As the Direct Market first established itself as a viable venue in which to sell comic books directly to consumers with mitigated risk, there was a bit of a gold rush from new publishers, all attempting to eke out a slice of the marketplace for themselves. This made it an exciting period in which to … Continue reading Brand Echh: Justice Machine Annual #1
A post from my decade-back Marvel blog focusing on my methodology in editing a particular comic book story. The Editorial Approach April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General The month of December looks as though it's going to be tough for blogging. I spent the latter part of last week … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – The Editorial Approach
Here's another new book that I picked up during my first trip to the Batcave comic book shop in the South Shore Mall, and it represents, I believe, the first issue of INCREDIBLE HULK that I bought for myself. My brother Ken had been following the series prior to this, but was beginning to drift … Continue reading BHOC: INCREDIBLE HULK #224
Matt Howarth was and remains one of the most splendidly individualistic and iconoclastic creators of comic book stories in the field. While he has in recent years turned his efforts to the worlds of digital self-publishing, Howarth was a bit of a recurring force during the black and white boom years of the 1980s, pumping … Continue reading Forgotten Masterpiece: PARTICLE DREAMS #6
Over the years, DC Comics (mostly while still operating under the name National) would occasionally buy out the rights to characters and titles from other publishers who had either gone out of business or were about to. This is how the original Captain Marvel and his family, Plastic Man, G.I. COMBAT, YOUNG ROMANCE, the Blackhawks … Continue reading 5BC: Five Characters Marvel “Adopted”
A post from my old Marvel blog concerning the development of the storyline that introduced the Winter Soldier. Bucky's Long Road Home April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General We had a meeting last week, a get-together to discuss the direction of some stuff coming up with one of the … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Bucky’s Long Road Home
Here's another new comic that I picked up during that first trip to The Batcave, the first true comic book specialty shop that I ever patronized. As I mentioned last week, while I was more interested and attracted by the enormous number of back issues, also of note was the fact that the Batcave had … Continue reading BHOC: AVENGERS #172
A fantastic 1954 cover by the terrific Russ Heath for an issue of WESTERN OUTLAWS. It's an amazing piece of work in that Heath uses the reflection in the mirror behind the central gunman to fill in the gaps of the narrative--this single illustration delivers a complete story of action and reaction. Heath's fine linework … Continue reading Great Covers: WESTERN OUTLAWS #3
As we've spoken about earlier, the 1980s saw the rise of the Direct Sales Marketplace of Comic Book Specialty Shops as a key force in the continued survival of comic books--as well as a new venue in which enterprising creators could release their own home-grown efforts and meet with some success. The early years of … Continue reading Brand Echh – Comico Primer #1
A post from my now-defunct Marvel blog of a decade-plus ago concerning online reactions to how I was conducting myself. Stand and Deliver April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General I read a post or a blog entry online last night somewhere on the internet that said something to the … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Stand and Deliver
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