An entry from my old Marvel blog, with a response to my piece about comics being the content and not the container from a fan. What's That You Say About The Future? March 2, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Received the following response from reader Jay Boaz on Friday's column … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – What’s That You Say About The Future?
It was business as usual back at my 7-11's spinner rack that Thursday, the day when new comic books would be put out for the week. Having jumped aboard the Spider-Man train, I picked up this issue of PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN. SPEC SPIDEY was decidedly the second tier Spider-Man title for virtually all … Continue reading BHOC: PETER PARKER, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #21
it cannot be overstated how much of an impact the 1950s ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN had in keeping both the character and the entire comic book business alive and vibrant throughout that decade and the next. While the Man of Steel was a red-hot fad at the start of the 1940s when he first burst onto … Continue reading TV Guide: How They Make Superman Fly
This was another issue of SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE that I got in my Windfall Comics purchase of 1988 and for which I paid 33 cents--more than three times the original cover price! This was another good example of where the series was at this time--it's worth keeping in mind that all of the … Continue reading WC: SUPERMAN’S GIRL FRIEND LOIS LANE #28
A post from my Marvel blog of more than a decade ago, addressing then controversy of the time about the rise of digital platforms selling comics. The Future Is Your Friend February 27, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General This is all just my own opinion, but…I’ve been watching with a … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – The Future is Your Friend
This issue of IRON MAN was a bit more like it. After a pair of issues that were concerned with a war in deep space that I found it difficult to care about (the influence of STAR WARS was all over those issues, at least broadly) with #113 we were back in Earth, with grounded … Continue reading BHOC: IRON MAN #113
It's one of the great lost pieces of Superman Americana. For three months in 1966, actor Bob Holiday starred as the Man of Steel in 129 performances of the Broadway musical It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman. While a cast recording was made and is readily available today, and a few promotional appearances … Continue reading It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman 1966 Souvenir Program
Given what he's going through and how much in the public eye he's been these past few months as a result, this seems like a good moment to revisit this early Fanzine/Portfolio dedicated to the work of George Perez. It was published in 1977 by Omnibus, and was the first real call-out as to George's … Continue reading Perez: Accent on the First E
A post from my old Marvel blog detailing how I came to have a Twitter account. Tom's Big Twitter Adventure January 9, 2009 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General This has been a murderous week back from vacation, one of the worst I've ever been through. But there was one bright spot, … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Tom’s Big Twitter Adventure
It seems like forever since we spoke about the issue of FANTASTIC FOUR that came out before this one. A side effect of me starting to find comic shops and regularly buy back issues as well as new books. But FANTASTIC FOUR was still my favorite series at this point, and I was very much … Continue reading BHOC: FANTASTIC FOUR #197
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