There's a whole bunch of convoluted history wound up in today's Brand Echh entrant, the first and only issue of Solson's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. #1. SO let's get started. To begin with (and as we've covered here https://tombrevoort.com/2021/03/27/bhoc-t-h-u-n-d-e-r-agents-1/ The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents were created primarily by Wally Wood for the short-lived Tower line of comics in 1965. A … Continue reading Brand Echh: T.H.U.N.D.E.R. #1
A blog post from my old Marvel.com blog, one of another series in which I answered questions posed by the audience. Reader Questions 3 May 28, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General It never ends! More answers to the questions you wanted to ask! >1). In the August solicitation of Marvel … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Reader Questions 3
Continuing with more comics that I bought in plastic 3-Bags from either a local department store or else a toy store in the area. This issue of MARVEL TALES, reprinting an issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN from only a few years earlier, was one such book. I had read the first part of this story the … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TALES #85
Continuing our look through the first issue of FOOM, aka Friends Of Ol' Marvel, the fan magazine published by the House of Ideas throughout much of the 1970s. The first four issues were put together by artist and graphic designer Jim Steranko, and his visual approach is apparent throughout. Having failed twice under publisher Martin … Continue reading FOOM #1, Part Two
This issue of SUPERMAN was a noteworthy one, containing possibly the most memorable story the Man of Steel's creator Jerry Siegel ever wrote concerning his might-muscled powerhouse of a character. It's definitely well-remembered by those who read it in the era in which it was published. And it was another book that wound up in … Continue reading WC: SUPERMAN #141
A post from my old Marvel blog concerning how a Sub-Mariner story that I'd held in my files for a decade finally came to see print. And Speaking of Ten Years... April 8, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Next week sees the publication of SUB-MARINER COMICS, the second in our … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – And Speaking of Ten Years…
This issue of MARVEL SUPER-HEROES featuring the Incredible Hulk was another book that I got in a 3-Bag purchased at one of the department stores or toy stores that my family visited on one of our shopping expeditions. While the Hulk wasn't my favorite Marvel character, I enjoyed his escapades well enough--in particular when scripted … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #67
Spy Smasher was introduced in the first issue of Fawcett's WHIZ COMICS (numbered as #2 so as to account for an ashcan edition created solely to secure copyright to the title.) The brainchild of Bill Parker and C.C. Beck, he became one of the most popular characters in the Fawcett publishing line, appearing in his … Continue reading Spy Smasher in Peacetime: The Last Spy Smasher story
SUPERMAN VS THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, the first of the real DC and Marvel crossovers (putting aside the WIZARD OF OZ co-produced Treasury) was an enormous success for both companies. Despite being priced at $2.00 as a time when regular comic books were only 30 cents, it sold in huge quantities--enough to make DC look for … Continue reading Lost Crossovers: The Lost and Most Obscure Marvel/DC Crossover
An entry from my old Marvel blog concerning Peter Parker unmasking himself to his fellow Avengers following the events of "One More Day" Life Behind The Mask April 9, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General I should never be surprised by how certain readers react to some of the stories we … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Life Behind The Mask
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