It’s Halloween time! Also “Huluween” time—or so they tell me. Continue reading Happy Hell-oween!
The Unauthorized Spider-Woman
2020 has been a train wreck, with every day seeming worse than the day before, but there was a glimmer of hope yesterday morning when I logged on to Facebook. Continue reading The Unauthorized Spider-Woman
The Sensual Duck
Gobbling up back issues of old comics is fun, but it’s also fun (and usually more challenging) to find old magazines and newspapers with articles about comics—particularly those periodicals designed with a wider, more mainstream audience in mind. Continue reading The Sensual Duck
Chadwick Boseman 1976-2020
To call this new shocking would be one hell of an understatement. Continue reading Chadwick Boseman 1976-2020
The MCU’s Big “Eternals” Gamble
It’s said that those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it, and the MCU may not have studied their comics history as well as they should have. Continue reading The MCU’s Big “Eternals” Gamble
Paper Monsters & Other Imaginings
In my Elektra opus posted back in May, I touched on a story titled “Paper Chase,” from Daredevil #178, cover dated January 1982, but probably on sale closer to September or October of ’81. It was only recently that I realized there was another cool story published earlier this same year with this same title. Continue reading Paper Monsters & Other Imaginings
Joe Sinnott 1926-2020
Just fifteen months ago I posted about the retirement of Joe Sinnott. Now, sadly, I’m posting about his passing. Continue reading Joe Sinnott 1926-2020
Denny O’Neil 1939-2020
It was only two to three weeks back that I was trying to get in touch with Denny O’Neil. Continue reading Denny O’Neil 1939-2020
A Scorpion Off Baker Street
It’s early to mid-June, 1978, around the same time of year as right now. My aunt and uncle—still living on the first floor of the house, but getting ready to move to another part of town soon—are having a garage sale. Continue reading A Scorpion Off Baker Street
Mourning Becomes Miller’s Elektra
This one’s been on the to-do list for years, but I’ve been putting it off because I was anticipating it becoming another epic piece, akin to my Gwen Stacy Murder Case post. Continue reading Mourning Becomes Miller’s Elektra