Your love letter to comics. I know what you are thinking, “shouldn’t the title be MY love letter to comics?” Admittedly this is kind of my love letter to comics, but the idea is that hopefully reading mine encourages you to think about yours. Comics are fun. There I said it. A lot of people … Read more
1. Immortal Hulk In my opinion this is the best Hulk book we’ve had since “Planet Hulk”. Al Ewing and Joe Bennet have made the perfect mix of horror and super hero comics. Bruce Banner is human by day and THE IMMORTAL HULK by night reigning terror on anyone who wronged him as Banner. This … Read more
There are three omnipresent questions in every comic guy’s life and yes we both call ourselves and will answer to “comic guy”. The sound of ripping tape triggers a Pavlovian response in every single one of us. Please don’t tell our significant others, as they will then have the perfect tool to insure that we’re … Read more
FFS, and comics. This should have a different meaning than what you’re expecting. Let’s talk about why you should love comics, why you should read comics, why you should collect comics: For Fun’s Sake. There is a derth of comic speculation going on right now and it has cast a pall across the industry like … Read more
So after over a decade of nothing important happening and sales dropping to the point of near cancelation, Marvel handed the struggling God of Thunder over to artist writer Walter Simonson. Simonson became a huge name with his award winning artwork on the Manhunter backups in the 70s. He was fresh off an exhilarating run … Read more
Being a kid most of the things you liked your parents did not get, that went especially for Pokémon games, tv shows, clothes, toys, movies and especially the cards. I still hear parents say it is all Japanese to me. If you haven’t been around since the 90’s or are completely oblivious to what popular … Read more
I was 6, or 2 years younger than my son Booker is now. I was sick, not an uncommon childhood occurrence for me as I was prone to regular bouts of tonsillitis. My father brought home 3 comics that night. I can recall the cover of 1 of them, the memory of the others is … Read more
Being a product of the 90s I watched the Spider-man animated series until my eyes turned red as a child. It was my first introduction to super heroes and the bad guys they fought over and over again. I loved every episode of the series and loved watching Spidey duke it out with each one … Read more
I first discovered comics with a Superboy issue found on a Chicago bus. Amazing Spider-Man #7 was the first Marvel to really hit me. It was issue #9 that started me collecting. Back in the day, issue numbers were meaningless. Stories had little or no continuity, and each issue could be read as you found … Read more
Tom King is leaving Batman. O.K., leaving might be a bit of a stretch. Words and rumors, suggestions and back-alley talk all point to him being removed from the book. He will end with issue #85, followed by a Bat/Cat mini series that may cover much of the material that would have finished his run. … Read more