Author: Blaise Tassone

by Blaise Tassone | August 23, 2019

Talk about a crazy week. First the Spider-man Sony/Disney fiasco stresses out many MCU and Spidey fans, and now, with the announcements at the D23 expo we learn that there are no less than three more Marvel Disney+ Shows than those we knew about. The new...

by Blaise Tassone | August 22, 2019

'Vampirella' and 'horror' go together like 'Superman' and 'cape and tights'. Although not as well-established a part of comic book history as the Man of Steel, Vampirella nonetheless has been around for a while. Debuting in 1969, as a spin-off female-Dracula with a sc-fi twist, the...

by Blaise Tassone | August 21, 2019

The hero best known as the second partner to Captain America, the Falcon, later became Captain America himself both in the comics and now in the MCU. Ever since the release of ‘Avengers: Endgame’, in fact, the Falcon’s key comics have seen a boost. Here we...

by Blaise Tassone | August 20, 2019

Spider-man is one of the world’s most popular comic book heroes. With rumors (just rumors, for now) circulating that Spider-man 2099 is being considered for a live action movie; and a Clone Saga based film (Ben Rielly/Scarlett Spider) is also in the works (see here),...

by Blaise Tassone | August 19, 2019

William Blake “Bill” Everett was a Golden Age comic book writer and artist best known for creating Namor: the Sub-Mariner. However, Everett was much more than the creator of Namor. An original who is the true...

by Blaise Tassone | August 17, 2019

Rumors are Hercules will make an MCU appearance soon. The super-natural direction, heralded by an upcoming Blade movie and the ongoing Doctor Strange films, means Ghost Rider may also make an MCU appearance. Although it’s too early for a best of 2020 prediction (still five months...

by Blaise Tassone | August 15, 2019

Ever since the announcement by Mr. Fiege in San Diego that Blade is coming to the MCU, I’ve been thinking about the possibilities for all the Marvel horror connections that might get some attention. Among those Marvel monsters is Daimon Hellstrom aka the son of Satan....

by Blaise Tassone | August 14, 2019

The topic of this blog post is Golden Records reprint editions of key Marvel Silver Age books. A reader recently wrote asking my opinion on these books (shout out to Mike for the email). In this post, after going over the data, I’ll try to assess...

by Blaise Tassone | August 12, 2019

Gone are the days when only issue #8 of Secret Wars was worth buying. A few years ago you would regularly find copies of most other issues of Secret Wars in dollar bins. Today there’s no issue from the original run that isn’t worth some money...

by Blaise Tassone | August 11, 2019

Will Namor the Sub-Mariner be the antagonist in Black Panther II? That seems to be most people’s bet right now, (see here). I was early in thinking Namor would be introduced into the MCU with a Black Panther connection (see my post, Earthquakes under...