Going into 1982, there was no comic book series that was of greater interest to me and my small collection of comic book reading friends as DAREDEVIL. The title had been gaining momentum ever since newcomer artist Frank Miller had been brought on to pencil it a year or two earlier. Miller's storytelling chops were … Continue reading FSC: DAREDEVIL #181
This issue of DETECTIVE COMICS was another that I borrowed from my grade school friend Donald Sims to read. I wasn't a big Batman reader particularly, but something about this issue evidently made me want to take a closer look at it. I had no idea that it was significant, containing the first appearance of … Continue reading BC: DETECTIVE COMICS #411
This latest issue of CAPTAIN AMERICA brought to a finale the long-running six-part Doctor Faustus storyline, one that seemed to amble and move along herky-jerky as though the specifics of the plot were being made up issue to issue. But this final installment made me re-evaluate the entire story, and in fact go back and … Continue reading BHOC: CAPTAIN AMERICA #236
As the 1940s were drawing to a close, a new genre was beginning to gain in popularity in the comic book field. This genre was horror, and it would only be a short time before EC Comics jumped on this growing interest to create some of the most memorable comic book stories of the period. … Continue reading Forgotten Masterpiece: Airboy Fights the Rats
I was very much enjoying AMAZING SPIDER-MAN at this point. Under writer Marv Wolfman, the character's harsher, more anxiety-ridden bad behaviors had been toned down to a level where it was easier to connect with him. Part of this, no doubt, was that I'd by this time read the earliest Spider-Man stories and so felt … Continue reading BHOC: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #195
In 1981 when my family moved to Delaware, there wasn't any writer in comic books that I liked better than Marv Wolfman. I first became aware of Marv's work in the waning days of his time at Marvel, on such series as FANTASTIC FOUR, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and NOVA, all of which I liked. But it … Continue reading FSC: GREEN LANTERN #150
My days-long journey through the entire run of SHAZAM that I had borrowed from my buddy Donald Sims continued with this next issue, a highly-prized 100-Page Super-Spectacular. I adored this format, each one a fat treasure trove of vintage comic book stories. Unfortunately, much of this particular issue was wasted on me. While this is … Continue reading BC: SHAZAM #8
I really liked the SHOGUN WARRIOR Marvel comic when I was younger. But today, I find that I can recall little about it. I remember the broad strokes of the series, the premise, the individual characters. But the specifics of any given issue haven't stuck with me. In the case of this issue, i remembered … Continue reading BHOC: SHOGUN WARRIORS #7
In 1981, when I was fourteen years old, my family relocated from the Long Island New York home that I'd known for most of my life to Delaware, the first state, which was becoming a hub of corporate activity thanks to its law regarding taxes. My father had been sent there to help set up … Continue reading First State Comics: Introduction
The Heap was something of an accidental success story in the Golden Age of Comics, a character who wound up having a much greater lifespan than was ever initially intended, and in fact well outliving the series that first gave him life. The Heap was the first of the swampy muck-monsters in comic books, all … Continue reading The Last Heap Story
The Tom Brevoort Experience 