Author: Blaise Tassone
‘Listen and Understand. That Terminator is out there. It can't be reasoned with, it can't be bargained with...it doesn't feel pity or remorse or fear...and it absolutely will not stop. Ever. Until you are dead’ -Kyle Reese to Sarah Conner in ‘The Terminator’ (1984). Who would...
In the 1990s the two biggest comic book publishers (Marvel and DC) decided to do a cross-over event called ‘DC Versus Marvel’. Several comics were released where the plot consisted of the biggest heroes from the DC universe fighting their Marvel counterparts. Well, in this article...
The Ramones had a catchy rock song called ‘Animal Boy’ (which was the second track off their 1986 album of the same name). I suppose, if an Animal Boy were to grow up he would become an ‘Animal Man’. However, on a more serious note, in...
“He came to our city in the early dawn…Though later he would be called the finest warrior to enter our gates, at the time, he was but a curiosity…You see he stood only five hands high, had a lengthy snout, a long tail and was covered...
The archetype of the mad scientist or diabolical genius is central to modern comic books. Even in the Golden Age, writers seemed to sense how much readers loved to follow the exploits of the evil scientist. For example, when Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster introduced Superman...
It is a sign of exemplary craftsmanship that whatever a master craftsman works on they manage to imprint their unique signature style on the product. Moreover, for the consummate artist, the signature style is always preserved, all the while being adapted precisely to the needs of...
Speculation has gone a bit wild regarding all things Spider-man lately. With the recent price surge of Amazing Spider-man #212, we saw that even flimsy rumor can inspire a rise in prices in the Spider-man comics. Are there any other Bronze Age sleeper keys...
In this article I want to discuss the frequently overlooked, but highly collectible, Silver and Bronze Age Star Trek comics by Gold Key. These are comics you should keep an eye out for. They began publication in the Silver Age, a time when science and scientific...
The character of Alfred is such an intricate part of the Batman mythos that he’s been connected to almost every incarnation of the Bat. In some ways, Alfred is just as essential to the Batman comics as Robin, after all Batman’s gone through a fair share...
Do you remember that scene at the end of 2014’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy,’ where we see a talking duck in one of the Collector’s broken glass cases. For those of us who remember the Marvel comic, or the terrible 1986 movie based on it, we...