The first draft of my recent Ghost Rider article for Back Issue had a much more extensive history of the character, including all kinds of minutiae and boring plot details of nearly every comic in which he appeared. (Cheap plug: A list of all those comics was provided in my last blogpost.) Much of this was due to an overly slavish response on my part to an editorial request to include everything. Continue reading Marvel Madness in the 70s
Tag Archives: 1970s
Ghost Rider Chronology
In honor of the publication of my Ghost Rider article in the pages of Back Issue #95 (on sale now!), I’ll be putting up some supplemental material here on the blog homestead. Continue reading Ghost Rider Chronology
“Disco of Death!”
It’s a paradox. Continue reading “Disco of Death!”
Happy New/Old Year!
I tend to save my old calendars, assuming they have any aesthetic value at all. Continue reading Happy New/Old Year!
A Very Spidey Christmas
A recent post to one of the comics groups I follow on Facebook lamented the presence of Stegron in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man #166 (cover date of March 1977—but on the racks in December of ’76). Continue reading A Very Spidey Christmas
The Vision
Alright, so I finally gave up—I could not find that article I was looking for. Continue reading The Vision
Herb Trimpe 1939-2015
On Monday we lost one of the big ones—particularly for those of us who came of age in the 70s and early 80s. Continue reading Herb Trimpe 1939-2015
Man-Thing Addendum
As fate would have it, mere weeks after finishing up my multi-part Man-Thing opus, TwoMorrows finally… finally put out the “Swamp Men” book they’d been promising for the last DOZEN years. Continue reading Man-Thing Addendum
“Pop Goes the Cosmos!”
NOTE: This is the eighth and final installment of a multi-part series of posts examining Steve Gerber’s final arc on the 1970s Man-Thing series. Continue reading “Pop Goes the Cosmos!”
“A Lunatic on Every Corner!”
NOTE: This is the seventh part of an eight-part series of posts examining Steve Gerber’s final arc on the 1970s Man-Thing series. Continue reading “A Lunatic on Every Corner!”