Welcome to week two of Comic Book Club! Each week, we will be covering a section of Sean Howe’s novel Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. This week, we are discussing Part II: The Next Generation (p. 109-202). Highlights from this section include: … Continue reading Comic Book Club: Marvel Comics – The Untold Story (Part 2)
Writer – Jason Aaron Artist – Javi Garrón I have been dipping in and out of Jason Aaron’s Avengers run and I decided to pick up the first part of “Enter the Phoenix” after Lenil Yu’s cover caught my eye … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Avengers #40
Writer – Tony Bedard Artist – Paul Pelletier “Superguardians Part One” My first trip to Eide’s Entertainment in 2021 was on Friday to pick up some comics I missed over Christmas break. I decided to dig through the dollar bins … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Exiles #87 (Dec 2006)
Fantastic Four #1 with bonus Rawhide Kid #26 Continue reading Marvel Librarian vs. the Fantastic Four
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Comic Book Club! For the next weeks, we will be covering Sean Howe’s novel Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. This week, we are discussing Part 1: Creations & Myths (p. 1-108). Highlights from this … Continue reading Comic Book Club: Marvel Comics – The Untold Story (Part 1)
Hey all! For those of you interested, we are introducing a new weekly feature that will run on Fridays. Comic Book Club is going to cover Sean Howe’s Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, the definitive text around the history of … Continue reading Announcing Comic Book Club – Starts Friday 1/8
Writers – David Michelinie and Bob Layton Artist – Ron Lim In May 2008, Marvel Studios released Iron Man featuring Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Summer belonged to Tony Stark with the release of … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Iron Man – Legacy of Doom #1 (of 4) April 2008
Writer – Kelly Thompson Artist – Elena Casagrande I traveled to Phantom of the Attic on Friday, December 11th to pick up a months’ worth of pull list comics. I always take a walk down the comic racks to see … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Black Widow #1
Writer – Donny Cates Artist – Iban Coello King in Black #1 ended with Knull tearing the symbiote Venom from Eddie Brock and dropping the lethal protector from the top of a high-rise building. Venom #31 picks up immediately after … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Venom #31
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Captain America’s 80th Anniversary Captain America made his debut on December 20th, 1940. The Sentinel of Liberty inspired a nation during World War II and still fights for truth … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Captain America’s 80th Anniversary
Writer – Donny Cates Artist – Ryan Stegman Chapter One – Reign The Symbiote god Knull has made his way to Earth and it will take the combined might of Venom, Spider-Man, and the Avengers to stop him and his … Continue reading Comic Book Review – King in Black #1
Marvel Comics will be publishing an Alien series in March 2021. The press release on the breaking news can be read here. What are your thoughts on this? How soon will we see Marvel Superheroes fighting against these slimy, perfect … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Alien Xenomorphs Invading Marvel Comics
Writer and Artist – Howard Chaykin Color Artist – Jesus Aburtov I started my Christmas shopping a few weeks ago to get ahead of the holiday rush. I went to visit the Geekadrome today to buy a comic book with … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Marvel Snapshots: Spider-Man
Writer – John Ostrander Artist – Bryan Hitch Preacher’s wife Hannah Connover has a secret: she has the ability to heal people’s pain and suffering just by laying her hands on them. This may seem like a gift from God. … Continue reading Comic Book Review – X-Men – Brood: Day of Wrath #1 (of 2) Sept 1996
Writer – Greg Pak Artist – Ben Oliver After the events of Secret Invasion, Norman Osborn was installed as the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. He disbanded the super-spy agency and created H.A.M.M.E.R. in its place. The heroes of the Marvel Universe … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Dark Reign – The List- Hulk #1 (Oct 2009)
Christopher Hastings – Writer Langdon Foss – Artist I was sorting through comic books once again last weekend and I came across Vote Loki #1. I put it away but I decided to give it a read through on the … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Vote Loki #1 (Aug 2016)
Werewolf By Night #1 (of 4) Writers – Taboo and B. Earl Artist – Scot Eaton Taboo and B. Earl introduce a new Werewolf by Night to the Marvel Universe. This incarnation is a young teenager named Jake, a Native … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Werewolf By Night #1
Writer – Greg Pak Artist – Cory Smith Sometimes you’ll look at the comic books on the display rack and a cover immediately jumps out at you and you reach out and pick up that comic book, buy it, and … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Weapon H #4 (June 2018)
Morbius the Living Vampire #6 Writer – Len Kaminski Artist – Ron Wagner My friend went to Gettysburg to tour the battlegrounds for a week and during her downtime, she looked around the local shops, one of which was a … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Morbius the Living Vampire #6 ( Feb 1993)
Writer – Tom DeFalco Layouts – Gary Hartle Finished Art – Milgrom and Yates “Beware the Bloodaxe” As an avid comic book reader, there are many blind spots that I have encountered over the years. There may have been a … Continue reading Comic Book Review – The Mighty Thor #451 (Sept 1992)
Amazing Spider-Man #101 Writer – Roy Thomas Artist – Gil Kane “A Monster Called…Morbius!” Back in September when I was going to pick comic books to read and review on the Road to Halloween, Amazing Spider-Man #101 immediately came to … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Amazing Spider-Man #101 (October 1971)
