(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…
With a cover, dated February 1974, DC’s Adventure Comics # 431, featured a new main feature, The Spectre, that great Golden Age hero with God given powers. This version of The Spectre was clearly God avenging spirit. The series was written by Michael Fleisher and beautifully drawn by the often under appreciated, Jim Aparo! Adventure Comics…
And here is the She-Hulk cover that Dave mentions. Not quite the same, but also from “The House of Ideas”, cover dated; December 1991. Or maybe that should be “The House of redo ideas”! This one is definitely poking fun at the Vanity Fair cover, if you ask me. Just check out the cover dialogue…
This review is actually covering issue #s 28 and 29 of Marvel Comics,Quasar, The Cosmic Avenger, but it’s the cover of # 29 I have chosen to show here. These books came out, cover dated November and December 1991. Quasar was a lower eshelon character in the Marvel Universe that had a small following and his comic…
Cover dated September 1972, DC Comics presented to the world Jack Kirby’s next original creation, The Demon, or as the cover touted: “Jack Kirby’s Startling New Epic”! Into his second year at DC, Jack’s fourth world series, encompassing The New Gods, The Forever People, Mister Miracle and Jimmy Olson were losing sales and readers quickly…
The short lived Atlas – Seaboard line of comics didn’t last very long, when they debuted in the mid 70s, but they did manage to publish at least one truly excellent comic, and that would be: The Scorpion # 1, cover dated February 1975. It was conceived, written and illustrated by Howard Chaykin and would have appeared on…
Welcome back! This time around I’ll be reviewing Marvel Spotlight # 2, cover dated February 1971. This book, from Marvel Comics, introduces Jack Russell, who becomes the title character, Werewolf By Night! The comic features an interesting, though uncredited, cover by Neal Adams. The comic itself is written by Gerry Conway and drawn by Mike Ploog, his…
Cover dated December 1971, Batman with Robin the Teen Wonder, appeared on the stands a few months before that date and likely just before Halloween. Which would have been perfectly timed, as this issue is a Halloween themed issue. It was written by Denny O’Neil from an idea originally by Berni Wrightson and added to by…
Hi again, this week I’m reviewing Strange Tales Featuring: Warlock # 178, a comic book from Marvel Comics, cover dated February 1975. The first thing we notice is a great cover by Jim Starlin stating “He’s Back! Marvel’s most unique, most startling Super Hero of all!”. Jim Starlin had only recently joined the ranks of Marvel artists…
Here is the second in a series of retro-reviews of Silver and Bronze Age comics for the Back To The Past Group Blog. This one is DC’s The Flash # 131, cover dated September 1962. Why this comic, you ask? The simple answer is that I just picked it up this past Wednesday, at the BTTP festivities of…