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Up The Long Ladder
When Jack Kirby turned in those first sets of pages for his new series, The Eternals, I wonder if he knew at the time that he was setting in stone the definitive evolution of mankind in the Marvel...
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Keystone Kops, Killer Clowns, and--Rocket Raccoon!
Now that the first trailer for Guardians Of The Galaxy is making the rounds, let's take a little trip back to May, 1982. It's the 20th anniversary of The Incredible Hulk--and writer Bill Mantlo and...
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Accent On The "Deadly"
Wow. All this time I'd been pronouncing her name as "GAMora"......only to now find out it's pronounced "gaMORa."(At least I got "Thor" right.)
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This Is A Job For--The Vision!
It's not often that you see one of the most powerful Avengers skipping an important pre-battle meeting and instead deciding that the best use of his abilities at this critical time would be as an...
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To Love, Honor, And Destroy!
When writer Roy Thomas decided to lead Reed and Sue Richards down the road of marital discord not long after he took over the reins of Fantastic Four, the door was certainly wide open enough to do so....
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Master of the Galaxy! Lord of Floss!
With apologies to artist Herb Trimpe, I always thought this was one of the most ridiculous-looking villains of all time:A big space energy blob with fangs. Not exactly awe-inspiring, is it. The Hulk,...
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My Father, My Foe!
The reunion between Drax, the Destroyer and Moondragon, self-styled goddess of the mind, took place with the best of intentions. Father and daughter, separated by death from an alien attack, had found...
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Build Your Brute The Marvel Way!
Back in the day, it didn't seem to be all that difficult to throw together the ingredients for a Marvel fight. Take Captain America, for instance. All you needed was a bitter villain/genius:Then, you...
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Battered By--Blockbuster!
Judging by this cover, it's reasonably safe to say that the Man-Brute didn't care much for retirement:He's also obviously still just as peeved as he was when we were first introduced to him, having...
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Buzz-Kill(er)
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??I know what you're thinking--"Sheesh, this guy looks like a human fly!" Your instincts are right on the money. Meet Rick Deacon, a punk who's on the run from holding...
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"It's Stompin' Time" Might Work, Gorgon
In a Marvel blog, you can never have too much clobberin', I always say. Which means it's time for another round of:Now, let's see--where did we leave off last time? If I'm not mistaken, I think an...
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No Pretty-Pretty Is Safe
In prior postings, we've already covered a little ground where, in the early 1980s, The Mighty Thor title was in a bit of a rut. Let me rephrase that. The title was in a sinkhole, one that seemed to be...
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When Villainy Is Woman's Work
I've never been sure why Marvel felt it needed to introduce another sand-based villain like Quicksand, given how the original Sandman was still on the loose. Granted that Sandman didn't have the most...
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A Change For The Worse
You could say that Fantastic Four #107, the issue where Reed Richards finds a viable "cure" for the condition of the Thing, falls into the "be careful what you wish for" category for both Ben Grimm as...
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Full Coverage
The "wrap-around" cover is probably a tricky thing to pull off. Presumably, a comic wouldn't draw attention to having a wrap-around cover unless the editor felt that it would not only generate sales,...
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Jean Grey Must Die!
I don't know how many of you recall the death of Jean Grey. Yes, you read that correctly--the death of Jean Grey. The real death of Jean Grey. The one that "took." It may not have prevented Marvel from...
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Ten Tales Of Terrible Titles!
I'd certainly be one of the first to admit that there are times when it's difficult to think of just the right title for a blog post--so just imagine a comic book on a monthly deadline, with its writer...
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No Rest For The Weary
The last time we looked in on Jean Grey, she had died."Again," you quickly point out. All right, fair enough.This would make three times Jean had died--though technically it was only twice, since her...
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This Old Realm
Or: "Who Needs A Workforce When You've Got Thor?"Let's say you're in Asgard while it's under reconstruction after the damage caused by the rampage of the Destroyer. If you're one of Asgard's finest,...
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Down With The Establishment!
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??Gary Gilbert is something of an activist, like his sister, Roxanne--only where Roxanne struggles for peaceful solutions to problems, Gary dons the super-powered costume...
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