And finally we come to the last of the box of eight classic EC reprints issues by the short-lived East Coast Comix organization that I purchased from the Superhero Merchandise catalog. Reading through this lot was somewhat transformative for me, in that it expanded my tastes just a little bit. I was still primarily interested … Continue reading BHOC: EC CLASSIC REPRINTS #10
If you were to ask me today about what constituted the best work that EC put out during its short but well-remembered time, I'd say without question the war titles edited and overseen by Harvey Kurtzman. They followed the EC tradition of tightly-plotted stories with punch endings, but they also had a point of view … Continue reading BHOC: EC CLASSIC REPRINTS #9
It was the horror comics that made EC's reputation, both for good and for ill, and they remained the firm's best-sellers all the way up until the nascent Comics Code put them out of business. Readers were attracted to EC's style in general, but it was in the horror comics, where the bounds of good … Continue reading BHOC: EC CLASSIC REPRINTS #7
By far the best-selling titles in the well-regarded EC Comics line of the early 1950s were the company's horror books. Horror was a big genre during this time, and nobody in the field did it better than EC. As with their other offerings, their horror comics were story-driven and literate, with high-quality artwork throughout. These … Continue reading BHOC: EC CLASSIC REPRINTS #4
This is the single greatest issue of SUPERMAN ever put together in the character's 80 year history. Closer to home, it's the special Anniversary issue that I'm always jockeying against in my own mind when it comes to put together a book of this sort for the Marvel characters. Of course, I fail to clear … Continue reading Perfect Game – SUPERMAN #400
The Tom Brevoort Experience 