As a kid, your purchasing power is severely limited, or at least that’s how it was for me at this point. I was still too young to be doing any sort of a job to bring in money, and yet at the same time, I was being expected to save my cash for whatever I might … Continue reading BHOC: DC SUPER-STARS #3
The switch-over from 100-PAGE SPECTACULARS to GIANTS didn’t have any effect on my purchasing habits–I would inevitably go for a large comic book over other offerings first, even if it was a title that I wasn’t all that fond of, such as SUPERBOY. As I was still getting comic books bought for me infrequently, it … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #208
Oh, perfidy! Here is that horrible moment when I was first faced with that recurring bane of a comic book collector’s existence: a periodic price increase. Throughout the 1970s when I was first collecting, this seemed to happen with frightening regularity. You could always tell when one was in the offing because the price would … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #206
Not 100% sure where this book came from. I’m going to guess the 7-11, and the fact that it was another 100-Page Spectacular that resulted in it being picked up. But I honestly have no recollection–i wasn’t a huge Legion fan, for all that I had read the preceding two issues. The lead story is … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #205
This is a seriously good comic book. But as a kid, I don’t think I really appreciated how good. It was strange and weird and also a little bit upsetting, so it put me off a little bit. Only time has allowed for a re-evaluation. I’m not sure where it came from; if pressed, I … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #204
Another comic whose origins are shrouded in mystery. I don’t really know where this one came from. But I do know that I should have loved it, with its vast roster of super heroes. But somehow, I didn’t–the style felt weird to me, in the same way as those earlier BRAVE & BOLD and WORLD’S … Continue reading BHOC: SUPERBOY AND THE LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #203
The Tom Brevoort Experience 