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Out of the Vault – Contest of Champions
Last time, we discussed Defenders #62 and #63, in which an open casting call was given out for membership, which was answered by a lot of heroes. And although it was played for laughs, it seemed to have sparked an … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Defenders #62-63
Since we talked about The Defenders last week, I thought I would share a bit of another storyline. About a year before the issues which wrapped up the Omega storyline, I picked up a couple of random issues of The … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – The Defenders #76-77
This has been a long time coming. I’ve been intending to cover these two issues ever since I first started the Vault over at They Stole Frazier’s Brain in April of 2008. That first Out of the Vault was a … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Paper and Ink
Late post coming in, not to talk about any specific comic, but about the changes in the physical product since I started buying comics in the late 1960’s. When I was a kid, comics were still considered a throwaway product. … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Superboy Starring the Legion of Super-Heroes
So last week, we talked about a reprint book DC tried in the mid-70’s featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes. But why did they try to cash in with some cheap Legion reprints? Because Superboy, which featured revolving back-up features including … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Legion of Super Heroes
Many kids of my generation tended to choose one comics company over another. Most of my friends who read comics as kids were Marvel fans, for instance, while I avoided Marvel after my early experiences with it, until I was … Continue reading
Super Movies – Hulk, Part 3
Continuing our look back at Ang Lee’s take on the Hulk from 2003. The movie has finally gotten around to showing us what we’ve known was coming for almost 2 hours–that Bruce’s childhood trauma was watching his father kill his … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Superman #308
Two weeks ago, we discussed a Superman storyline from 1971 which supposedly ended in a permanent change to the character. Then last week, we saw the issue immediately following the end of that storyline, which seemed to have returned to … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Superman #243
So last week, we discussed the Sand Superman, an alien entity that came to Earth and stole much of Superman’s power in 1970, leaving him weakened. The storyline ran for eight issues (interrupted by a couple of reprint Giants), and … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Superman #238
I had come up with a plan to turn March into a green month for St. Patrick’s Day by covering green heroes like Green Lantern, Green Arrow and the Hulk, but the G-H box is apparently still in the Vault, … Continue reading
