Avengers #157
March 1977
Cover art by: Jack Kirby, Joe Sinnott, and Dan Crespi
Story: A Ghost of Stone!
Writer: Gerry Conway
Pencils: Don Heck
Inks: Pablo Marcos
The Beast, Yellowjacket, and Iron Man are working in a lab in Avengers Mansion when t
Read more…Amazing Spider-Man #235
December 1982
Cover art by: John Romita, Jr. & Al Milgrom
Story: Look Out There's A Monster Coming!
Writer: Roger Stern
Pencils: John Romita Jr.
Inks: Frank Giacoia
Spider-man is in a lab run by the Brand Corporation in whi
Read more…Action Comics #546
August 1983
Cover art by: Gil Kane
Story: Showdown!
Writer: Marv Wolfman
Art: Gil Kane
Superman is trying to figure out just what is going on with this new version of Brainiac. His supercomputer isn't any help at all, so he leav
Read more…Adventures of Superman #516
September 1994
Cover art by: Barry Kitson, & Ray McCarthy
Story: The Hero of Metropolis
Writer: Karl Kesel
Pencils: Peter Krause
Inks: Jackson Guice
This is the Adventures of Superman series' Zero Hour crossover. It has
Read more…World's Finest #177
August 1968
Cover art: Ross Andru & Mike Esposito
Story: Duel of the Crime Kings!
Writer: Jim Shooter
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Mike Esposito
Lex Luthor is stuck in Gotham Jail (I wonder why he is in that jail?), and fashions a
Read more…All-Star Comics #63
Nov.-Dec. 1976
Cover art by: Rich Buckler & Wally Wood
Story: The Death of Dr. Fate
Writer: Paul Levitz
Pencils: Keith Giffen
Inks: Wally Wood
This is pretty much the definition of an average comic book. From the story to the a
Read more…Adventure Comics #438
April 1975
Cover art by: Jim Aparo
Story: The Spectre Haunts the Museum of Fear
Writer: Michael Fleischer
Pencils: Ernie Chan
Inks: Jim Aparo
Kind of weird to me to see Jim Aparo inking someone else's work. Still it looks gr
Read more…War of Kings #1-6
May-October 2009
Cover art by: Ron Lim, Sandu Florea, & Chris Sototmayer
Writer: Andy Lanning & Dan Abnett
Pencils: Paul Pelletier
Inks: Rick Magyar
Let me say up front, that I enjoyed this series. I do have one major problem wi
Read more…Adventure Comics #363
December 1967
Cover art by: Curt Swan & George Klein
Story: Black Day for the Legion!
Writer: Jim Shooter
Pencils: Jim Shooter (Layouts) & Pete Costanza
Inks: Pete Costanza
The Legion are on Earth and they confront Dr. Mantis
Read more…Adventure Comics #351
June 1966
Cover art by: Curt Swan & George Klein
Story: The Forgotten Legion!
Writer: E. Nelson Bridwell
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: George Klein
I never realized so many anecdotes I had heard about the Legion over the years to
Read more…Adventure Comics #420
June 1972
Cover art by: Bob Oksner
Story: And Death Will Have No Dominion
Writer: Raymond Marais & Gerry Conway
Pencils: Tony DeZuniga
Inks: Bob Oksner
Um, that is a very phallic weapon Supergirl is throwing in that cover.
Read more…I missed Jeff's post last month as I was really rushing to get it turned in. Anyway here is what I have for comics and other miscellany coming out in April.
Weird War Tales #9
December 1972
Cover art by: Nick Cardy
Story: The Promise
Writer: Robert Kanigher
Art: Alfredo Alcala
Before we begin I actually liked what they did on the front page. Someone (GCD has it listed as Howard Chaykin, that's cool) d
Read more…Tales of the Legion of Super-heroes #316
October 1984
Cover art: Terry Shoemaker & Larry Mahlstedt
Story: Meanwhile...
Writer: Paul Levitz
Pencils: Terry Shoemaker
Inks: Karl Kesel
Cosmic Boy as well as Night Girl, Polar Boy, and Stone Boy from th
Read more…Tales of the Legion of Super-heroes #318 & 319
December 1984 & January 1985
Cover art by: Terry Shoemaker & Karl Kesel
Story: Shadows of Future Past (318) & If Memory Should Fail (319)
Writer: Paul Levitz
Pencils: Terry Shoemaker
Inks: Karl Kesel
Read more…Story: Deathwish
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Art: Eric Nguyen
This is a one-shot comic that is also obviously a set-up for a future story. We have a haired killer (Turner) who takes out his latest victim who begs for his life. He then finds out it wa
Read more…Secret Origins #37
February 1989
Cover art by: Ty Templeton
Story: The Secret Origin of Legion of Substitute-Heroes
Writer: Ty Templeton
Pencils: Ty Templeton
Inks: Van Bruggen
We all know the Subs' origins. A bunch of Legion rejects decide to fo
Read more…Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #1
November 1984
Cover art: George Perez
Story: Various
Writer: Various
Pencils: Various
Inks: Various
After reading most of this short lived series I have come to the conclusion that this was the one that tried,
Read more…Thoughts for comics and stuff that will be coming out in January...
Thrasher Comics #9
Sometime in 1990
Cover art by: No idea.
Story: This is an anthology
Writer: Various
Art: Various
There really isn't a whole lot of information about this comic out there. This was published by the same company that puts out Thra
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