A post from my decade-old Marvel blog, part of a sequence detailing the early Marvel books that I read that did not make me a fan of the company. Bad Comics I Bought pt. 2 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General So, bringing people up to speed from yesterday: … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Bad Comics I Bought, Part Two
I had sort of backed into being a reader of THOR, and it was a title that I occasionally stayed from over my prime Marvel buying years--typically only for long enough to have to pick up two issues simultaneously. But as I've related before, THOR struck me, especially in the 1970s, as feeling more like … Continue reading BHOC: THOR #273
Another awesome assemblage of photographic images of comic book creators taken in years and decades past. Stan Lee with presentation board, circa 1976 John Romita, early 1970s John Romita and Stan Lee, circa 1970 Herb Trimpe, circa 1972 Mark Gruenwald at home, circa 1994 Not 100% certain who this is in the Marvel offices with … Continue reading Comics Creators in the Wild 7
Here is yet another early and key Marvel book that I wound up with a copy of thanks to my Windfall deal. It was 1988, and I paid 33 cents for a copy of AVENGERS #6. I believe that by this point I had previously read the story contained herein in its reprint in AVENGERS … Continue reading WC: AVENGERS #6
A post from my Marvel blog of years past, this one the final entry in a sequence on the Marvel books that made me into a regular Marvel reader. The Ones That Did It pt. 5 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Finishing up our series on the comics … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – The Ones That Did It, Part 5
Once again, my weekly sojourn to my local 7-11 on Thursday resulted in a small haul of new comic book issues. Among those books I purchased this week was the latest outing of SUPERMAN, a title that I had been following with regularity for a year or two. Unbeknownst to me, this would be the … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN #325
The first and apparently only issue of the Mighty Marvel Messenger was published in the opening months of 1967--it's announced on the Bullpen Bulletins page of Marvel titles cover-dated June 1967--and sent for free to all current members of the Merry Marvel Marching Society. It was a little four-page newsletter fanzine that gave some promotional … Continue reading The Merry Marvel Messenger
DESTROYER DUCK #1 was a stopping point in a much larger saga, one that I'll recount the broad strokes of momentarily. It was also a benefit book published by Eclipse, work on which was provided free by all of the contributors in support of the underlying cause of the book in the first place. It … Continue reading Brand Echh: Destroyer Duck #1
A post from my old Marvel blog, this one part of a series on Bad Comics I Wrote. A Not So Excellent Comic April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Continuing on through our odyssey of BAD COMICS I WROTE, we come to BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT COMIC BOOK #8.The … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – A Not-So-Excellent Comic
This is another comic book whose cover is a bit unfamiliar to me. And the reason for that is that this is another book that I got in one of those plastic-wrapped bundles of coverless recent comics from my local Drug Store chain. I think that to this day, I don't possess a copy of … Continue reading BHOC: DAREDEVIL #146
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