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And The Award of "Most Rejected" Goes To....
In 1984, not long after I'd turned 27, the second Ka-Zar solo series folded with its 34th issue--lasting fourteen issues longer than its previous bimonthly title published from 1974-77, whatever that...
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In Defense of... Magneto!
No doubt "The Trial of Magneto" from late 1985 was anticipated on a number of levels by those of us who were following recent issues of Uncanny X-Men, where readers had lately been seeing the Master...
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Judgment Day (Or Not)
As an unofficial encore to Captain Marvel's role as chairwoman of the Avengers during writer Roger Stern's run on the title, those of you who have followed Stern's Marvel work and were fans as well of...
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Homecoming
As a transition issue that sees the X-Men return from Canada following their retrieval of Wolverine from Alpha Flight, and prior to their first engagement with the assassin-for-hire known as Arcade,...
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Bonus Features: Spider-Annuals, 1964-1999
Aside from rogues' galleries, pin-ups, and, in all too many cases, reprinted material, a staple of Marvel "king-size" annuals has been the informative bonus features that came in the form of exploring...
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Wrath of the Proletarian!
OR: "Whole Lotta SFLANNGin' Goin' On" Previously, we'd been taking a look at a mid-1979 issue of Uncanny X-Men which catches up with the team following their return to the states from Canada and...
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Earth's Mightiest Strike Team
It's been over twenty years since Marvel launched its new line of books based on familiar Marvel characters but whose lives and origins were recycled to exist in another universe--an effort...
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War For A World!
Given their extremely long life span, it was inevitable that the population of the planet Rigel would come to realize that at some point their numbers would begin to threaten their existence due to...
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The Marvelous Wizard Of Oz!
I was literally nonexistent when "The Wizard Of Oz" premiered in 1939, but caught it in one of its many (and, at the time, annual) reruns on the small screen. Bowled over by the story (adapted from L....
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Battleground: Detroit!
We've come to the conclusion of a five-part story arc in the pages of Invincible Iron Man that has a lot riding on the outcome--specifically, the fate of two worlds, threatened by the actions of a...
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Accept The Word Of One Who Knows
As a fan of the original Guardians of the Galaxy since their inception, I was bound to take an interest in Starhawk, the enigmatic individual who was folded into their ranks following the Earth's...
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The Recurring Avenger
Fairly early in their career (around the late 1960s), the Avengers had certain misgivings about offering membership to Natalia Alianovna "Natasha" Romanova, better known in espionage circles as the...
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The Legacy of the Black Widow
Recently we've been tracking the involvement of Natasha Romanoff, the Black Widow, in the ranks of the mighty Avengers: First, her long road to formal membership on the team, only to then reconsider...
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The Erstwhile Marvel Man
During the early 1990s, there were a number of stories in The Avengers which featured the man we eventually came to know as Quasar, who as Wendell Vaughn actually dates back to the late '70s but who...
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Death(urge), and Rebirth!
As a companion piece to the PPC's recent profile on Quasar--the 1989 hero patterned after Bob Grayson, the early 1950s adventurer known as Marvel Boy--we now circle back to take a closer look at those...
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No Rest For The Weary at Greymoor Castle
In 1941, Greymoor Castle, located in (at that point in time) the most desolate part of northern Britain, became the site of "one of Captain America and Bucky's greatest battles," as Cap himself would...
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Target: Magneto!
The 1980s were a seesaw of change in regard to the man known as Magneto, the mutant master of magnetism, whose cruel and brutal brand of villainy reaches back almost sixty years. Beginning in 1981,...
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"A Monster Called... Morbius!"
On the heels of the 100th issue of Amazing Spider-Man came the introduction of Morbius, the "Living Vampire" who became one of the living dead through scientific means, rather than through sorcery or...
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The Next Chapter of Hercules, Hero of the Ages
There have been so many attempts at providing a solo series to Hercules, the self-designated Prince of Power, that it's easy to discount them, often on sight alone. What will this one bring to the...
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