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The Bronze Age: Marvel & Radical Christianity

Posted by: Preston Wheatley on: September 1, 2011

Today’s post gives me the opportunity to introduce a new category for Bronze Age comics I’ve called: “Love for the Bronzer”. You may not realize this, but Dr. Strange and the Man-Thing have have something in common: murderous Christians hate them. I suppose in Strange’s case it makes a bit of sense. Since the Julio [...]

Planet Comics #10: The Red Comet

Posted by: Preston Wheatley on: December 20, 2010

Hello, Readers! Jonny here. In my many readings and explorings of the Information Super Highway (that’s the Internet to you “Web2.0” Kiddies) I discovered a Golden Age gem from January 1941 called “The Red Comet” that was published in Fiction House’s Planet Comics. Planet Comics started in January of 1940 as a monthly magazine collecting, [...]

Oh fuck my life, I don’t even know where to start. Howard the Duck comics are meant to be absurd, but this is just ridiculous. Last week, I recapped the first half of 1996′s Spider-Man Team Up #5, featuring Gambit. This week, I’m here to guide you through the insanity that was Spider-Man’s team-up with [...]

Whoa. Ok, so I have this Spider-Man/Gambit/Howard the Duck team-up book that I picked up a Goodwill. (Someone’s ex-girlfriend or mom got some serious revenge, the pile of comics also had 2 near mint Watchmen #1s, a bunch of Akira including issue #1, and all four Miracleman trades PLUS the Neil Gaiman uncollected issues. For [...]

Batgirl #1 – Oh No, She Didn’t!

Posted by: Maggie_C on: August 22, 2009

This is a recap post. As such, it is SPOILERRIFIC. We clear? Okay. Batgirl #1 starts with a bunch of dumb boys racing to see who can stop just short of a wall while some gangleader takes bets on who’ll die, because criminals in Gotham are always psychotic or stupid. A bat-with-boobs swoops in, stopping [...]


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