Another post from my long ago Marvel blog in which I answer reader questions. I have no idea why so many of these are numbered 7. Reader Questions 7 March 23, 2010 | 9:46 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Another week of more answers to your questions. Almost wrapped up here. >Is the … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Reader Questions 7
During that same weekly run to the 7-11 on Thursday for new comics, I bought this issue of MARVEL TALES. This was a strange story, almost a reprint of a reprint in a way. When it was originally released in AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, Gerry Conway had just stepped onto the title as the new regular writer, … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TALES #95
By 1966, there was no way for industry leader DC/National Comics to be unaware of the growing appeal of upstart publisher Marvel--especially given that both companies' output was distributed by an outfit owned by National's owners. Marvel's growth was often scoffed at and decried as a passing fad, but as the firm started making inroads … Continue reading The First Hulk Parody
Another post from my Marvel.com blog that exists only in memory where I answered more questions from the readers. Reader Questions 7 April 1, 2010 | 1:04 PM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Been answering a lot of questions through Formspring, so that's slowed me down here a little bit. But here's one more … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Reader Questions 7
I picked up this issue of INVADERS on another regular sortie to the local 7-11 on Thursday as usual. It was a title that I quite liked, though looking back on it it isn't anywhere near as polished as I recall it being. This particular issue, the first of a two-parter, was an attempt to … Continue reading BHOC: INVADERS #32
Now this was a thoroughly excellent issue of SUPERMAN, one I acquired as a part of my much-discussed windfall comic book purchase of 1988, wherein I scored about 150 Silver Age vintage comic books for the sum of only $50.00. The SUPERMAN titles during this period were always wildly imaginative, even as they tended to … Continue reading WC: SUPERMAN #159
An entry from my Marvel blog of long ago, this one eulogizing the comic book reading friend of a letter writer. My friend Stuart Walford May 24, 2010 | 12:09 PM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Feels like this sort of a Monday, so I thought I'd share the following with everyone: To all … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – My Friend Stuart Walford
Another book that I picked up on that first post-5th Grade trip down to my local 7-11 was this issue of INCREDIBLE HULK, a series that I kinda fell backwards into reading--though, if I hadn't been a regular consumer of the book at this point, this cover's appearance of the original Avengers likely would have … Continue reading BHOC: INCREDIBLE HULK #227
As confirmed finally by the BBC, we are now just a hair over two weeks away from Jodie Whittaker's final outing as the Doctor. DOCTOR WHO: The Power of the Doctor is scheduled to be screened on October 23, 2022, a full six months since the previous one-off. Now, most of the WHO-verse's attention has … Continue reading Doctor Who: The Power of the Doctor Pregame
XERO was an important science fiction fanzine published by the husband and wife team of Dick and Pat Lupoff. It had a strong impact on the beginnings of comic book fandom as, starting with this first release, almost every issue ran an installment of a series titled All In Color For A Dime which talked … Continue reading XERO #1: All In Color For A Dime
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