EPISODE 23 “What are you thinking, Venture? You think I made a mistake in trusting the message from Iscandar? That after coming all this way I’ve gotten us into a trap? That I’m not capable of being Deputy Captain?” - Derek Wildstar Finally, after four and a half weeks of episodes and adventures, the Star … Continue reading In Our Next STAR BLAZERS Adventure – Episode 23
In addition to new old issues of FANTASTIC FOUR and MARVEL’S GREATEST COMICS, the drug store’s big bin of somewhat older comics had also received copies of a few issues of THE INVADERS, which I picked up as well. This one had a somewhat messy cover–how is it that Captain America is seemingly standing in … Continue reading BHOC: INVADERS #3
The other issue of MARVEL’S GREATEST COMICS that had turned up in my drug store’s big bin of slightly-older comics was this one, the start of a four-part Doctor Doom sequence inspired by the television series The Prisoner. I hadn’t seen the Prisoner at the time when I first bought this issue, so it seemed … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL’S GREATEST COMICS #66
EPISODE 22 “You are a brave man, Captain. But as you have a mission, so have we. And we consider your presence in the galaxy a threat to our survival. You must return to Earth at once!” - General Lysis This episode features what is easily the most spectacular and well-choreographed battle sequences in the … Continue reading In Our Next STAR BLAZERS Adventure – Episode 22
Also in the big big of somewhat-old comics on this particular trip was a pair of issues of MARVEL’S GREATEST COMICS featuring the Fantastic Four. This was the earlier of the two, a reprint of a classic Stan Lee and Jack Kirby issue (albeit one that had pages edited out of it in order to … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL’S GREATEST COMICS #65
Back at the Drug Store, I was astonished and elated to find this issue of FANTASTIC FOUR in my latest dive through its big bin of somewhat-older comics. And the reason is that this issue pre-dated all four of the FANTASTIC FOUR issues that I’d previously found there. It was evidence that it was possible … Continue reading BHOC: FANTASTIC FOUR #176
EPISODE 21 “We have not sought out the Gamilons, they have found us, first in our homes on Earth and now here. We must face them and defeat them before we get to Iscandar.” - Captain Avatar We had no way of knowing it ahead of time, but the velocity of storytelling on STAR BLAZERS … Continue reading In Our Next STAR BLAZERS Adventure – Episode 21
As I understand things, the Neal Adams image that was used on the cover to this issue of SUPERMAN was sitting around in editor Julie Schwartz’s flat files, an inventory piece or just something that Neal had done to amuse himself. Writer Marty Pasko saw it and wanted to use it on one of his … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN #317
This is another book that showed up in the big bin of somewhat-old comics at my local drugstore, and being on the hunt for Fantastic Four stories, I picked it up. It must be said, this really isn’t a great cover–all of the heroes have their backs to us and are oriented around the edges. … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL’S GREATEST COMICS #62
One of the wonderful things about that big bin of somewhat-old comic books that was at my local drug store was that from time to time new books would be added into the mix. So I would dig through it every time I was in the place, and I soon began to pull up additional … Continue reading BHOC: FANTASTIC FOUR #181
The Tom Brevoort Experience 