Continuing on in our compare-and-contrast between a story originally produced by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby for the inaugural issue of CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS, cover-dated March 1941, and it's Marvel Age remake, this one in the pages of TALES OF SUSPENSE #64. The prior issue had featured Cap's origin, and so as to cut down … Continue reading Lee & Kirby & Simon: Captain America Before and After 2
Another post from my long-ago Marvel blog, this one concerning more of the planning for the CIVIL WAR Event series. Civil War Battle Strategy April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Continuing our trek through the formative stages of the CIVIL WAR crossover.At this point, with the first issue more-or-less … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Civil War Battle Strategy
Her is another book that I got from my childhood friend Donald Sims during one of our frequent comic book swaps. As soon as I laid eyes on it, I wanted it. The cover knocked me for a loop. I had seen the cover to X-MEN #1 in SON OF ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS as … Continue reading BHOC: X-MEN #104
I ran across this Swedish printing of FANTASTIC FOUR #76 in my travels, and thought I'd share it. As happened on a not-infrequent basis, the local publisher, either by accident or because they were unfamiliar with what the colors of the characters were supposed to be, inadvertently switched the film for the yellow and cyan … Continue reading Even More on Color Separations
In the early 1940s, as a myriad of would-be publishers heard about the overwhelming success of Superman nd rushed into the marketplace offering their own get-rich-quick versions of a comic book super hero, the reality is that nobody quite understood just what factors made Superman work. And so, everything was tried, and creativity--both good and … Continue reading 5BC: The Five Most Unique Super Heroes of the Silver Age
A post from my mid-2000s Marvel blog concerning dealing with comments made by people on teh internet. Ego April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General It's amazing how fragile all of us are. It takes so little to irritate or depress us. I just came back from Wizard World Philadelphia, … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Ego
This was another comic book that I came into possession of through swapping with my buddy Donald Sims, and it was an acquisition of some great interest. In general, for me during this period, any comic book with a 20 cent price tag seemed old somehow, vintage--even though I had started reading during the last … Continue reading BHOC: X-MEN #87
Here's another look at my accumulation of old photographs showing comic books of yesteryear out in the world--either on sale at various newsstands and stores or in the hungry hands of readers. est_949-39.tif There's plenty more in my files for future installments.
There really wasn't a lousier time to try to start up a new color comic book line than the very early 1970s, but this didn't stop Skywald. Skywald was a joint venture of Israel Waldman, who had previously been behind the I.W./Super comics line of unauthorized golden age reprint titles distributed directly to department stores … Continue reading Brand Echh – The Heap #1
A post from my old Marvel blog, pointing to a transcript of a Marvel article from Rolling Stone. The transcript is no longer there, but Barry Pearl has helpfully transcribed it here: https://forbushman.blogspot.com/2019/06/rolling-stones-article-on-marvel.html . Flo Steinberg sadly passed away a few years ago. Rolling Stone April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Rolling Stone
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