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Identity Crisis!
A running mystery during the years of 1964-66 in the Amazing Spider-Man book was: Who is the Green Goblin? Always donning or discarding his fright mask in shadow or standing behind an object that...
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The Final Fate Of The Andromeda!
When we left the hapless crew of the Andromeda, a space vessel dedicated to hunting and destroying the energy being known as Klaatu, it frankly looked like its hunting days were over. Mortally wounded...
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Holy Markup, Batman
What in the...?"Facsimile" editions? Collectible reprints?Is this some kind of joke?
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Enter: The Master Of Black Magic!
When it comes to comic book stories, less can be so much more--and I know of no finer example of that time-tested idiom than a story premiering in mid-1963 which featured the first appearance of the...
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Beware The Return of... Mordo! (Or not.)
Even though I recall my first Dr. Strange story, it would be awhile before I would flip through the character's debut appearance in 1963. As with other Marvel characters that I became exposed to, I had...
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Monster vs. Monster!
For us, the time was late 1973--but for a certain comics character, it was the 1890s, when the Frankenstein monster roamed through Europe, seemingly doomed to face a mixture of panic and persecution...
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The Unknown Soldier
The concept of the Winter Soldier, introduced by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting in the fall of 2005, played out well in both the Captain America comic and its film adaptation nine years later--with the...
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Stranger In The Sanctum
On rare occasion, there have been instances where the Master of the Mystic Arts, Dr. Strange, faced "himself" in battle, though in each instance the culprit turned out to be Baron Mordo in...
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Will-'O-The-Wisp!
The introduction of Will-O'-The-Wisp, a character brought to comics by writer Len Wein and artist John Romita (the concept taken from a fanzine Wein was connected with around 1966), appeared to be...
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...In Battle We Join!
Believe it or not, there was a time when the Sub-Mariner and Iron Man had mutual respect for one another--but the last we may have seen of it was in 1979, in a two-part story that saw Tony Stark's...
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Thou Shalt Not Imitate
While browsing the comics rack, there are occasions when an issue's cover might have one feeling compelled to pick up a mag out of sheer curiosity. In mid-1967, there were surely more than a few...
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Prey Of The Vulture!
When a hero is on the injured list, we as comics readers often find ourselves counting the days until their recovery, at times feeling as debilitated as the fictional character who leaps into the fray...
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Day Of The Avengers... Day Of Death!
The celebrations of Avengers Day have been few and far between on the printed page since its proclamation in the fall of 1967--but in 1998, writer Kurt Busiek and artist George Perez arguably make up...
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What Immortus Has Joined Together...
In 1989, the once-thriving marriage of the Scarlet Witch and the Vision began to fall apart, starting with a shocking sight which no wife in the real world has likely had to witness involving their...
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The Party With Punch
OR:Today the PPC takes the rest of the year off to enjoy the holidays--we'll see you back here in 2020!Wishing You the Joys of the Holiday SeasonfromThe Peerless Power of Comics!
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Fantastic New Year!
Good grief, who invited these gloomy Guses?That's the spirit, kiddo!From the Peerless Power of Comics (and hopefully the FF!)--
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Thing vs. ... Hulk!?
Happy New Year, everyone! What do you say we all kick some derrière in 2020?And to start things off, let's look in on two of the biggest butt-kickers around:The Incredible Hulk, in his role as Vegas...
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When Titans Marathon
(All right, I know it's not a verb--artistic license, guys!)Having unknowingly defeated none other than the Hulk in a battle of strength vs. strength, the member of the Fantastic Four known as the...
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History, Hilarity, and Hembeck
If you've ever hoped to see a meshing of a Marvel story with wall-to-wall puns, you could dig through your old copies of Not Brand Echh--or you might instead treat yourself to Fred "Knees" Hembeck's...
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