The next book I picked up at the 7-1 was the final super hero issue of DC SPECIAL for the time being–with the following release, the book began reprinting Three Musketeers stories and the like, which didn’t interest me. I feel like I’m harping on him and his work, but it’s unavoidable given that he … Continue reading BHOC: DC SPECIAL #21
The next issue of my JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA subscription turned up in my mailbox, and confirmed that from this point forward, my subscription copies would be arriving flat, without having been folded in half. That was a welcome development, although it was offset somewhat by the fact that the books would occasionally still get … Continue reading BHOC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #129
Another month, another issue of BATMAN FAMILY. The lure of the oversized comic book packed with reprints was impossible for me to resist. This is a solid cover–that brown color is a somewhat odd choice, but it definitely makes all of the elements pop well. And the art image by Ernie Chua is crisp and … Continue reading BHOC: BATMAN FAMILY #4
I’m not 100% sure where this issue of DETECTIVE COMICS came from. I’m pretty confident that I didn’t purchase it. It may have been bought for my younger brother, which is the most likely explanation, or it may have been a book that I was traded at some point. In any case, it has an … Continue reading BHOC: DETECTIVE COMICS #456
Another day, another subscription comic book in my mailbox, folded neatly down the middle and wrapped in coarse brown mailing paper. That’s how this issue of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA came across the transom, finishing up writer Gerry Conway’s first two-part story on the title he would wind up writing for so many years. The … Continue reading BHOC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #126
It must have been an off-month or something, because the next thing I knew, another subscription issue of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA was waiting for me, folded in half, in my mailbox. This means that, apart from my sub copy of FLASH, I only got a single comic book in the month between JLA issues. … Continue reading BHOC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #125
I was super-excited when my subscription copy of this issue of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA turned up in my mailbox, folded in half as was the custom of the time. That’s because it was the first part of the annual Justice League/Justice Society team-up. While I was familiar with the JSA, the only previous team-up … Continue reading BHOC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #123
That’s a really pretty Dick Giordano cover. Still, I have no recollection of buying this issue of DETECTIVE COMICS, which makes me suspect that it may have been purchased by/for my brother, and eventually wound up with me. this wasn’t all that rare back in these days. I was much more of a comic book … Continue reading BHOC: DETECTIVE COMICS #451
It was at this point that my first folded-in-half subscription copy of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA arrived in my mailbox, a welcome surprise, though I was dismayed to learn that I’d missed two issues in the meantime. Also, at this point many of DC’s covers began to look crude and rough–the inking tended to be … Continue reading BHOC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #121
This issue of BATMAN marked the end of an era, and the beginning of another, shorter one. It was the first DC GIANT issue that I purchased, the smaller replacement for the 100-PAGE SPECTACULARS that I loved. Time and inflation had made that format untenable for DC, so they retrenched and reduced, coming up with … Continue reading BHOC: BATMAN #262
The Tom Brevoort Experience 