Another 100-Page Spectacular picked up from that regular 7-11. This one wold turn out to be a bit disappointing to me, with a number of back-up features that simply didn’t appeal. But the lead story was pretty good. It’s a team-up between the Man of Steel and his back-up co-feature, Green Arrow. it also includes … Continue reading BHOC: ACTION COMICS #437
Not 100% sure where I bought this book. I have a vague sense that I got it on a shopping trip of some kind, rather than through any of my usual places. In any case, it was a good follow-up to that SHAZAM Treasury Edition, even if I didn’t quite get all of the jokes … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN #276
I mentioned earlier that I would follow the Flash anywhere at this point, and this comic is a good example of that. The appearance of the Scarlet Speedster on the cover is the only reason I picked up this issue of WONDER WOMAN, and I was embarrassed to do it even so, in that way … Continue reading BHOC: WONDER WOMAN #212
Another issue picked up from the 7-11. This issue of ACTION COMICS was the second part of a two-part story, but I don’t think I really realized that at first–it was only when I later got the previous issue that everything came together and made sense. This is how I learned how the world of … Continue reading BHOC: ACTION COMICS #435
A little bit vague about exactly where this book came from, but I do remember my Mother reading it to me, or at least parts of it. This was the second part of a two-part story, but I’m not even sure that I realized that at the time, given how thoroughly the first chapter was … Continue reading BHOC: ACTION COMICS #431
slsblog: I killed her…what’s it to you? 1970, Curt Swan cover. Jeez, Lana, get off my back!
Concept and copy-oriented, this Curt Swan SUPERMAN cover succeeds by teasing the events of the story inside. In a day when comics typically contained three separate stories, the promise of a longer tale “in three great parts” was like getting the promise of a movie. Clearly this had to be an important story to warrant … Continue reading Great Covers – SUPERMAN #132
It’s tough to make a pink background work on a super hero comic book cover, let alone a yellow and green logo, and yet this Curt Swan SUPERMAN cover does just that. Part of it is simply that the concept is so strong–this is the first time we’ve ever really seen Superman dead on a … Continue reading Great Covers – SUPERMAN #149
The Tom Brevoort Experience 