A post from my defunct Marvel blog, part of a series detailing books that I had worked on that I still liked despite the fact that they were not terribly commercially successful. Comics I Don't Apologize For pt 2 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Continuing with this week's … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Comics I Don’t Apologize For, Part Two
Bought this issue of MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE at my regular 7-11 on one of my weekly trips. I'm pretty certain that this is the first book I bought during tat three-month period where Marvel tried to get rid of the cover month--I'm not certain what the purpose of that exercise was. Anyway, as a newly-born Fantastic … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #38
The Powers-That-Be at DC Comics in the 1960s could see that something was going on over at Stan Lee's new upstart Marvel imprint, but they were ill-equipped to figure out just what. This is largely due to the fact that the editorial and creative staff remained largely unchanged since the halcyon days of the 1940s. … Continue reading Brand Echh – Inferior Five #6
A post from my old Marvel blog detailing the winners of the 2007 "Golden Loeb Awards" which I was running at the blog. This gives some insight into what the then-current Marvel fandom was responding well to. GOLDEN LOEB AWARDS- The Winners! April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General They're … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Golden Loeb Awards: The Winners
The year 1977 had given way to 1978, and in the first days of the new month, the mailman arrived with another subscription copy of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA for me. I would end up with two copies of this issue--a few weeks later I'd be having a birthday, and as a gift my friend … Continue reading BHOC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #153
This week's DOCTOR WHO episode crystalized one of the failings of the season for me. And it is this: the stories don't seem to be of consequence to the main characters. There's danger and adventure and stuff, yeah. But somehow, the principles seem to remain at a distance from it all. None of it changes … Continue reading Doctor Who: Can You Hear Me?
A post from my old Marvel blog concerning comics I worked on and made a mess of. As with yesterday's post, the preceding installments of this series haven't turned up yet. Comics I Screwed Up pt 5 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Rounding out our survey of comic … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Comics I Screwed Up, Part 5
I very much remember buying this issue of ACTION COMICS at the local 7-11, where its very nice Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez cover stared out at me. This was part two of a long four-part saga that I recall enjoying--in part because it featured a villain I was acquainted with: Amazo, the android who duplicated all … Continue reading BHOC: ACTION COMICS #481
This is the first issue of Dr. Jerry Bails' newsletter, The Comicollector, dated September 1961. It was intended as a more periodical release than Bails' main fanzine, Alter-Ego , intended to provide a place for fans to buy, sell and swap comics and to disseminate the latest news and gossip from the big publishers. It … Continue reading The Comicollector #1
In 1973, Charlton took one last late stab in getting a foothold into the super hero market with the publication of E-MAN, a light-hearted and whimsical super hero series about an energy being birthed in a star who came to Earth and became a costumed adventurer. It was a fun title and well-remembered, but it … Continue reading Brand Echh – E-Man #2
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