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This Just Isn't Hulk's Day
Three scientists who had attempted in the past to create a powerful, perfect new breed of human which would facilitate their conquest of our world have reappeared to try again--only this time, to make...
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Something Fatal This Way Comes
Can YOUName This Marvel Villain??(With a tip of the hat to Scott Edelman for providing the drawing!) Continued »»»
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Mission To The Center Of The Earth!
When Roy Thomas kicked off his initial seven-issue run on Fantastic Four in 1972 with a look at their origin story as narrated by Ben Grimm, it seemed fitting that he would follow up with a story...
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Should Auld Connections Be Forgot
Though it may have been the only thing to be done in order for Marvel Comics to continue in the 21st century to make their 20th century characters the foundation of their publishing business, it's...
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"Spawn Of The Flesh-Eater!"
It's Spring, 1973--and while your humble host was finishing up his sophomore year in high school, two of Marvel's super-heroes were showing up in the frigid climes of Canada, though for entirely...
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This Power Denied!
At the close of 1969, Captain America's life was changed dramatically, about as dramatically as anyone could change it given the opportunity and the means. In this case, that person turned out to be...
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"And The Wind Howls... Wendigo!"
For a mythical creature, the tale of the Wendigo as told by Marvel Comics proved to be something of a success story in regard to its three individual yet connecting parts which spanned from 1973 to...
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Should The Hammer Be Lost...!
When Thor, the God of Thunder, arrived on the scene in the early '60s, Marvel had raised the bar in terms of a character who didn't succumb to mortal weakness and whose power dwarfed what Earth's...
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The Face Of Vengeance
While Tomb Of Dracula often spent quality time on Dracula's obsessions of revenge or power--whether it was his conflicts with Quincy Harker and his group, or furthering his goal of world rule by...
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"Every Hand Against Him!"
It's hard to believe, but as we've seen, even as bizarre a partnership as that of the Cobra and Mister Hyde was enough of a challenge to the God of Thunder to occupy a good deal of Thor's time and...
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"This Man... This Monster!"
"Quite possibly this may be one of the greatest illustrated epics yet..." A number of you who have read issues of Fantastic Four published in the 1960s more than likely recall a story from mid-1966...
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Within The Andes Wait... The Celestials!
It feels appropriately belated to make this admission fifty years after the fact, but I really had no substantive knowledge of or exposure to Jack Kirby's astounding concepts from his series The...
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The City Of The Space Gods!
After resolving to confront the mysterious Celestials upon learning of their impending judgment which would decide the fate of the planet Earth, the mighty Thor hasn't fared well in his all-too-brief...
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The Raging Return of... Blastaar!
While there arguably may not be much to recommend 1969's X-Men #53, it was really the issue's more notable distinctions which drew me to pull it aside and explore it. It's fair to say that the title...
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Prisoners Of The Fourth Host!
In 1979, when the mighty Thor made the decision to pursue and deal with the looming threat of the "space gods" known as the Celestials, his course took him to the Andes mountains in South America, and...
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"Today Earth Died!"
For its final issue in May of 1968, you can't say that Strange Tales didn't try to go out with a bang--the kind of bang, unfortunately, which portends the end of the world, as artist/writer Jim...
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Memories From Mimir
The 1978 Thor Annual takes place at a crucial point in Asgard's existence, with the Asgardians on the brink of facing their worst nightmare: Ragnarok, the prophesied twilight of the gods which will...
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The Spy Who Overtaxed Me
When Strange Tales ended its run in May of 1968, it served as a springboard which launched each of its two principal characters--Doctor Strange and Nick Fury--into their own titles the following...
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