As of the time of this blog post Sasha is just about my favorite Comic Book Reviewer on YouTube. Her wit and insights are fun and informative and I am here for it all. Being an old man in the comics realm, who is pretty knowledgeable about pre Y2K comics, I find that I have […]
Action Comics No. 434
Dentistry Action Comics: I revel in goofy comic book covers from bygone eras. Don’t be like Superman… don’t forget to floss, kids!
Golden Age Black Cat Nagel Style
The Golden Age Black Cat. Playing with a Patrick Nagel pose for practice.
The Hostess with the Mostess Ads
The Hostess with the Mostess Ads… Today we are going to take a look at vintage Hostess advertisements in comic books. There is something about these old advertisements, they were quaint and entertaining. That is the thing about them, the entertainment factor. That sticks with you longer than the empty calories that the content would […]
Joan Lee: The Mother of the Marvel Age
Joan Lee: The Mother of the Marvel Age. It was a sad day for comics, on July sixth, 2017. That was the day that Stan Lee’s bride of 70 years, Joan Lee, passed away at the age of 93. “93?”, you may ask… “wasn’t that a full and long life?” Sure it was. That’s a […]
Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular
Is the Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular comic special worth your dime (multiplied by one hundred) or your time? Only you can answer that question for yourself. Ask me… well I’ll tell you. I can’t say enough about this comic, I could say too much, but I won’t. This is a love letter […]
Silver Surfer Vol. 2 No. 1
In 1983 my Father took me to my first Comic Book Convention at a Red Lion Inn in Sacramento, California. It was in the Summer and I was 13. He didn’t tell me where we were going and the destination was incredible to my then budding collector senses. It was at this convention, among and […]
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
The new Supergirl series’ cover art is amazing. It gives off art nouveau, Alex Raymond and Frank Frazetta vibes, all day long. I’ll pick one up and see how the contents hold up to the cover.
Dragon Lines
Having been on a casual deep-dive into Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, I was reminded of a defunct comic line called Epic. Epic was an imprint created by Marvel to showcase stories that were not code approved and more adult in nature. The first iteration of the imprint was released as a black and white […]
Marvel’s New Universe, Innovative or Fail?
Remember when Marvel’s New Universe was the coolest thing on the spinner racks back in the day? Yeah, me neither. Sure, bagging on the MNU is low-hanging fruit, and there may actually be fans of this imprint, I am not among them… yet I don’t go out of my way to hate any of these […]