Another old blog post from my long-scrubbed Marvel blog of the early 2000s, this one answering some questions posed by the audience. Reader Mail April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General What say we spend today answering some of the questions that've been asked by readers of previous posts?>I've read … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Reader Mail
The week this issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN came to my spinner rack in the neighborhood 7-11 was a big one for comic book happenings. In addition to the release of a regular slate of comic books, two other things were going on that grabbed my attention. The first was the launch of DC's new Newspaper … Continue reading BHOC: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #182 & THE WORLD’S GREATEST SUPERHEROES
If you are a comic book collector who has been collecting for a considerable amount of time, then you have a story similar to the one I'm about to tell. The reverse of it is also true--those instances when you had an opportunity to come into a bevy of old comic books but the moment … Continue reading Windfall Comics
Well, not really Jim Shooter's directly, not in the same was as the Irwin Donenfeld sales charts we looked at last week. But I'm reasonably certain that I cribbed these newsstand tracking sheets from Jim Shooter's old web page a decade or so back, and he would have been there when they came in--so we'll … Continue reading The Sales Figures of Marvel’s Jim Shooter
In the 1960s, one of the factors that enabled DC/National Comics to become the best-selling comic book publisher of the era was the shattering of Dell Comics. Dell had been a powerhouse in the field for more than a decade, far and away the best-selling comics company--a company whose wares were so known and trusted … Continue reading Brand Echh: Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom #5
A post from my Marvel blog of the 00s, part of a series talking about good individual issues on which I had worked. Good Comics, pt. 3 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General We should have an update on our "click-through" experiment hopefully by Friday. So if you haven't … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Good Comics, Part Three
I believe this issue of BATMAN was bought by my younger brother Ken--which may help to explain why I remember so little about it. Ken would go through these periods when he'd become interested in a particular character or title, follow it for a little while, then drop it and pretty much never mention it … Continue reading BHOC: BATMAN #301
Because I just don't get tired of them, here's another assortment of Marvel stories printed in countries around the globe and localized in terms of language and content. Let's start with another Golden Age issue of Guri from Brazil. As was the style at the time, both Captain America and Bucky seem to have forgotten … Continue reading Great Covers: Marvel Around The World 7
This is the third and final part of our look at the "Spirit Jam" story published by Kitchen Sink Press in THE SPIRIT Magazine #30 and overseen by publisher Denis Kitchen and associate editor Cat Yronwode. This was the first new full-length Spirit story produced since the reprint editions of the 1960s, and the first … Continue reading Forgotten Masterpiece: THE SPIRIT #30, Part Three
A post from my ancient Marvel blog, part of a sequence running down individual issues that certain fans didn't like but which I thought were just fine. Comics I Don't Apologize For pt 4 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Day four of our journey through unloved and unappreciated … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Comics I Don’t Apologize For, Part 4
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