I’m doing this a hair early this year since responsibilities during the holidays threaten to make it difficult for me to post during that time. But as always, I remain fascinated by just which features I write for this page get the greatest response. So think of this as a Greatest Hits piece–any of the articles below should give you the best sense of what those categories entail, as they are the most popular pieces we’ve run in this site’s history.
As it was last year, the all-time most popular piece is this one concerning the plot and penciled pages for the never-completed 1984 AVENGERS/JLA crossover.
Jumping up to the number two spot is this piece on the Mexican-produced Spider-Man comics of the 1970s:
At number three is this piece on the creation of Spider-Man:
Number four is another Spider-Man piece, this one looking at the original art to his first story from AMAZING FANTASY #15:
Number five is this firsthand account by Jack Kirby as to what he created during the Marvel Age of Comics:
Number six was this look at the original ending to the Death of Phoenix storyline:
Number seven is this piece concerning the mysteries surrounding a story in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8:
Number eight is this survey of the five best unofficial Marvel and DC crossovers:
Number nine is this listing of all of Marvel’s unscheduled emergency reprints from the 1970s:
And number ten was this review of five comic books that almost got me fired. Give the people what they want.
As with last year, not a one of these ultra-popular pieces was written this year. So I’m going to next list the ten most popular pieces we put forth in 2024:
The top circulating post this year was this one about when Wolverine gained his assorted essential attributes:
Number two surveyed the Five Best Comic Books of 1972:
Third was this piece on the Fifteen Best Doctor Who Episodes:
Fourth was inexplicably this piece on the final part of a forgotten Golden Age crossover between Phantom Lady and the Spider Widow:
Fifth came this piece on Rob Liefled’s AVENGERS #1:
Sixth was a similar piece on Rob’s CAPTAIN AMERICA #1:
Seventh was this review of all of the early stories in which Batman used a gun:
Eighth was this piece on the last issue of AVENGERS that I bought before dropping the series:
Ninth came this review of five ugly Marvel hero redesigns:
And tenth was this review of the Five Best Comic Books of 1991:
And from here, I typically fill out the rest of the categories, listing the most-read article in each one that hasn’t already been touched upon:
LOST CROSSOVERS:
PERFECT GAME:
PERSONAL BEST
EVERYTHING ELSE:
STAR BLAZERS:
COMICS & CREATORS IN THE WILD
CLASSIC FANZINES
HAVE GUN – WILL TRAVEL
BLAH BLAH BLOG
BRAND ECHH
FIRST AND LAST
GREAT COVERS
TV AROUND THE WORLD
THE GREATEST
YOUR COMICS CODE AT WORK
EDITORIAL SIMULATION
COMICS IN THE NEWS
CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE
WINDFALL COMICS
Both TBTV and BLAKES 7 have had few enough views even in their most popular postings that it’s impossible for me to easily excavate the top performers in those categories. And THE SECOND STORY is too new to have gotten into this rarified air as well.
Regardless, as I do every year, I’d like to thank everybody for stopping by and taking a look at this silliness. There’ll be more to come in the upcoming year!
The Tom Brevoort Experience 
I love everything you’ve been sharing with us, especially the Spider-Man articles and art work. Steve Ditko has long been my favorite Marvel (and Charlton) artist. I was buying Marvel comics before the superheros made their debut in them around 1962. When Thor first appeared it forced me (at 10 years old) to make my first solo library trip to check out and read a book about the Asgardian god of thunder. I remember at the bottom of many of the Marvel comics were printed “The Hulk is coming” and we couldn’t fathom what that meant (until he finally showed up in print). It’s been so great to follow and live through the Marvel timeline that extends through the fabulous movies and seeing Stan’s guest appearances in them. Thanks Tom for keep us old timers connected to our Marvel heritage.
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Thanks for this, sir! Allows me to catch up
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