Last week, as you’ll remember, I picked on the forty five-year publishing history of DC’s Teen Titans / New Teen Titans / New Titans / Titans as an example of how publishers have gone from using issue numbers as solely a tracking device to a marketing tool. Continuing on . . . It’s ironic to…
DetailsThis week I bring to your attention, the original run of Marvel Comics‘ X-Men franchise. The comics are entitled X-Men # 100 and X-Men # 101 on the covers, though on the splash page it says The Uncanny X-Men in both books. Actually the original run was simply titled The X-Men through issue number 141 and…
DetailsLast week, as you remember, I spoke of how DC had managed to publish both Action Comics and Detective Comics not only on a regular basis for over seven decades, but also managed to keep those titles’ numbering intact; until this month anyway. But then I also mentioned that DC had no shortage of ongoing…
DetailsThis week I’d like to write about a comic book from Tower Comics, cover dated, November 1965, that comic is T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents # 1. It appeared on the stands alongside D C and Marvel Comics during the later half of the summer of 1965. It was a sixty-eight page book for only twenty-five cents. This…
DetailsUp until this month, the two longest running titles in comic book history, DC’s Action Comics and Detective Comics, were abruptly renumbered after managing to be published for 70+ years on a largely consistent publishing schedule. Did you realize that? There’s been a piece or two written about it on various comic-related sites, including this…
DetailsBonjour, and welcome back to this week’s installment of Greg Turner’s RETRO REVIEW. This week I present, from D C Comics, cover dated January 1965, Hawkman # 5. First off, it has a great cover, pencilled and inked by Murphy Anderson, showing Hawkman battling the Shadow Thief against a yellow background that really makes the…
DetailsDC Comics is halfway into their massive relaunch, and as most everyone would have expected, reactions are mixed. Some, myself included, has seen this as an effort that has gotten off to a strong start and made the DCU a far more inviting an entertaining place to hang out, even though we’ve just barely gotten…
DetailsIn today’s RETRO REVIEW, I would like to bring to your attention, The Incredible Hulk # 140 from Marvel Comics. This comic is cover dated June 1971 and features a nice Herb Trimpe cover. Personally, I don’t think Trimpe ever got all the credit he deserved for drawing the Hulk for as long as he did. His art…
DetailsShort on reading time, this week? Let us fill you in on all the detailed nuance of Hawk and Dove #1 in only 30 seconds. Ready? GO!
DetailsIf you’ve been reading DC Comics for the last few weeks, you might have noticed a strange shadowy figure lurking around the sidelines of the action. Who is this “mystery woman” and what’s she doing in the new DC universe? Here’s part 2 of 4 columns (Week 1 can be found right here) dedicated to…
DetailsIf you’ve been reading DC Comics for the last few weeks, you might have noticed a strange shadowy figure lurking around the sidelines of the action. Who is this mystery woman and what’s she doing in the new DC universe? Here’s part 1 of 4 columns dedicated to tracking this person and deciphering what her…
DetailsThere was a massive undertaking by DC. It involved dozens of new stories, a diverse array of the industry’s top talent, and was an impressive effort, the likes of which had never been done before. This might sound like some kind of veiled reference to the recent relaunch of all their books, but in fact…
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