I got my very first comic book at the age of six, at a 7-11 where my father would go to buy cigarettes. On this visit, for some reason the comic book rack had been moved to near the door, and while we waited in the checkout line, my attention was drawn to it. I … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN #268
travisellisor: page 1 from Superman #268 by Curt Swan and Bob Oksner Splash page from the first comic book I ever read.
TRIBUTE TO LEGENDS The following is the last of a series of columns originally written for a proposed revival of the Comic Reader a couple years ago. But the magazine folded before ever putting an issue to press, and they’ve been languishing on my hard drive ever since. We’re running them here as originally written, … Continue reading Joe Sinnott
MAD HATTER #2 September-October, 1946 Another Holy Grail finally found, thanks to that addictive little monster known as ebay. I first saw a reproduction of this cover in an issue of COMIC BOOK MARKETPLACE (a magazine I wholeheartedly recommend to anyone interested in the history of comic books), and I was immediately taken with the … Continue reading BHOCOS: MAD HATTER #2
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY October, 2000 A novel set during the formative years of the comics industry, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY is must reading for any fan of the medium. Author Michael Chabon crafts an immersive multi-faceted saga that covers a decade and a half in the lives of … Continue reading BHOCOS: THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY
BRAVE AND THE BOLD #28 March, 1960 This is why it pays to know Mark Waid. It was Thursday morning at the 2000 Comic Con International–San Diego, and I was walking the floor before the auditorium opened. Mark beckoned me over to a table where he was shopping, “Hey, have you ever tried these guys?" … Continue reading BHOCOS: BRAVE AND THE BOLD #28
DAREDEVIL #42 May, 1947 To this day, I continue to come across comics that had intrigued me as a child. Earlier this year, at the San Diego Comic-Con International, I finally found an affordable copy of this one, DAREDEVIL #42. I first saw this cover reproduced in the first volume of THE STERANKO HISTORY OF … Continue reading BHOCOS: DAREDEVIL #42
AVENGERS v.3 #27 April, 2000 This is one of the best single issues I’ve edited not so much because of the story content–though it is a good story, and one which certainly stirred up controversy among AVENGERS readers–but instead because of the format. I make no bones about it: I stole the idea for the … Continue reading BHOCOS: AVENGERS #27
AVENGERS #1 ½ December, 1999 Despite Bruce Timm’s recent misgivings about his own work in AVENGERS #1 ½ –misgivings that I don’t feel are truly warranted–it was one of the most successful end products I’ve ever been associated with, accurately capturing the look and the feel of a genuine 1963 comic book (with the exception … Continue reading BHOCOS: AVENGERS #1 1/2
AVENGERS v.3 #22 October, 1999 AVENGERS #22, the conclusion of the “Ultron Unlimited” story arc, is, in my opinion, the single most successful issue of AVENGERS we’ve published since the relaunch. Everything seemed to be firing on all cylinders in this one. From the striking cover (the monochromatic red color scheme was suggested by former … Continue reading BHOCOS: AVENGERS #22
The Tom Brevoort Experience 