If the title of this thread seems overly clever or familiar, it's because I've stolen/ borrowed this title from the four page introduction to the final Tales of Suspense Masterworks volume #186, penned by Barry Pearl, because I think it's very appro
I've been re-watching this, so I thought I'd try and do a timeline for it. The things in parentheses are the episode titles that I based the references on.
17 years before the Big Bang: The Nibblonians come into existence. ("The Day the Earth Stood
Having started reading comics in the 70s and experiencing the Silver Age through reprints, I am wondering what you guys who read them when they first came out felt about certain occurances. My reactions were in hindsight, sometimes already knowing wh
Really the way Helena and Karen have been written is just rare in comic books. Good friends, no lesbian subtext (Not that I mind that sometimes), willing and able to back each other up emotionally and physically despite the power difference between t
I haven't read it, but from what I understand, fans of the pre-New-52 Birds of Prey might want to pick up this week's Batgirl and the next few issues. It looks like Babs is getting a few familiar guest stars...
Someone mentioned publisher Goodwin's habit of having various companies on paper, and having complicated publishing deals as a method of protecting them from having one go under and dragging the whole operation under.
As most everyone else I liked Birds of Prey and when Simone moved off that to Wonder Woman and then was shoved off of Wonder Woman I wasn't happy. She has a gift for small team dynamics and characterization that fits stuff like Birds of Prey or the S
Back in June, I brought home my usual stack of comic books. That’s always fun. But I noticed that this particular stack had not one, not two, but seven different issues of X-Men- the latest issue of five separate ongoing t
Just added a new post to my blog, this one spotlighting the often-maligned JOHNNY STORM, THE HUMAN TORCH series. The first 5 covers (so far), lovingly restored, in all their 4-color glory.
100TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL -- SPIDER-MAN #1 (Marvel, $3.99): Another in a series of 75th-anniversary books -- Marvel Comics #1 debuted in 1939 -- that shows what Marvel heroes might look like in 2061, 100 years after Fantastic Four #1. If do
About a year ago I bought a longbox at a show and I'm only now having a chance to go through it. Been a rough year. Anyway one of the titles I've found is Mario Gully's Ant. Only one issue and I've never heard of it before. Anyone know the character?
In the late 1960s, there was an effort by Marvel to position a new horror/mystery anthology book called "Tower of Shadows". It was heavily promoted in in-house ads and blurbs in the Bullpen Page.
The lead issue and lead story was a creation by Jim S