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Tag Archives: Chris Claremont
It Came From the Back Room #37
Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items (these are featured at the discount racks at the west end of the store for two weeks after each post, and then go to the discount racks on the east end of the store for a few weeks, and then disappear into our warehouses, so get them while you can). I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (especially with the school semester in full gear), this amounts to a two-year … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel, News & Promos, Reviews
Tagged Alan Davis, Chris Claremont, Excalibur, Exiles, Judd Winick, Warren Ellis
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Fresh Eyes on Old Books #15 by Dan!
And we’re back! This week will be a special “dead Marvel characters” week at Fresh Eyes, so let’s see what I picked out. Oh! Spoilers ahead, don’t forget that. Strange Tales #105 from 1962 There’s nothing quite like a book where all the main good guys and bad guys do is narrate at each other. “I’m doing this!” “Well, I’m doing this which leads to this!” If people actually talked like this, I think we’d all be in a much better place, free of sarcasm and snark. The main story is all about the Human Torch in his huge battle … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Silver Age
Tagged Chris Claremont, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Gene Grey, Human Torch, Marvel, Phoenix, Professor X, Silver Age, Steve Ditko, Strange Tales, Uncanny x-men, Wolverine, X-men, Xmen
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It Came From the Back Room #11
Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (especially with the school year now in full gear), this amounts to a two-year project. I’m currently (and finally!) finishing the Marvel “M” stuff, and here’s the last title I’ve encountered: Marvel Comics Presents: MCP was started in mid-1988, and was a biweekly anthology series; it was likely a reaction to DC’s early-1988 move of Action Comics to a weekly anthology (no, kids, … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel, Reviews
Tagged Barry Smith, Black Panther, Black Widow, Bob Layton, Chris Claremont, Cindy Martin, Coldblood, Daredevil, Don McGregor, Doug Moench, Erik Larson, Gene Colan, Ghost Rider, Herb Trimpe, Hercules, Hulk, Jim Lee, Jim Starlin, Joe Madureira, John Buscema, John Byrne, Kelley Jones, Man-Thing, Marshall Rogers, Marvel Comics Presents, Master of Kung Fu, Paul Gulacy, Peter David, Rob Liefeld, Sam Kieth, She-Hulk, Spider-man, Steve Ditko, Steve Gerber, Thanos, Tom Sutton, Venom, Weapon X, Wolverine
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It Came From the Back Room #10
Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (especially with the school year now in full gear), this amounts to a two-year project. I’m currently on the Marvel “M” stuff, and here are some of the titles I’ve been encountering: Marvel Premiere: This is one of those institutions peculiar to comics: the try-out book, which a company uses to publish a couple of issues of a new series, and, if sales … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel, Reviews
Tagged Al Milgrom, Alice Cooper, Barry Smith, Black Panther, Black Widow, Captain America, Chris Claremont, Dr. Strange, Dr. Who, Frank Brunner, Frank Miller, George Perez, Howard Chaykin, Hulk, Iron Fist, Jim Starlin, John Buscema, John Byrne, Marvel Fanfare, Marvel Premiere, Michael Golden, Mike Mignola, Mike Ploog, Overstreet, Paul Smith, Silver Surfer, Simonson, Spider-man, Steve Englehart, Steve Gerber, Thing, Thor, Warlock, Wizard, X-men
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It Came From the Back Room #8
Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed (especially with the school year now in full gear), this amounts to a two-year project. I’m currently on the Marvel “M” stuff, and here are some of the titles I’ve been encountering: Marvel Two-In-One This is Marvel’s ’70s/’80s Thing team-up book, which lasted exactly 100 issues. Like all such books , it’s mostly done-in-one stories, and the pattern (Thing and guest-star meet, socialize … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel, News & Promos, Reviews
Tagged Bill Mantlo, Black Panther, Black Widow, Chris Claremont, Frank Miller, George Perez, Gerry Conway, Gil Kane, John Byrne, Karma, Len Wein, Marvel Team-UP, Marvel Two-In-One, Ross Andru, Sal Buscema, Sandman, Saturday Night Live, Spider-Woman, Steve Gerber, Storm, Thing, X-men
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