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One Foe To Create Them All
Getting in under the wire before reaching the end of Avengers Vol. 1 was the release of the book's 400th issue, a last hurrah of Earth's Mightiest Heroes before the team becomes engulfed in the coming...
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"The Doom That Went On Forever!"
The enigmatic and often hostile being known only as the Stranger has had run-ins or otherwise crossed paths with a number of notable and powerful Marvel characters and super-groups and, for the most...
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A Christmas Skinflint
Having Daily Bugle publisher J. Jonah Jameson play the character of Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" is such a natural fit that I'm surprised no one thought of it until 2004. That turned out to...
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The Old Order Changeth, Part 1--1963-1981
With all the fanfare and media frenzy that typically takes place before the announcement of a new Avengers lineup, it's a wonder that we didn't see more of that sort of story during the twenty-three...
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The Old Order Changeth, Part 2--1982-1991
OR: "Rage Meets His Match"(and then some) This week, the PPC has taken a look at the progression of Avengers lineup changes as seen through the eyes of not only news reporters but also the average Joe...
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Don't Touch That Phone!
OR: "Hi-yo, Silllver...!" After spending I don't know how much time configuring my new phone recently (remember when we only had to buy a phone off the shelf, take it home, and plug in the phone...
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My Mind To Your Brawn...
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE... The astonishing Ant-Man and the incredible Hulk have joined forces to battle a base full of Hydra agents (and no shortage of rats) who have developed a biological weapon...
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Crowd Control
Comics stories derive a good deal of their drama from groups or crowds of ordinary people being present while heroes go about their business in major cities or other populated locales, whether...
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Only Myself Left To Conquer
With no shortage in the PPC of posts which have highlighted the schemes of Kang the Conqueror, a character who continues to hold my interest to this day, it's probably no surprise that I felt drawn to...
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When Firemen Fear The Man Without Fear
With crowds of civilians often playing a major role in comics stories, you'd think that comics covers would be just as generous in featuring spectators witnessing a battle, or a face-off, or even...
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Ben Grimm Presents His Fantastic Four!
It might seem almost preposterous to consider a Fantastic Four team without one-half of it being Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, yet there have been instances when even Reed and Sue needed to...
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The Machinations of the Intelligencia!
Early 2010 saw the introduction of the Intelligencia, a group of villains who pooled their talents to make acquisitions of rarity and value and assist each other when needed, as well as stepping in to...
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Favorite Scenes: Doctor Doom!
This new series came about from doing what any comics reader might find him- or herself doing when a certain character comes to mind--reminiscing about those scenes in which that character appeared,...
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The Marvel Style Of Comics
Having gone down memory lane recently with a certain armored arch-villain, it seems fitting to shed some light on some of Marvel's relentless house ads, which were unavoidable when turning the pages...
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The Tenacious Return Of The Terrifying Toad-Men!
There are few if any conquering races more entertaining than the terrifying Toad Men, the Ferengi of space-faring conquerors who seem to strive to be taken seriously (even in light of their obvious...
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The Fantastic 3¾
Where YOU Weigh In on the Pros and Cons of a Character's New AttireFEATURING: Ben Grimm, the Thing Technically, the orange-scaled contraption which Ben is extricating himself from here was...
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The Crushed Plans of the Master Planner!
As time permits, I've been slowly working my way back through the Stan Lee/Steve Ditko Amazing Spider-Man issues produced during 1963-66, and one such story has always been on my radar to sit down and...
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Captain America No More!
In July of 1974, the culmination of a Captain America storyline by writer Steve Englehart and artist Sal Buscema finally hit the stands, at which time it arguably became one of the most memorable and...
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"The Monstrous Master Plan of the Mandarin!"
OR: "It's Every Avenger For Himself!" It was probably about five years past its original publication date of September, 1967* that I purchased a copy of the first Avengers Annual--a bargain at 10¢...
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