Top 100 Summer Comics… #95
I was almost in a Romita Jr. state of mind, again. He had a pretty impressive run on IRON MAN, but what came to my mind when I thought of Tony Stark, only one artist comes to my mind. Bob Layton. He’s not the first. Probably not the best. But he defined the character with [...]
Secret Wars
As a kid one of my favorite comic series was Secret Wars. A mega-Marvel crossover that pitted the biggest heroes vs. the biggest villains for the whole shebang. It didn’t really make much sense… but that’s because it was primarily a toy-selling vehicle. Which makes sense, because the toys were AWESOME. My favorite of all [...]
Steve Englehart’s Fantastic Four. Emphasis on FANTASTIC.
A strange thing happened at Cumberland Farms on Loudon Road in Colonie in 1989. The Thing no more? Why is Ben Grimm standing there in that Man diaper?! It all happened in the pages of Fantastic Four #327. I was either skating at Guptill’s or on my way back from the Colonie Pool with my Pops [...]
