This was the second issue of IRON MAN that I bought new off the spinner rack at my regular 7-11, and it wasn't a book that I particularly cared for. I know this, because a few years later I traded it away for something else. Of the classic Marvel characters, Iron Man was perhaps the … Continue reading BHOC: IRON MAN #112
Well, that was, if nothing else, a lot more straightforward of an episode than last week, and if it didn't provide a whole lot of answers, neither was it as fractured as the initial outing. A solid enough piece of modern DOCTOR WHO, if not one that I'm in any particular rush to watch again. … Continue reading Doctor Who: War of the Sontarans
Dr. Jerry Bails was truly the forefather of organized comic book fandom in the early 1960s. As a full-grown adult, his interest in comic books and comics history brought some respectability to the medium, and his status as a grown-up allowed him to interact with the creators and editors of the comics as a peer … Continue reading The 1964 Alley Award Winners
Another title that I got a few issues of in my Windfall Comics purchase of 1988 was MYSTERY IN SPACE. It was one of a pair of titles edited by Julie Schwartz (the other was STRANGE ADVENTURES) devoted to science fiction adventures, a big genre in the late 1950s. This was the earliest one in … Continue reading WC: MYSTERY IN SPACE #54
An entry from my long-ago Marvel blog, this one showcasing an early outline from Greg Pak for what became World War Hulk. World War Hulk - Behind The Scenes July 24, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Seems like enough time has passed at this point, so I thought I'd share … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – World War Hulk – Behind the Scenes
On Thursday it was back to the 7-11 for a look at what new comic books had appeared upon the spinner rack in the back corner. This had become a regular weekly pilgrimage for me, one that I took with absolute regularity barring those times when some other requirement or responsibility prevented me from doing … Continue reading BHOC: GREEN LANTERN #106
One of the most spectacular misfires in the history of comics, NEUTRO lasted only a single issue, released by Dell at the tail end of the super hero fad and attempting like so many others did to cash in on the sudden heat of that genre. It's debatable whether this colossal shaggy dog story even … Continue reading Brand Echh: Neutro #1
Here is an interesting oddity: a pamphlet created around 1953 extoling the hazards presented to the youth of America by the scourge of comic books. This sort of propaganda added fuel to the fire being espoused by folks like Dr. Frederick Wertham, and led over time to the televised Senate Subcommittee Hearings on Juvenile Delinquency, … Continue reading The Truth About Comic Books
In the latter part of the 1960s, change was beginning to be felt within the halls of venerable old DC Comics (then operating as National Periodical Publications.) The culture at large was going through a shift, and so the tried-and-true methodology that had kept the giant publisher on top was no longer working as well … Continue reading TEEN TITANS #20: Titans Don’t Fit the Battle of Jericho
A post from my Marvel blog of more than a decade ago, in which I bemoan the state of comic book journalism. That period looks like a golden age in retrospect. Interviews July 25, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Maybe it’s just that this is San Diego Convention week, so … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Interviews
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