Stegron The Dinosaur Man.
In my last post, I mentioned how some of my earliest superhero exposure was through the Spider Man feature in The Electric Company magazine. It was also my earliest exposure to one of the best worst Spider-villains ever: Stegron the Dinosaur Man. Love this guy. He’s basically the Lizard, only a dinosaur. Get rid of [...]
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 [...]
Ain’t No Fun Waiting’ Round To Be A Millionaire.
Especially when you look up comic book auctions on eBay all day long and get to watch auctions like these that you know are going to bring in some serious bank for both the seller and the buyer. This first auction is only at $76 right now, but given the spectacular condition, and the fact [...]
Random Comic Book Fridays #2.
Some good stuff this week on Random Comic Book Friday, where I enter “comic book” in the search field, hit enter, and post the first two things that come up. This week, it’s apparently all about Spiderman. This second auction is particularly interesting, as it’s a “chase” auction, where you pay your $19.99 and get [...]
When Stickers Were Awesome.
There’s a great Patton Oswalt bit about Tivo, in which he compares Tivo to a special needs child who desperately wants the scratch n sniff “Grape Job” sticker. Now, I was never a special needs child (yes, I know it’s hard to believe), but as a little kid, I too was often rewarded with stickers. [...]
Skinhead, Skinhead, flapping through the night…
I know skinheads got a bad rap in the 80s, what with getting slapped with the neo-nazi tag in every aspect of the media possible. But this is ridiculous. A skinhead who can turn into a featureless, amorphous blob of flesh… YET HIS SWATZI TATTOO REMAINS!!! Nazis/neo-nazis make great villains, and I understand why the [...]
Spider Man vs Wolverine.
One thing 1980s Marvel was good for was pitting their top characters against each other in mini-series and one shots. Fantastic Four vs X-men and Avengers vs X-men we’ve already discussed. And then of course there was this: Spiderman vs Wolverine. The old face of Marvel vs the new, so to speak. On the surface, [...]
Did I click the wrong link?
“Wait. Is this my daughter’s blog feed? Why is there a box of rings on this comic blog? I am not interested in this. BAH.” But wait… let’s pop the hood on this “fashion rings” disguise. BOOM! Marvel hero rings. I wish I could find a better image somewhere online but no luck. Looks like [...]
Spider Car, Spider Car… why the eff is there a Spider Car?
I never got the Spider Car. I don’t mean that I didn’t have that toy as a kid, cuz I did. What I mean is, even at 4, I never understood why Spider Man needed a car. Aside from the whole crawling up buildings and swinging across town on webs thing, there’s the fact homeboy [...]
