Well, from the looks of this cover image, we're about to get a bit more action in this issue of ACTION COMICS. I'm not 100% certain who would have been responsible for it. The actual cover art was done by Curt Swan and George Klein, but they likely would have been working from a sketch … Continue reading WC: ACTION COMICS #343
I had sampled the occasional issue of MAD Magazine before this, as well as its nearest knock-off, CRACKED, but I found neither of them so much to my liking that I followed them with any regularity. Now, it has to be said that MAD in particular was a trend-setting publication, and while it was past … Continue reading BHOC: CRAZY #46
In the early 1940s when war raged across the globe, comic book sales were at an all-time high, thanks in large part to them being one of the few entertainment mediums that were available to entertain children. Sure, there were radio programs broadcast in the afternoon, and the Saturday Morning Matinee at the theater that … Continue reading The First Spider Woman
It must be said, this is a really striking cover to this issue of CAPTAIN AMERICA. And it showed a sort of novelty of approach that just wouldn't have been done only a few years earlier, not showing potentially sales-driving guest-star the Hulk clearly in the image (though his presence in the story is cover … Continue reading BHOC: CAPTAIN AMERICA #230
Time once again for what has become a regular weekly feature: looking at the remaining issues of ACTION COMICS that filled out my Windfall Comic purchase of 1988 and seeing just how much each issue lives up to its title--how much action it contains. The cover here promises a bit, albeit in a very clean … Continue reading WC: ACTION COMICS #341
The next week brought another issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, this one sporting a welcome fill-in art job from John Byrne. Byrne was already becoming a favorite based on his work on X-MEN and elsewhere, and he was fast enough that he could often be called upon Jack Kirby-style to layout a fill-in art job when … Continue reading BHOC: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #189
As my family would go shopping around town, I would occasionally get momentary access to spinner racks and other shelf spaces that I couldn't get to on a regular basis. And in most of those instances, these trips revealed comic books that I wanted to buy. Such was the case with this issue of SUPERBOY … Continue reading SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #246
Bit of a mixed bag, if I'm being honest, albeit one that was fun to watch. Being honest about it, I had heard about most of the key big moves this episode was going to make some time ago from a reputable source, so for me, I wasn't surprised by any of the developments that … Continue reading Doctor Who: The Giggle
Another 1966 issue of ACTION COMICS, and another one in which the content is hard-pressed to match the title. The book wasn't about action at this point at all, despite the name. This issue presented another story in the short-lived "Superman of 2965" series, which postulated the adventures of the Man of Steel's descendant 1000 … Continue reading WC: ACTION COMICS #338
I bought this issue of MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE like clockwork when it showed up at my regular 7-11 source for comics. While the series had been suffering a bit, running an assortment of fill-in issues and not really having a settled creative team or direction to it, it starred the Thing of the Fantastic Four, and … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #48
The Tom Brevoort Experience 