It came out right around the time of my 9th birthday–in fact, that may have been the reason it was bought for me, given its hefty cover price. At a time when regular comics cost a quarter (and were right on the cusp of increasing to 30 cents–my most recent subscription issue of FLASH carried … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERMAN VS THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
I had seen house ads touting the imminent return of ALL-STAR COMICS, featuring the Justice Society of America, and I was ready for its return. I was already a fan of the team from its appearances in JUSTICE LEAGUE over the years. So there was an air of disappointment when I happened across this issue … Continue reading BHOC: ALL-STAR COMICS #59
I really must not have been buying many comics during this period, spending money instead on baseball cards and Wacky Packages and the like. Because, before you knew it, another folded-in-half subscription copy of JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA turned up in my mailbox. And boy, look at the weak reproduction on this cover–Flash’s head is … Continue reading BHOC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #127
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
The Tom Brevoort Experience 