealed in SECRET INVASION. Timeline July 18, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General No matter how long I’ve been doing this job, I still can’t seem to predict what things are … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Timeline
While suprise reprints were something of a scourge over at Marvel Comics during the in 1970s, they were an almost unheard of occurence in rival DC's titles. Which is what makes this issue of ACTION COMICS such a surprise. Behind a dynamic new cover by Neal Adams (a different version of the image that he … Continue reading BHOC: ACTION COMICS #485
Well, now we know what happens when Chris Chibnall attempts to write a Steven Moffat-style puzzle box episode. it's all sizzle and very little steak, but the sizzle is at least largely entertaining. It's a shame that they forgot to put a story in this episode, so focused was the production team on delivering backstory. … Continue reading Doctor Who: Once, Upon Time
At this point, there's interest in pretty much any comics from the 1960s and the early Marvel period, but that hasn't always been the case. In particular, the western and girl humor titles of that period remained affordable for years, as did the pre-hero monster/suspense books. As did this series, SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING … Continue reading WC: SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS #8
Another post from my old Marvel blog, this one looking at some slightly older sales figures than what we saw yesterday. The Numbers of Yesteryear July 21, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General It seems like, more and more often now that the internet has diminished the dividing line between the … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – The Numbers of Yesteryear
There was no question for the first bunch of years after it launched that PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN was, at best, a secondary title. While it contained adventures of the popular wall-crawler, it wasn't the book that was driving the character's narrative. At best, it was operating around the fringes, and at worst it … Continue reading BHOC: PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #20
We covered the first of comedian Jerry Lewis's encounters with the DC super heroes here, in the story in which he and his cast crossed paths with the most popular Caped Crusader of the mid-1960s, Batman. https://tombrevoort.com/2021/10/17/jerry-lewis-meets-batman-and-robin/ Apparently, that issue must have performed well (which is no surprise seeing as how it hit the stands … Continue reading Lost Crossovers: Jerry Lewis Meets Superman
This is a story that's been kicking around for a number of years now, and yet, despite the fact that the pencils for this job are complete, it's never been finished or published officially. It's a short 10-page Wonder Woman adventure produced in the late 1970s, and if nothing else, it gives us the rare … Continue reading Wonder Woman and the Unpublished Pencils of Curt Swan
A post from my Marvel blog of fifteen years ago, this one running down some even older sales figures. More Numbers July 22, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Had a problem with the video I was going to put up today, so instead let's look at some more vintage sales … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – More Numbers
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