Author: Blaise Tassone
If you’ve seen Avengers: Infinity War (and at this point who hasn’t?), hopefully you stuck around for the post-credits scene. That scene featured the fallout from Thanos’ finger snap by which the mad Titan, wearing the infinity gauntlet, eliminates half of all life in...
Previously, I focused on the key comics that emerged as spinoffs of the mainline Superman titles. In my last post I looked at the Jimmy Olsen spin-off series and, before that, the adventures of Lois Lane - who also ended up with her own comic....
2018 marks the 80th anniversary of the character who started it all for superhero comics. I’m talking about none other than the Last Son of Krypton, Superman. It’s awe-inspiring to think that a character launched in 1938 could hold global interest so consistently for 80...
April was a banner month for all things Superman. The best-selling comic book last month was Action Comics #1000 which sold well over 400,000 copies. The best-selling hardcover graphic novel was Action Comics: 80 years of Superman. But it was a bitter sweet success for the...
Daredevil #1 (cover date April 1964) marks the first appearance of ‘ol’ horn head’ which makes him officially the last of the Silver Age Marvel heroes to debut in a regular series. This late introduction means that early Daredevil (especially the first six issues where...
Luke Cage Season 2 is on the way: A look at the comic book inspirations on the new Netflix series. Luke Cage Season One on Netflix was very well received. Comic fans should have been especially pleased with the way the show drew inspiration from...
Mark Millar is in the news today. In what might be a sign of things to come Millar’s new comic “The Magic Order” (first issue available June 13th) was directly commissioned by Netflix. Millar (who developed the Old Man Logan character, the Kick-Ass...
“My journey is ended! This planet shall sustain me until it has been drained of all elemental life. So speaks Galactus” The above words set up the denouement of the story “The Coming of Galactus!” published in 1966 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The...
In this post I want to take a closer look at some ‘off the radar’ keys that have important crossover appeal and are all linked to a major DC villain. This is a character of whom wide use has been made in animated series and...
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