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Out of the Vault – 1963
I’ve been looking back over Steve Bissette’s blog (due to his linking to my old Vault article about D’arc Tangent a couple of times). His lament that 1963 will now definitely never be reprinted spurred me to dig out my … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Amazing Spider-Man #165 and 166
Okay, so last year at this time, I covered a Flash story from the 90’s that pretty much hit all the standard Christmas story marks. It had your bad guys ruining the season, a kid in danger, and some heavy-handed … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – The Crypt
One feature you often see on submission guidelines for sites seeking content is the things they don’t want to see, often because they see the same things so often that they’re bored sick of them. One of the first experiences … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Daredevil: The Man Without Fear #181
Since we’ll be presenting the conclusion to the recap of the 2003 Daredevil movie tomorrow, I thought I’d revisit one of the main issues of the comic that inspired the film, Frank Miller’s classic issue #181, “Last Hand,” written and … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Cyberpunk
Although the Europeans had been doing fully-painted comics for years in the pages of magazines like Heavy Metal, they were almost unheard of in terms of the big two in America, Marvel and DC, until the mid-80’s when Marvel’s Epic … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Chrome
As I’ve said many times, the 80’s was a seminal time in American comics, both in terms of the revitalization of the major publishers and in the rise of the many independent publishers who tried to broaden the medium. One … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Wonder Woman, Social Worker
Short one this week, sliding in under the wire. Like Betty Boop, way more people know the image of Wonder Woman than have any real familiarity with the character. For all that Wonder Woman is considered one of the Big … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Anarchy in Gotham
Remember, remember the Fifth of November and all that rot… [imageeffect type=”lightbox” align=”alignright” width=”300″ height=”457″ alt=”Detective Comics #608″ url=”https://www.herogohome.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Detective608Cover.jpg” ]It’s Guy Fawkes Day, which is a holiday with absolutely no meaning here in America, except that Alan Moore did this … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Matt Wagner’s Demon
In the 1970’s, faced with a precarious future, the major comics publishers jumped from trend to trend, trying desperately to generate interest and attract a larger readership. They tried hippies. They tried UFO’s when UFO’s were popular. And when there … Continue reading
