Another book from the Drug Store's Big Bin of Slightly-Older Comics, this was another issue of INCREDIBLE HULK bought by my younger brother, Ken, but which eventually wound up with me. At the time, the Hulk had begun to appear on television, having starred in a pair of TV movies (with a series in the … Continue reading BHOC: INCREDIBLE HULK #193
In their masterful two-issue summation of the WORLD'S WORST COMICS, James Schumeister and Rich Larson gave a particular adroit description of the books put out under the Mighty Comics banner. They said that it was as though Russian spies had smuggled out a copy of a Marvel book and had tried to reverse-engineer it. That … Continue reading Brand Echh – Fly Man #35
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins item - Cover Date March 1966 It has to be said that I love bad comics of a certain type. Not lousy comics per se, but ones that are just a little bit clueless, that are trying to hop on board a given trend, or that are just so weird that they're … Continue reading Brand Echh – Introduction
This post from the old Marvel blog was about the creation of the HOUSE OF M Event series, and included a cop of the text of an internal memo that I sent around to editorial and the creative staff outlining the story and its objectives. Building the House of M April 28, 2007 | 1:00 … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Building the House of M
And here we finish up our sequence on the final appearances of the mainstay Timely super-heroes with the final appearance of the Human Torch's kid buddy, Toro. As opposed to Bucky, who at least got shot honorably while fighting the good fight, Toro simply stopped showing up one day--his position as the Torch's right arm … Continue reading The Last Toro Story
Here's another book I picked up from the drugstore's Big Bin of Slightly-Older Comics, affidavit return copies that should have been destroyed, but which were instead sold off in cut-rate lots. A bit of the double-dipping that helped make the comic book industry close to insolvent during this era. But a benefit to me as … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL ADVENTURE #6
I wrote this post twelve years ago, on my 40th birthday. 40 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Today I am 40. It doesn't feel like all that long a time, certainly no longer than it felt a week or a month ago. At the same time, it's one … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – 40/1967
Okay, this first excerpt from the old BLAH BLAH BLOG concerns how to pitch a Marvel series. This all remains true to this day. The Pitch April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General One of the things people seem to wonder about the most, and one of the questions I'm … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – The Pitch
Photo Header From The Original BLAH BLAH BLOG Back between the years 2007 and 2010, I wrote a regular blog for Marvel.com, titles BLAH BLAH BLOG. I was by far the most conscientious blogger among my colleagues, posting in excess of 600 entries as compared to the 30 or so that others did. Sadly, those … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Introduction
I bought this issue of ACTION COMICS on one of my weekly runs to the 7-11. This would have been right after the second INCREDIBLE HULK television movie aired for the first time. That production led to a regular weekly program for the green goliath and turned my brother into a short-term Hulk booster. But … Continue reading BHOC: ACTION COMICS #480
