This issue of JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY represents the beginning of the fully-formed period of Thor's adventures. While launched over a year before in issue #83, the strip was swiftly handed over by editor Stan Lee to other creators to write and draw--Jack Kirby's talents were needed elsewhere, it seemed--and consequently, the series wasn't working as … Continue reading WC: JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #101
More questions from fans asked at my old Marvel blog of years ago and answered by me back then. Reader Questions 5 September 10, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Whew! Where do the hours go? While in theory a three-day holiday weekend is a great time to kick back and … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Reader Questions 5
Back at my local 7-11, new comics continued to come in regularly every Thursday, and I was there every week without fill (except in extenuating circumstances such as sickness or family vacations and the like) to pick up the new books. It's a pattern that continues to this day. This issue of DAREDEVIL greeted me … Continue reading BHOC: DAREDEVIL #154
Another stack of photographs from bygone eras showcasing either comic books on sale in their native eras or the readers of those days enjoying them.
Another of my many Marvel blog posts responding to queries put forth by the audience. Reader Questions 6 September 14, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General A new week begins, and now we start to get to the more difficult questions. So let's see what I can make of these: >Remember … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Reader Questions 6
This issue of HERCULES was another book that I got out of the Modern Comics 3-Bags of comics that I purchased at the local Two Guys discount department store. And like the earlier issue that I spoke about, it wasn't a comic book that appealed to me, but figuring that Hercules was an Avenger over … Continue reading BHOC: HERCULES #10
This issue of SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN was another book that came to me as part of that Windfall Comics purchase of 1988, where I ran into a guy at my local post office who sold me a box of 150 silver age comics for fifty bucks. There were more Superman family books in that … Continue reading WC: SUPERMAN’S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #54
Another post in which I answer questions put to me by the readers of my long-ago Marvel blog. Reader Questions 7 September 16, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General All right, here are a few more answers (or almost-answers) to some much-contested questions to hold you over for another day: >The … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Reader Questions 7
Now this was another comic book that I welcomed--not so much for the lead Thunderbolt story as for the back-up featuring my new obscure favorites, the Sentinels. As with the other issue I had sampled, this one was reissued by Modern Comics in the 1970s. They had contracted to provide and sell 3-Bags of comic … Continue reading BHOC: THUNDERBOLT #58
I only became aware of this story recently, and it has an aspect to it that may have been overlooked to some. So I'm going to feature it here. In the postwar era, the public's taste in comic books shifted away from super heroes towards other genres. Notably, humor comics became quite popular, and like … Continue reading Forgotten Masterpiece: ALL FUNNY COMICS #16
