A pair of posts from my old Marvel blog, these both part of an extended sequence in which I attempted to annex an empty office in the DC building as "Marvel North". Secret Invasion Two! August 14, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Over at the Newsarama blog, it was recently … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Secret Invasion Two!
This issue of THOR was another book that came to me inside a plastic 3-Bag along with two other comics, likely ones we've already covered. I had started to follow THOR by this point, although I was still a bit ambivalent about it. As I've said before, it still felt too much like a barbarian … Continue reading BHOC: THOR #264
Given that today is Stan Lee's birthday and that he is likely the most photographed comic book creator in the world, it seems like an ideal time to do another installment of this series. Once again, these are all vintage photographs of assorted comic book writers, artists and editors from years past. Jack Kirby in … Continue reading Comics Creators in the Wild 9
As Dave Lister explains to Arnold Rimmer in an early episode of the British science fiction comedy series RED DWARF, "Death isn't the handicap it used to be." Today, it's a given that, in the world of super heroes, death is, at worst, a revolving door, and any character who breathes his or her last … Continue reading 5BC: Five Best Silver Age Character Deaths
A post from my Marvel.com blog of a decade-plus ago. This one requires some explanation, as it really doesn't work without the photo, which I no longer have. At a DC Halloween party the year editor Steve Wacker left for Marvel, another staffer dressed up as him. I incorporated a photo of this event into … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Secret Invasion: The Infiltration
By now, I imagine that you all know the drill here: this was another book that I got in a 3-Bag purchased from either a department store's toy section, or a toy store proper. SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN was very much a series without a mission statement in these early days (apart from selling more Spider-Man comic … Continue reading BHOC: PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #11
In the latest issue of the fantastic magazine THE JACK KIRBY COLLECTOR published by TwoMorrows Publications (and available at this link: ) https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=98_57&products_id=1562&zenid=b1816d55c0c77183a6dd6e0571fa38f5 ...writer and comics historian Will Murray contributes a piece taking a closer look at INCREDIBLE HULK #1. Murray's contention is that the character of the Hulk originally had a different name, which … Continue reading Lee & Kirby: The Mysteries of INCREDIBLE HULK #1
I'm a total sucker for analytical statistics, and so I always look forward a little bit to this point in the publication year, where I take stock over all of the assorted bits of content that I've posted not only across the previous 365 days but all the way back to the beginning of this … Continue reading End of the Year Stats – 2021
A post from my ancient Marvel blog detailing some events I had attended recently back then. The videos that are talked about are long gone, I'm afraid. Taking it On the Road August 21, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Made a pair of Road Trips this week, and I’ve brought … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Taking It On The Road
Here we go, yet another book that I bought in a 3-Bag at either a department store or a toy store, and definitely the reason why I would have picked up the 3-Bag in question. FANTASTIC FOUR was by this point my favorite comic book series, and so an opportunity to get in on this … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL’S GREATEST COMICS #73
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