It's only natural that I would focus on Marvel releases as we look at the assorted overseas localizations of American comics. But that doesn't mean that's all that I have in my arsenal. So just for a change, let's spend this installment focusing on the competition, on how DC's titles have been represented across the … Continue reading Great Covers: DC Around The World 1
Ran across another really good example of the way in which the arrival of the Comics Code impacted on the contents of the stories that could see print. The contents of TRUE BRIDES' EXPERIENCES #15 was reprinted in its entirety from FIRST ROMANCE MAGAZINE #18 in 1952 pre-Code. Both were published by Harvey, only three … Continue reading Your Comics Code at Work: TRUE BRIDES’ EXPERIENCES #15
A post from my Marvel blog of many years ago, this one outlining my efforts to locate the worst Marvel comic ever produced. Once again, I've posted these entries backwards over the past couple of days. Blogged Out August 26, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Feeling a bit Blogged Out … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Blogged Out
This issue of MARVEL TALES was yet another book that came to me in a 3-Bag bought at either a Toy Store or a Department Store, and like the other books I've covered, it would have been about nine months old when I purchased it. It contained a reprint of an issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TALES #84
This is a very simple cover by Russ Heath, but very effective. The duochrome approach of limiting all colors to just red and yellow is arresting to teh eye--that red background is a like a stop sign when placed on a magazine rack among other publications. And the use of stats to have Harry's figure … Continue reading Great Covers: UNCANNY TALES #48
We've gone over the history of CHARLTON BULLSEYE in prior installments of this feature, but just to quickly summarize once again for newcomers: at the very start of the 1980s, longtime publisher Charlton was nearing the end of its time producing new material for comic books. One of the final things they attempted was a … Continue reading Brand Echh: Americomics #3
A post from my old Marvel blog updating the efforts to get the audience to determine the worst single Marvel comic book ever published. I reprinted the results last week, so I'm getting to these posts in reverse order. Worst of the Worst August 28, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Worst of the Worst
This issue of IRON MAN was another book that I got out of a plastic 3-Bag being sold either in a department store or a toy store. Like the other recent books I picked up under similar circumstances, this issue had initially gone on sale before I'd started to follow Marvel comics, and so the … Continue reading BHOC: IRON MAN #103
Now here was a beauty! This issue of TALES OF SUSPENSE features only the 4th appearance of Iron Man, the super hero who took over the title, ushering it into the Marvel Age of Comics. Like every book covered in this feature, I acquired this issue as part of my Windfall Comics purchase, where through … Continue reading WC: TALES OF SUSPENSE #42
An entry from my old Marvel blog, this one the wrap-up to a sequence in which I guided the audience in trying to determine what was the worst single Marvel comic book ever published. Worst of the Worst - Winners September 2, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General …if you can … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Worst of the Worst – Winners
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