Now that's a really nice cover--one that I didn't get to experience until many years later, as my copy of IRON MAN #96 came from one of those bundles of coverless recent comics that my local drug store had begun to sell. Today, Iron Man is one of the most recognizable Marvel characters worldwide, but … Continue reading BHOC: IRON MAN #96
One of the casualties of the haphazard manner in which I've grabbed and kept things over the years is that on a more-than-occasional basis, I'm not sure precisely where I culled it from originally. That's the case with this cool four-page 1940s vintage behind-the-scenes article on the making of Captain Marvel comics during the Golden … Continue reading How The Comics Are Made
Here's another book that came out of my longbox haul of Windfall Comics, costing me, as i repeatedly keep saying, only 33 cents each in 1988. There was always something a bit fascinating and mysterious about these early issues of DAREDEVIL to me--they had a mystique, a sense of a thing not quite being fully … Continue reading WC: DAREDEVIL #6
An entry from my used-to-be Marvel.com blog, discussing one of the unfortunate-but-true aspects of the comic bok business. Thursday, 9:17 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Let's talk about another uncomfortable reality about the comic book business for a while: nobody is owed work.This is an entertainment business, a … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Nobody is Owed Work
I was quite happy to find this issue of INCREDIBLE HULK, in one of those plastic-wrapped bundles of coverless comics my local drug store had been selling--in fact, it may even have been the reason why I bought the bundle in question. Because I already owned issues #206 and #208, and #206 had ended with … Continue reading BHOC: INCREDIBLE HULK #207
Here's another classic old newspaper story related to comic books, this one from the Burlington Free Press edition released on November 2, 1965 and concerning the famous (in the world of comic books) Rutland, Vermont annual Halloween parade which was every year filled with marchers in super hero costumes. The parade (and subsequent Halloween party) … Continue reading Halloween Encounter With Dr. Strange and Plastic Man
E-MAN was a short-lived but well-remembered (and often revived) Charlton title of the early 1970s, representing a last gasp on the part of that firm to establish a presence in the super hero marketplace. E-Man was a bit of a throwback character, crafted in the mold of Plastic Man or Captain Marvel. A super hero … Continue reading Brand Echh: E-Man #6
A post from my long-gone Marvel blog written the week the first IRON MAN film opened and discussing my history with the character. Iron Man and Me April 29, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Because absolutely nobody asked, in honor of Iron Man week, here's a quick rundown of my … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Iron Man and Me
This was another comic book that I got rather than bought--another "extra" in one of those plastic-wrapped bundled of coverless comic books that my local drug store had begun to sell. I bought the bundle in question for other books, but this one came along with them, and thus it was mine. And to be … Continue reading BHOC: HOWARD THE DUCK #18
The NATIONAL LAMPOON is one of the great publishing success stories of the 1970s. It was effectively spun out of the long-running Harvard Lampoon published by that institution of higher learning by a number of graduates, and it successfully plugged into the zeitgeist of its era, expanding at its height beyond simply a monthly magazine … Continue reading Brand Echh: National Lampoon and the other Neal Adams Deadman
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