A post from my old Marvel blog of a decade-plus ago about filling in holes in my AMAZING SPIDER-MAN collection. Re-Evaluating The Past April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General One of the things I've found interesting about my own tastes and how they've changed and evolved over time is … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Re-Evaluating the Past
While we were at Heroes World, by younger brother Ken picked up a comic book as well, this brand new issue of INCREDIBLE HULK, a title he was still following buoyed by his interest in the weekly television show. His interest, though, was waning a bit, and by the next issue he would be finished … Continue reading BHOC: INCREDIBLE HULK #223
DISCLAIMER: All individuals, sales figures, situations and occurrences involved in this editorial simulation are completely fabricated as part of the game, and do not in any way reflect the actual real-world opinions, viewpoints or situations involving any of the creators or titles named. THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION! All right, we are moving into … Continue reading EDITORIAL SIMULATION Move 9
A post from my old Marvel blog about the Baltimore Comic Con. Still a good show. Monday, 1:32 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Got a surprise visit this morning from Frank Cho and Marc Nathan. Frank and Marc were in town making some guest arrangements for the Baltimore … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Baltimore
Picking things up where we left off last week, above is the cover of FANTASTIC FOUR #186, the second of two issues that I bought on an unexpected trip to Heroes World in 1979. With the acquisition of this and the previous issue, my run of FF now stretched unbroken back to #181. #180 had … Continue reading BHOC: FANTASTIC FOUR #186
in the final years of the 1970s, the major comic book companies realized that centennial issues and other similar anniversary issues could be upsized and uppriced and bring in a heck of a lot more money for their respective companies. And so, this was the age where the centennial mega-special was really hatched. And it … Continue reading Perfect Game – JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #200
A post from my old Marvel blog regarding the guidelines for reader comments. Still applies here. Thursday, 1:09 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Thursdays are typically busy, with more meetings-per-capita than any other day. So less time for blogging.I saw some concern in the comments section about hecklers … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Comments
While I was at Heroes World, I took advantage of the rare opportunity to fill in a couple of the holes in my FANTASTIC FOUR collection, including this issue and the next. This finally bridged the gap between the new off-the-racks issues I had been buying and the older ones that had been showing up … Continue reading BHOC: FANTASTIC FOUR #185
DISCLAIMER: All individuals, sales figures, situations and occurrences involved in this editorial simulation are completely fabricated as part of the game, and do not in any way reflect the actual real-world opinions, viewpoints or situations involving any of the creators or titles named. THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION! Welcome back, everybody, to our ongoing … Continue reading EDITORIAL SIMULATION Move 8
A post from my Marvel blog of a decade ago clarifying the purpose behind the series on Bad Comics I Had a Hand In, Wednesday, 12:47 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General I think some of you are maybe taking the wrong message from my series of entries on … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Bad Comics Explanation
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