I love to pick up cheap trades at Cons, and at the recent C2E2 show I grabbed the second “X-Men vs. Apocalype” trade. This trade reprints the the “Twelve” story from the late 90’s early 2000’s, (I am too lazy to go look for the exact dates,) and while it isn’t a good store, it…
DetailsToday for your comic book collecting habit, I submit to you, DC Comics’ Metal Men # 45, cover dated May 1976. The original Silver Age Metal Men series ended with issue # 41, cover dated January 1970. Three years passed and then three reprint issues appeared (#s 42 through 44), then another three years pass and Metal Men # 45…
DetailsZombies have taken over comics, the mall, movies, and recently classic books by Jane Austin and Charles Dickens, and now they are coming for The Beatles! This takes place in an upcoming book, Paul Is Undead: The British Zombie Invasion, by author Alan Goldsher. Pocket books has announced it’s purchase of the book, which asks; “What if…
DetailsGreetings fellow Back to the Past fans. I’m back again, to bring to your attention a comic from the Silver Age (this time)! The comic in question, Not Brand Echh # 2, published by Marvel Comics and cover dated September, 1967. Yes that’s right, it would have been on sale during the summer of love, 1967! …
DetailsDC Comics Presents # 26, cover dated October 1980 starred Superman and Green Lantern, plus it also featured a Sargon The Sorcerer back-up story AND also included a sixteen (16) page new Teen Titans special preview comic story. WOW, all that for only 50 cents! The cover shows Superman being menaced by Green Lantern, who…
DetailsI read all the time about the death of the comic book. This argument takes many different forms. Some say that with the dawn of the digital age, that it is only a matter of if, and not when comics go away. Others argue that if the price on books continues to go up, comic…
DetailsAs promised, here I am to write about the second part of the DC/Marvel crossover begun in DC’s Aquaman # 56. That story was cover dated April 1971, and the second and final part of the story took place in Marvel’s Sub-Mariner # 72, cover dated September 1974. Yep, it took three years to finally complete. The writer,…
DetailsThis week I’d like to offer up the final issue of DC’s Aquaman, # 56, cover dated April 1971. The story is entitled; “The Creature That Devoured Detroit!” and it is written by Steve Skeates and beautifully drawn by Jim Aparo. The story begins with a “normal joe” coming home and turning on the television to watch Johnny Carson on The…
DetailsIDW Publishing and award-winning creator Darwyn Cooke announced an exclusive prelude to The Outfit, the second of Richard Stark’s Parker novels that Cooke is adapting. Cooke’s initial Parker release, The Hunter, has been a critical and popular success, appearing on over 50 “best of the year” lists as well as the New York Times best-seller list.…
DetailsOkay, this time around I’ll be writing about one of my all time favorite comic book runs, and that is Spider-Man # 31 through 33, cover dated December 1965, January 1966 & February 1966. The individual books are entitled; “If This Be My Destiny”, “Man On A Rampage” and “The Final Chapter”. Plot, pencils and inks by Steve…
DetailsThis time around, I’d like to write about issue # 148 of Superman, cover dated October 1961. Why would I pick this issue, you ask? Well, considering that next Thursday is April the 15th, and that’s the day that we all have to have our tax returns filed with Uncle Sam, it’s just appropriate, as one of…
Details(Thanks to Gary Kelly for this week’s guest column! – ed.) What makes a “high concept” in comics? It’s a term that you hear tossed around across the internet and in LCS’ across the country, but what exactly is a high concept in comics? I suppose one could argue that the response to the story…
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