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 #26
This issue has a certain relevance, but let’s talk about the meat and bones first. Longshot, who doesn’t like him? Well, I bet a lot of people, but most people my age are alright with him. He was the original vapid alterna-hero. He basically is the archetype for Gambit, Every Image character ever, and many [...]
More Ashcans From Forgettable Comics
My last post stirred something deep inside me. I am now on the hunt for the most dated and irrelevant comic’s works I can find. Anyone can find forgettable comic books on ebay. I think it takes a master to find forgettable comics everyone remembers.Β Β I’m going to continue to mix theΒ ubiquitous with the obscure here, [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics… #75
It’s the day after America’s birthday. We somehow avoided an American themed 4th of July post, and I think we’ll stick with the neutral posts today. But somehow there’s something VERY American about Superheroes v. Superheroes. It’s not quite apple pie, but man, it’s one helluva tradition. Heroes are confused/tricked/mind-controlled and end up going at [...]
Those Who Forget The Past…
Remember in the 1960s, when DC Comics thought THIS was a good idea? No sexist star spangled bathing suit, no convoluted background… just a modern take on an iconic character. Remember how well that went? Even Gloria Steinem wanted the original version back. Well, this is Wonder Woman issue 600: What makes this issue notable, [...]
100 Days of Summer… Comics. #100
Hot day today, and many more in front of it. As I sat at work peering across a very large office at some very large windows, I thought about how I spent many summers as a kid. Playing football in the street, exploring the woods near my house both vast and… not so vast, and [...]
Punisher. Wolverine. Jim Lee. In the jungle.
Probably the work that put Jim Lee on everyone’s radar, Punisher / Wolverine : The African Saga is what it is. A great platform for a young artist to kick ass. The story is fine. I enjoyed it. But for the life of me, I can’t remember any of it. Help? Regardless… here’s a classic [...]
Art Proofs…
For some reason there’s a TON of artist proofs up on ebay right now. Maybe I haven’t been paying close enough attention, but this has hit my radar hard so I’ll have some observations on more than a couple. This one, for example, I would like to own. However, the price tag is a little [...]
Castle. Frank Castle.
The Punisher is one of the original “good guys gone bad.” A really stark contrast to even the Marvel characters, he’s been the basis for many comic heroes across the board, especially since he’s successful run as Marvel’s favorite anti-hero in the Punisher War Journal of the late 80′s. Jim Lee got some of his [...]
Poster Xtravaganza…
Well it’s just a couple, but they’re pretty damn cool. The very excellent cover of X-Men #2 and a cool group shot of such unbelievably popular mutant heroes such as Feral, Boom-Boom, Domino and Cannonball. Man, I hate Cannonball. So corny. I like every other member of the Guthrie clan ten times more. Show me [...]
