I picked up this issue of INVADERS on another regular sortie to the local 7-11 on Thursday as usual. It was a title that I quite liked, though looking back on it it isn't anywhere near as polished as I recall it being. This particular issue, the first of a two-parter, was an attempt to … Continue reading BHOC: INVADERS #32
Now this was a thoroughly excellent issue of SUPERMAN, one I acquired as a part of my much-discussed windfall comic book purchase of 1988, wherein I scored about 150 Silver Age vintage comic books for the sum of only $50.00. The SUPERMAN titles during this period were always wildly imaginative, even as they tended to … Continue reading WC: SUPERMAN #159
An entry from my Marvel blog of long ago, this one eulogizing the comic book reading friend of a letter writer. My friend Stuart Walford May 24, 2010 | 12:09 PM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Feels like this sort of a Monday, so I thought I'd share the following with everyone: To all … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – My Friend Stuart Walford
Another book that I picked up on that first post-5th Grade trip down to my local 7-11 was this issue of INCREDIBLE HULK, a series that I kinda fell backwards into reading--though, if I hadn't been a regular consumer of the book at this point, this cover's appearance of the original Avengers likely would have … Continue reading BHOC: INCREDIBLE HULK #227
As confirmed finally by the BBC, we are now just a hair over two weeks away from Jodie Whittaker's final outing as the Doctor. DOCTOR WHO: The Power of the Doctor is scheduled to be screened on October 23, 2022, a full six months since the previous one-off. Now, most of the WHO-verse's attention has … Continue reading Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor Pregame
XERO was an important science fiction fanzine published by the husband and wife team of Dick and Pat Lupoff. It had a strong impact on the beginnings of comic book fandom as, starting with this first release, almost every issue ran an installment of a series titled All In Color For A Dime which talked … Continue reading XERO #1: All In Color For A Dime
A post from my old Marvel blog where I reproduced a letter that I had sent to a creator whose nose had gotten out of joint over a project. I scrubbed the names then, and I really see no good reason to reveal them now either. Looking for the Easy Win November 24, 2009 | … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Looking For the Easy Win
Fifth grade had just ended and I was staring down the pleasant runway of a well-cherished multi-month vacation from schoolwork. As anybody who has grown up knows--and statistics show that most of you readers fit that category--nothing was more welcome for a kid than the prospect of a long summer vacation ahead. A time without … Continue reading BHOC: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #184
I have to confess that I've never been particularly enamored of the adventures of SUPERBOY, for all that I own and have read plenty of them. I understand the appeal of the series, but somehow, it's small town atmosphere and small-scale young heroics never really did anything for me. I can be difficult to even … Continue reading WC: SUPERBOY #95
An entry from my Marvel.com blog of long ago, this one printing a letter written to me my an unnamed creator in the field and also pimping for a then-recent poster release. A Letter and some Shilling December 3, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Starting today with some brief shilling. … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – A Letter and Some Shilling
