A funny thing happened earlier this week. Continue reading Spider-Mex Redux
Category Archives: Marvel Comics
Happy Hell-oween!
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
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
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
A Super 82nd & Other Nostalgia
Yesterday was the 82nd anniversary of the publication of Action Comics #1—in other words, Superman’s birthday. Continue reading A Super 82nd & Other Nostalgia
Lightning Strikes Twice
This is a dog of two tails. Uh, I mean a tale of two dogs—one fictional and the other semi-fictional. Continue reading Lightning Strikes Twice
Man-Thing Addendum, Part Deux
In the last month, for no particular reason, I’ve been going back and picking at The Comics Journal Library 6: The Writers, which reprints old Journal interviews. Continue reading Man-Thing Addendum, Part Deux