Author Archives: Bob
Top 100 Summer Comics #14
I’ve mentioned Acts of Vengeance enough on here that really, I need to recommend you check it out. Marvel is putting out an omnibus so I’ll get that up at some point. But this corner of the meta-crossover was so good I often forget it was even consider a part of it. #14 – Uncanny [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #15
I talked about Iron Man and his rogues gallery yesterday. Here’s an example of a well placed oddball villain making for a killer issue. Had he become a regular, it would have ruined the moment. But that’s why comics are put out in single issues, and why it’s slowly becoming a lost art. #15 – [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #16
As a precursor to the fall DC project, I’ve been thinking about one of the weakest points of Marvel’s biggest heroes. Past the arch enemy, the big name rival, the selection of enemies are thin, broadly speaking. Spider-Man is good, let’s mention that. He’s got depth. But what other Marvel characters have a rogues’ gallery [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #17
For reasons now lost to memory, for the past four days I’ve had a wikipedia tab opened on my safari browser to the entry on Shinobi Shaw. I don’t know why. Throw me a Delorean and I’ll go back and ask Tuesday Bob, for now, I’m not questioning it. Just embracing. #17 – X-Factor 67 [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #18
Spider-Man is a great super-hero. I think, that as time goes by, he will age better than other super hero titans Batman and Superman. Why? He’s dynamic. Very dynamic. Think about this – Batman is a loner, dark, and edgy. When he’s played anything else, it either comes off campy or just straight up stupid. [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #19
The son, the father. Always an amazing dynamic. Easily the most cataclysmic family dynamic of the Marvel Universe. And when Marvel Boy’s father got to be a bit too abusive… well, as my friend Jason Scheller would say… “Click, Click, BOOM.” #19 – New Warriors 20 Maybe one of the most out of left field [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #20
In the ’90s, Iron Fist was wack. Real wack. He was stuck in the disco era, still rockin’ the open vest, ballerina slippers, and with no writer having ANY idea what to do with him. That said… #20 – Namor 16 John Byrne always did draw a MEAN Danny Rand. I would say in the [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #21
It’s easy to tell when a series is destined for a short lifespan. Even if it’s critically acclaimed, there’s NO way a Moon Knight series will ever make it past 50 issues. It’s just the way it is. More recently, everyone was treated to the IRON FIST monthly and it ran it’s course in under [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #22
Things that often don’t work together. Ghost Rider and super hero teams. Ghost Rider and crossovers. Ghost Rider and outer space. Ghost Rider and the future. Somehow, four wrongs made a right. #22 – Guardians of The Galaxy 13 So it’s not the Ghost Rider that you know. Regardless, it shouldn’t work. This story somehow [...]
