Spider Man Lot.
As a child of the late 70s, some of my earliest superhero exposure came from Spider Man’s Electric Company appearances, both on the tv show and in the magazine. Mainly the magazine. As this was the 1970s, the company line was to draw Spidey exactly like John Romita did, which explains why to this day [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #12
So if you have been detached from the comics world for a minute, lemme catch you up. Essentially, the Scarlet Witch flipped the entire world inside out and created an alternate reality before reverting to the one we know and love… except that now there’s a whole lot less mutants. (I would go with the [...]
Top 100 Summer Comics #13
Bad luck is for suckers, so here’s #13. Alan Davis bangs out one of the best annuals. Maybe the coolest X-book that doesn’t really feature any true X-Men. New Mutants? Check. Pre-Ninja Psylocke? Check. O.G. Excalibur? Check. Doug Ramsey saving the day? DOUBLE CHECK! Here’s the thing – I never liked Doug Ramsey. He sucked. [...]
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 [...]
Savagery is My Drug of Choice
Typically, I don’t lust for inanimate objects. I once saw a Frank Quietly illustration of Emma Frost that moved me, but it was during a time of great drought in my sex life. This auction inspires lust. I am salivating looking at it and debating doing criminal shit for the money to buy it. Buy [...]
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 [...]
