More, more, more photographs from yesteryear featuring the comic books of long ago either on sale on newsstands and the like or in the hot little hands of readers of their era. Gathered over the years from hither and yon.
Comics in the Wild 11
Lee & Kirby: THE STATS OF FANTASTIC FOUR #1, Part 3
Continuing our sequence looking at Marvel's in-house production stats for FANTASTIC FOUR #1--the closest thing that still exists to the original artwork--and studying them up close to see if they can tell us anything about how the book was put together. So let's go! We're moving into the back half of the issue now, a … Continue reading Lee & Kirby: THE STATS OF FANTASTIC FOUR #1, Part 3
Blah Blah Blog – Accountability
A post from my Marvel blog of years ago in which I respond to a response to an earlier post about the balance between adhering to a fixed schedule and maintaining the quality of a series. Tuesday, 9:44 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General I'll probably only have time … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Accountability
BHOC: IRON MAN #96
Now that's a really nice cover--one that I didn't get to experience until many years later, as my copy of IRON MAN #96 came from one of those bundles of coverless recent comics that my local drug store had begun to sell. Today, Iron Man is one of the most recognizable Marvel characters worldwide, but … Continue reading BHOC: IRON MAN #96
How The Comics Are Made
One of the casualties of the haphazard manner in which I've grabbed and kept things over the years is that on a more-than-occasional basis, I'm not sure precisely where I culled it from originally. That's the case with this cool four-page 1940s vintage behind-the-scenes article on the making of Captain Marvel comics during the Golden … Continue reading How The Comics Are Made
WC: DAREDEVIL #6
Here's another book that came out of my longbox haul of Windfall Comics, costing me, as i repeatedly keep saying, only 33 cents each in 1988. There was always something a bit fascinating and mysterious about these early issues of DAREDEVIL to me--they had a mystique, a sense of a thing not quite being fully … Continue reading WC: DAREDEVIL #6
Blah Blah Blog – Nobody is Owed Work
An entry from my used-to-be Marvel.com blog, discussing one of the unfortunate-but-true aspects of the comic bok business. Thursday, 9:17 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Let's talk about another uncomfortable reality about the comic book business for a while: nobody is owed work.This is an entertainment business, a … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Nobody is Owed Work
BHOC: INCREDIBLE HULK #207
I was quite happy to find this issue of INCREDIBLE HULK, in one of those plastic-wrapped bundles of coverless comics my local drug store had been selling--in fact, it may even have been the reason why I bought the bundle in question. Because I already owned issues #206 and #208, and #206 had ended with … Continue reading BHOC: INCREDIBLE HULK #207
Halloween Encounter With Dr. Strange and Plastic Man
Here's another classic old newspaper story related to comic books, this one from the Burlington Free Press edition released on November 2, 1965 and concerning the famous (in the world of comic books) Rutland, Vermont annual Halloween parade which was every year filled with marchers in super hero costumes. The parade (and subsequent Halloween party) … Continue reading Halloween Encounter With Dr. Strange and Plastic Man
Brand Echh: E-Man #6
E-MAN was a short-lived but well-remembered (and often revived) Charlton title of the early 1970s, representing a last gasp on the part of that firm to establish a presence in the super hero marketplace. E-Man was a bit of a throwback character, crafted in the mold of Plastic Man or Captain Marvel. A super hero … Continue reading Brand Echh: E-Man #6
The Tom Brevoort Experience 