Kree-Skrull War Review (1971-1972) What is the historical importance of the Kree-Skrull War story arc? It started a space war theme in the Marvel Universe (40 years in real time!) that is still referenced today in almost every major title … Continue reading
What was pre-Crisis Action Comics like in the 1980′s? Well, as a kid, I was raised with the pre-Crisis Superman aka the Bronze Age Superman. I also read his Silver Age digests and of course Action Comics #1, and was … Continue reading
The Man of Steel limited series (especially issue #1), was at one point the highest selling comic book of all time. I remember media outlets had a field day with John Byrne and DC rebooting Superman. Taken in context, the … Continue reading
Who had the best Fantastic Four run? Who had the worst Fantastic Four run? That was the question I wanted to answer myself as opposed to believing the talking heads and parrots with no perspective or hands on knowledge of … Continue reading
Which creative team (or writer) had the best Fantastic Four run for Marvel Comics? I just started Mark Waid’s Fantastic Four run, which the message boards at the time had heralded as “the best Fantastic Four run since John Byrne”. … Continue reading
Warning: this article is an informed generalization, okay? As I research all of my comics, I will eventually graph my hypothesis and present evidence either way. As someone who has read entire runs (with no skips) of Amazing Spider-Man, Incredible … Continue reading
Uber-writer Ed Brubaker and artist Steve Epting’s work on Marvel Comics’ underrated 8-issue limited series THE MARVELS PROJECT is absolutely amazing. I finally got my hands on all 8 issues from a friend, and have to say that Ed Brubaker … Continue reading
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL 2 #31 (#472) (actually more like musings) After perhaps 150 issues of …vintage 1990′s BAD STUFF (Return of Peter Parker’s Parents, Maximum Carnage, Maximum Clonage, more clones*, John Byrne’s Soft Reboot, Aunt May’s Death, Aunt May’s Return, … Continue reading
