Pretty sure that this was another book that my brother picked up that I eventually ended up with. All comics came to me eventually. Despite the fact that it was still being edited by Julie Schwartz, whose editorial style helped to define what I liked in my comic books, I still wasn't following Batman with … Continue reading BHOC: BATMAN #299
It's the coloring by Stan Goldberg that really makes this UNCANNY TALES cover stand out. By doing everything in duotone, the eye is focused directly on the guy handing from the tiny ledge over this vast pit. And the circular top of the pit serves to precisely pull attention to the shadowy figures who presumably … Continue reading Great Covers – UNCANNY TALES #45
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! First things first here. Another week … Continue reading EDITORIAL SIMULATION Move 4
A post from my old Marvel blog answering reader questions about the creation of the HOUSE OF M Event. Building the House of M April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Day two of "viewer mail".>Tom,Take us into the process by which a "big event" takes place that has far-reaching … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Building the HOUSE OF M
I bought this, my second regular issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN on one of my regular weekly Thursday trips to the spinner rack at the 7-11. I had started following the wall-crawler's adventures the previous month but I was still somehow a bit lukewarm on them. It wasn't until I wound up buying a copy of … Continue reading BHOC: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #180
A post from my ancient Marvel blog in which I answered some questions from the audience. Fan Q&A April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Answers to some questions and topics posted yesterday:>What do you think of the current system by which people are able to submit to Marvel? Do … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Fan Q & A
This was another book that came out of the drugstore's Big Bin of Affidavit Return Comics and the first point when I learned that before it had featured the Hulk exclusively, MARVEL SUPER-HEROES had been split between the Green Goliath and the Sub-Mariner just as TALES TO ASTONISH had been years before. More than anything, … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL SUPER-HEROES #55
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! We've had a bit of an … Continue reading EDITORIAL SIMULATION Move 3
A blog from my dearly departed Marvel blog of a decade ago in which I discuss my dislike for the term Earth-616. Despite what I wrote here, the term 616 was invented by Dave Thorpe not Alan Moore. I cannot stomach the current fannish tendency to refer to the mainstream Marvel universe as "616." It … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – 616 411
This issue of CAPTAIN MARVEL was another book that I got out of the drugstore's Big Bin of Slightly Older Comics, though this purchase didn't go quite so well. There was something about this comic that I didn't like, that made me vaguely queasy, and I traded it away the first opportunity that I got. … Continue reading BHOC: CAPTAIN MARVEL #40
