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Out of the Vault – Lords of the Ultra-Realm
1986 was DC’s year, the year of Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’s Watchmen, as well as the final issues of Crisis on Infinite Earths and John Byrne’s reboot of Superman. But DC … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Star Brand
In 1985, DC Comics, worried that new fans were being put off by the convoluted continuity of the company’s universe, decided to hold a company-wide event, the Crisis on Infinite Earths, as a way to reboot, and therefore simplify, their … Continue reading
Super Movies: Adventures of Captain Marvel, Chapters 2-4
Continuing our recap of the very first onscreen appearance of a comic book superhero, Republic Pictures’ Adventures of Captain Marvel from 1941. As Chapter 1 ended, Betty and Whitey were in a car on a bridge that had been bombed. … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Marvel Premiere #50: Alice Cooper
One thing Marvel did in the 70’s to fight falling market share and become more relevant in the mainstream culture was to chase trends. When UFO’s were hot, they did alien books. When Satanism and demon possession grabbed the spotlight … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Captain Marvel #3
I dumped on Vince Colletta’s inking last week, so I guess it’s only fair that I post one of the stories where I think his inking really works well. Captain Marvel #3, cover-dated July 1968, is in no way a … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Fantastic Four #55
Since we’ll be wrapping up Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer tomorrow, I figured I would pull out this classic issue to revisit today: Fantastic Four #55, cover dated October, 1966. I did not buy this issue new. I … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Cybersuit Arkadyne
I love anime and manga, and for a long time, I was also a big cyberpunk fan. So it should come as no surprise that when I saw a manga-style comic called Cybersuit Arkadyne, I snapped that shit up. Cybersuit … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – John Byrne’s Next Men
Hard as it may seem to believe now, the X-Men weren’t always the gargantuan fan favorites they are now. They hung around on the fringes of the Marvel universe for years until Chris Claremont and the late Dave Cockrum teamed … Continue reading
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
