I came across another stash of these Mexican issues of LA SORPRENDENTE HOMBRE ARANA that were published in the early 1970s, many of which contained new never-translated stories created exclusively for the Spanish-speaking marketplace by local talent, so popular was Spider-Man in those regions at the time that it had exhausted the supply of American … Continue reading Forgotten Masterpiece: EL SORPRENDENTE HOMBRE ARANA #165
The Atom is one of those characters whom these days you can't quite believe held a series for as long as he did. In the modern era when most super hero comic books are concerned with more direct power fantasies, in which fighting prowess is considered one of the most important factors, the Atom is … Continue reading WC: THE ATOM #8
A post from my decades-old Marvel blog addressing the need to trust your creative talent. Trust September 25, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General One of the things you need to learn in a position of managerial authority is to trust your people. This can be a very difficult thing to … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Trust
Ever since the departure of Jack Kirby some months earlier, CAPTAIN AMERICA had been a title that had struggled to maintain its schedule. Between then and here, there'd been unannounced reprints, and emergency back-up stories dropped in when full issues hadn't been completed in time. And now this time, an out-and-out fill-in story. It was … Continue reading BHOC: CAPTAIN AMERICA #224
So SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME appears to be one of the most successful movies ever put to film (metaphorically, since these days teh media is largely digital.) But it wasn't all that long ago, relatively speaking, when the idea of a Spider-Man film was a long-chased dream. Because the rights had been optioned in the … Continue reading Giving Notes on the Spider-Man Movie
The potential of the burgeoning Direct Market in the early 1980s was the ability for publishers to expand the content of their wares. No longer stuck in the Newsstand, where comic books were considered the pastime of intellectual inferiors and children, creators would be able to produce more meaningful, more adult stories. Stories that didn't … Continue reading Brand Echh: The Guardian #1
A post from my legendary Marvel.com blog of years ago, in which I learned that a stupid cartoon I had once drawn was part of the inspiration for Chris Giarusso's fun Mini-Marvels series. Cats, Nuts and Comics September 30, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General There’s been all sorts of excitement … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Cats, Nuts and Comics
This was another issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN that I bought new during one of my weekly trips to my neighborhood 7-11 on the Thursday when new comic books were put out. It's the first book I encountered where Marvel has restored the cover months to its covers, a change I was in favor of for … Continue reading BHOC: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #183
This book has been on my list to write about for a while now, but given the sad news regarding the health of artist George Perez, it now seems like something I should get too sooner rather than later. For those who are unaware, george has been diagnosed with inoperable and terminal cancer, and he's … Continue reading Personal Best: AVENGERS #1
This is a weirdly awkward cover, but one that works nonetheless. And I think it was new to me when I got this book, although I had read the story in this issue both in the third AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Pocket Books collection of classic issues, and MARVEL TALES (where a new cover had been commissioned.) … Continue reading WC: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #17
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