A post from my Marvel blog of years ago talking about the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas in the comic book industry. The Black Hole December 1, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General The period between Thanksgiving and New Year's is called the "Black Hole" in the industry, because it's the … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – The Black Hole
In addition to buying a handful of new comics that hadn't yet reached my area during my trip to the Heroes World outlet in the Levittown Mall, I also stocked up on a few classic back issues. As I was working with a very limited budget, a real boon to me was reprint titles such … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL COLLECTORS’ ITEM CLASSICS #20
SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS was a foundational title launched during the heyday of the dawning Marvel Age of Comics in 1963. Rather than being a super hero series like most of the other Marvel books then garnering attention, it was instead a war series--war comics continued to be strong performers for DC and … Continue reading The Last Sgt. Fury Story
Not every comic book that I got as a part of my Windfall Comics purchase in 1988 became a beloved favorite. Some of them, such as this issue of DETECTIVE COMICS, I barely remember at all. In fact, if it wasn't on a list of books compiled when that purchase was made, I would swear … Continue reading WC: DETECTIVE COMICS #322
An entry from my Marvel blog of days gone by, this one talking about a week that ground me down, and also sharing a timeline for the events of the SECRET INVASION crossover. Defeated December 5, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General It’s my 500th post here at the blog, and … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Defeated
In addition to picking up a flight of new comics off of the racks at Heroes World in Levittown, New York, I also did a little bit of diving into the back issue bins. I didn't have a heck of a lot of money to work with--my grandparents were only going to indulge me so … Continue reading BHOC: FANTASTIC FOUR #165
SUPERHERO MERCHANDISE was a mail order business run by Ivan Snyder that featured, as the name implies, super hero merchandise of all kinds. Snyder operated out of a storefront in New Jersey, which eventually transformed into the first of a series of HEROES WORLD comic book and merchandise stores in the late 1970s. Snyder had … Continue reading SUPERHERO MERCHANDISE Catalog #1
Comic books attracted the attention of some pretty colorful people, especially when it came to the ranks of would-be publishers. One of the most colorful was David Singer, who for a short period of time in the mid-1980s presided over both Deluxe Comics and Lodestone Comics, and operated as a publisher looking to carve out … Continue reading Brand Echh: Codename: Danger #1
A post from my old Marvel blog, this one detailing a meeting between the assorted Marvel creative heads where we tried to determine the most essential characteristics of a couple of key characters who'd soon be in movies. Synergy December 10, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General It’s been another exhausting … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Synergy
This was the third of the three issues of THE FLASH that I picked up during that unexpected and much-begged-for trip out to the Heroes World store in the Levittown Mall. My regular 7-11 had clearly scaled back on how many DC titles their spinner rack was carrying, and so I not only missed out … Continue reading BHOC: THE FLASH #264
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