This is, I think, one of the most discussed comic book stories of all time, so I don't know that I'm going to have a whole lot that's new to add to the conversation. What I can bring to the table is some personal perspective. I would have been 19 years old in 1986 when … Continue reading Perfect Game – BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, Book One
Tag: Klaus Janson
BHOC: LOGAN’S RUN #5
Despite having bought this comic book back in the day, this is another cover that is unfamiliar to me. And that's because this was another of the myriad of books I got in plastic wrapped bundles of five coverless comics being sold for a bargain price at my local drug store outlet. The double-edged sword … Continue reading BHOC: LOGAN’S RUN #5
BHOC: AVENGERS #173
Another month had gone by, and so the subsequent issue of AVENGERS arrived at the spinner rack at my local 7-11 where I bought my new comics. I picked it up on one of my weekly Thursday trips down there for that purpose, Thursday then being the day when new comics arrived in those days. … Continue reading BHOC: AVENGERS #173
BHOC: DEFENDERS #46
This is another comic book that I bought back in the day whose cover is largely unfamiliar to me. And that's because this was another book that I got in one of those clear plastic-wrapped bundles of coverless comics that were by this point being sold by my local drugstore in lieu of their earlier … Continue reading BHOC: DEFENDERS #46
Blah Blah Blog – Editor School
A post from my old Marvel blog concerning a series of classes given to the editors of that period by Klaus Janson. Editor School April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Yesterday began another cycle of Editor Classes here at Marvel, presided over by Klaus Janson, in which the editorial … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Editor School
BHOC: AVENGERS #172
Here's another new comic that I picked up during that first trip to The Batcave, the first true comic book specialty shop that I ever patronized. As I mentioned last week, while I was more interested and attracted by the enormous number of back issues, also of note was the fact that the Batcave had … Continue reading BHOC: AVENGERS #172
Forgotten Masterpiece: THE DAREDEVILS #8
Because he was such a popular and influential comic book creator, most everything that Alan Moore wrote for mainstream publishers has been reprinted and in virtually continuous print since he first started writing in the very late 1970s. But occasionally, there's a little bit of something that's been overlooked--partly because it appeared in an oddball … Continue reading Forgotten Masterpiece: THE DAREDEVILS #8
BHOC: DAREDEVIL #152
It was back to my local 7-11 on Thursday for that week's new comic book releases--I had worked out over the summer that new books came out on Thursdays, so I never missed a trip to the 7-11 after school on that day. And this week, a new issue of DAREDEVIL was waiting for me. … Continue reading BHOC: DAREDEVIL #152
Perfect Game – SUPERMAN #400
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
Blah Blah Blog – The Marvel Way
A post from my old Marvel blog concerning the book How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way and one example therein. The Marvel Way April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Picking up on some of the thinking we were doing a week or so ago, following on the last … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – The Marvel Way