In the latter part of the 1960s, change was beginning to be felt within the halls of venerable old DC Comics (then operating as National Periodical Publications.) The culture at large was going through a shift, and so the tried-and-true methodology that had kept the giant publisher on top was no longer working as well … Continue reading TEEN TITANS #20: Titans Don’t Fit the Battle of Jericho
A post from my Marvel blog of more than a decade ago, in which I bemoan the state of comic book journalism. That period looks like a golden age in retrospect. Interviews July 25, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Maybe it’s just that this is San Diego Convention week, so … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Interviews
When we left things off last week, we were talking about a pair of issues that I got in those plastic-wrapped bundles of coverless comics my local drug store had begun to sell. When this story was originally printed in the pages of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, the Comics Code Authority of the time wouldn't approve it, … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TALES #79
All right, so the first part of the six-part DOCTOR WHO season "The Flux" just aired, meaning that I've had time to gather my thoughts, which I'll share with you here. As usual, this isn't really meant as a review per se, more like just some casual conversation about the show, the story, and the … Continue reading Doctor Who: The Halloween Apocalypse
Just as with Jimmy Olsen, whose title we covered here a few weeks ago, so too was Lois Lane popular enough throughout the 1960s to headline a series all her won. This is thinks in no small part, I expect, to the portrayal of actress Noel Neill in the ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN television series, which … Continue reading WC: SUPERMAN’S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #24
A post from my long-ago Marvel blog, this one an example of a positive interaction with then-Marvel Editor in Chief Joe Quesada. I don't remember what photo was posted with this story originally, so I substituted what I could. Why I Like Joe Q June 13, 2008 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Why I Like Joe Q
Now this is a comic that I did purchase deliberately, albeit without this cover and in one of those plastic wrapped bundles of assorted coverless comic books my local drug store had taken to selling. I bought both this issue of MARVEL TALES and the next at the same time, giving me two parts of … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TALES #78
As usual, it's a collection of foreign printings of Marvel stories that have weird, interesting or simply bizarre covers on them. This cover to FANTASK is almost entirely the reason why I'm doing another installment of this feature. It's a great re-imagining of the cover to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1. I love those strange red 4s … Continue reading Great Covers: Marvel Around The World 8
The SHAZAM Award given out by the Academy of Comic Book Arts for Best Dramatic Story in 1972 went to a memorable short piece that ran in HOUSE OF MYSTERY #201. It was written by John Albano, drawn by the great Jim Aparo and edited by Joe Orlando. It was titled "The Demon Within", and … Continue reading Making “The Demon Within”
We've covered this point many times in this feature, but just to set the stage once more: by the mid-1960s, the super hero fad in comic book publishing had grown into a nationwide obsession thanks to the appeal of the BATMAN live action television series, which premiered on January 12, 1966. Super heroes as a … Continue reading Brand Echh: Werewolf #1
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