Over the years, DC Comics (mostly while still operating under the name National) would occasionally buy out the rights to characters and titles from other publishers who had either gone out of business or were about to. This is how the original Captain Marvel and his family, Plastic Man, G.I. COMBAT, YOUNG ROMANCE, the Blackhawks … Continue reading 5BC: Five Characters Marvel “Adopted”
The fannish desire for a unified field theory of fictional comic book universes is strong, and a fun game to play--especially when considering meetings between characters at rival publishing houses, characters who in all likelihood will never get to interact on the page (or at least not in the way the fans might desire.) Some … Continue reading 5BC: Five More Times Marvel Referenced DC Characters In Interesting Ways
As assorted readers pointed out, there were a lot more instances of creators at both Marvel and DC including themselves as characters in the stories that they produced than I covered in the prior two pieces about Self-Mythologizing. And so, since this is a concept that seems to have attracted some audience interest, here then … Continue reading 5BC: Five More Times Marvel Self-Mythologized
There were some relatively professional fanzines published by the late 1970s. One such fanzine was Woweekazowie, the fourth issue of which concerns us today. It was produced by Pete Iro and was staffed with contributions from people who would either go on to work within the comic book field itself or who would circle it … Continue reading Woweekazowie #4
I bought this issue of MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE as usual at my local 7-11 as MTIO was now on my regular buying list, thanks to the Thing being the headline character. But I can't say that the series was all that wonderful during this period. More often than not, the stories were quick throw-away affairs that … Continue reading BHOC: MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #40
What goes around comes around, and when it comes to the often-fannishly-induced game of dropping in references benign or malicious to a competitor's characters, there isn't any company who is entirely blameless in this endeavor. Here then are five times Marvel referenced DC characters in interesting fashion. ADVENTURE INTO FEAR #17 - Steve Gerber was … Continue reading 5BC: Five Times Marvel Referenced DC Characters In Interesting Ways
A post rescued from my defunct Marvel blog of years ago, concerning continuity. Wednesday, 5:08 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Continuity. Some people have asked about it, and its role in comic book storytelling. So here's what I can tell you:Continuity is a tool. It is not an … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Continuity
A post from my ancient Marvel blog concerning a tribute to the late Marvel executive editor Mark Gruenwald held at MoCCA. Tuesday, 4:00 April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Sick at home today, trying to recuperate from whatever bug I picked up while traveling. But while it was fresh … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Mark Gruenwald Memorial
A post from my old Marvel blog concerning good comics I worked on, in this instance SPIDER-BOY #1 Looking Back on the Good April 28, 2007 | 1:00 AM | By Tom_Brevoort | In General Starting off the week with the first of our profile of Good Comics I Had a Hand In, to see … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – Looking Back At The Good
A post from my old Marvel blog on Mark Gruenwald on the anniversary of his passing. That date, August 12th, has in more recent years become known as M-Day, as in later years both artist Mike Wieringo and legendary creator Joe Kubert also happened to pass on that date. G-Day 2009 August 11, 2009 | … Continue reading Blah Blah Blog – G-Day 2009
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