BHOC: MARVEL TALES #97

This latest issue of MARVEL TALES that showed up at the 7-11 was the wrap-up to the three issue reprinting of a trio of issues of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN in which new writer Gerry Conway had repurposed the story originally produced for SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN magazine several years earlier and transformed it into a new story. In … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TALES #97

Lost Crossovers: THE MARVEL FAMILY #28

I'd heard about this story for years but had never read it before stumbling over it by accident as I was researching something else. But you'll be the recipient of my good fortune, as this means that I can now share it with you. As we've talked about previously, in the Golden Age of Comics, … Continue reading Lost Crossovers: THE MARVEL FAMILY #28

Crisis II – Roy Thomas’ Ideas

As we saw last week, even as CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS was getting under way in 1985, DC Comics' leadership realized that they had an enormous hit on their hands. And so, even though only the first issue or two had reached the stands, Executive Editor Dick Giordano solicited ideas from both his editorial staff … Continue reading Crisis II – Roy Thomas’ Ideas

BHOC: INVADERS #34

I was still a regular follower of THE INVADERS, Roy Thomas' super hero comic book set in World War II during the Golden Age of Comics. But the bloom was off the rose for me a little bit by this point. I don't know that I realized it at the time specifically, but the departure … Continue reading BHOC: INVADERS #34