My brother Ken was still indulging in his momentary interest in Conan the Barbarian, and so he wound up buying this issue of SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN when it came out. Looking back, I find that I'm a bit surprised that my mother went along with this, given the degree of nudity on display both … Continue reading BHOC: SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #41
As I've recounted before, during this period my younger brother Ken had developed a passing fascination with Conan the Barbarian, such that he'd begun to follow the regular monthly comic title. But he also branched out to the other regular source of Conan material available at this point: the black and white magazine SAVAGE SWORD … Continue reading BHOC: SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #40
Here's another book that came into my hands through parlay with my grade school friend Donald Sims. And boy, you can't imagine a cover on a comic today having such an overt plug for a film not connected in any way with the publisher. But in the 1970s, it was fine, all part of the … Continue reading BHOC: PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #2
The Tom Brevoort Experience 