This next issue of ACTION COMICS was forgettable, and consequently I've forgotten it. Seriously, I don't remember a single thing about buying this one. I must have done so during my weekly trip to the 7-11 on Thursday, new comic day, as I was buying the book regularly again. But the story contained within really … Continue reading BHOC: ACTION COMICS #496
It cannot be overstated just what an enormous phenomenon Superman became almost instantly upon his first story being published in 1938. Within the span of only three years, the character would have his own self-titled magazine (something unheard of in the field before then) as well as his regular home in ACTION COMICS, a daily … Continue reading The First Superman Knock-Off and the Perjury of Will Eisner
Continuing our dig through the second issue of CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE, the hand-printed collection of material whose mainstream publication had been squashed by the DC Implosion that saw the company's line slashed by 40%. This time out, we're dealing with what would have been the back-up series in creator Steve Ditko's SHADE THE CHANGING MAN … Continue reading CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE #2: SHADE THE CHANGING MAN #9: The Odd Man
Continuing on through the second of the two hand-copied volumes of written-off material put together by DC in the wake of the DC Implosion that saw their line cut down by 40%, today we're looking at another book that was intended to be completed but which wouldn't see the light of day for decades yet. … Continue reading CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE #2: SHADE THE CHANGING MAN #9
Continuing at our look at CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE, the Xerox-printed compilation of material that DC Comics wrote off in teh wake of the 1978 "DC Implosion" which saw 40% of their line cancelled and a number of staff members laid off. These stories were reproduced in this fashion so that DC could continue to hold … Continue reading CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE #2: PREZ #5
In 1978, plans for a massive expansion of DC's publishing line, which were being promoted as the DC Explosion, crashed and burned as an unusually heavy winter took its toll on comic book sales. The DC line was slashed rather than expanded, and a bunch of staff members were laid off. This became known as … Continue reading CANCELLED COMIC CAVALCADE #2
The change in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA wasn't quite so pronounced as what I was experiencing over on THE FLASH, but it was there as well if one were to look for it--which I didn't at the age of twelve. As with FLASH, the book had moved into the hands of a new editor, its … Continue reading BHOC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #167
I picked up the latest issue of what had once been my favorite comic book series of all on my weekly excursion to the 7-11 on Thursday. My interest in THE FLASH had started to waver a bit of late, as I'd become more enamored of the Marvel books that were then occupying a lot … Continue reading BHOC: THE FLASH #274
DC in the late 1970s had a bit of a problem, one that they'd start to correct for in the coming years. And that was the changing make-up of the primary audience for comic books. People at DC had realized that there were more older readers than had generally been thought--up to this point, the … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN #335
This was around the point where I dropped off in my brief dalliance with SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES after following it again for a few issues. Somehow, the future time period and the stakes therein didn't speak to me, and the odd schizophrenic conflict between the futuristic environment and the more dated aspects … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #251
The Tom Brevoort Experience 