by Doc Schaefer | Mar 26, 2025 | Docs Corner, Reviews
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS THE MUMMY #1 IMAGE COMICS Image Comics has moved onto the Mummy. After bringing us tales of Dracula, Frankenstein, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon, we next head to Egypt. While I must admit that I find the omission of the Wolf Man odd,...
by Doc Schaefer | Mar 19, 2025 | Docs Corner, Reviews
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS #12 FACSIMILE EDITION I truly wonder if DC really thought this 12 part little gem was going to solve their multiverse problems. Generations of readers watched as Marv Wolfman, George Perez, and Jerry Ordway brought their tale to a close....
by Graham Crackers | Mar 18, 2025 | Articles
“Two pretty okay articles for the length of one” The Big Two Debate: Who’s Actually Better? Being a relative newcomer here at Graham Crackers, I feel like the world of working in comic retail is still fresh to me. However, as I approach my first full year at ye olde...
by Doc Schaefer | Mar 12, 2025 | Docs Corner, Reviews
THE HERCULOIDS #1 DYNAMITE PUBLISHING Another of Alex Toth’s genius creations for those of us sitting in front of the television on Saturday mornings from 1967-1969. Put out by Hanna-Barbera, the adventures were typical cartoon fair for the time period even...
by Graham Crackers | Mar 11, 2025 | Articles
It’s 2000 and I’ve recently started going through back issue bins at my local flea market grabbing as much 90s Spider-Man related series as my lawn mowing earnings would allow. One weekend I spend at my Grandmother’s and she surprises me with a copy of Ultimate...
by Graham Crackers | Mar 5, 2025 | Articles
Since the creation of the Fantastic Four in 1961, the succeeding Marvel Universe has been often marketed as “The world outside your window”. One of the key factors that set Marvel apart from the distinguished competition was that the colorful characters of Marvel...
by Doc Schaefer | Mar 5, 2025 | Docs Corner, Reviews
JSA #5 DC COMICS Writer Jeff Lemire’s story has, after five issues, proved to be rather hit or miss. I’m not sure if starting off a new series with a spy amoungst them and a general break down of the team is a great introduction. The older heroes seem...
by Doc Schaefer | Feb 26, 2025 | Docs Corner, Reviews
JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED #4 DC COMICS Four issues in and Writer Mark Maid proves he is not willing to bypass characters for the sake of a world ending story. As the plot of terrorist organization, Inferno, is hardly noticeable as Tefe Holland tells the Justice...
by Graham Crackers | Feb 26, 2025 | Articles
Disclaimer-Every event described here happens in the following book Animal Pound, and this article is describing only those events in a fictional graphic novel. Any similarity to persons or events living or dead is purely coincidental. Tom King and Peter Gross...
by Doc Schaefer | Feb 19, 2025 | Docs Corner, Reviews
CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTH #11 FACSIMILE EDITION We’ve returned to that “What the hell did we do?!” moment in the Crisis saga. The multiverse is gone and only one remains (at least that’s what we were lead to believe). And Marv Wolfman, George...
