Author: Mwilliams5

Hidden Treasure in Invaders #20?

The Invaders title is one of those forgotten series of the Bronze Age. It is a great idea, telling stories from WWII with Marvel's (Timely's) original Golden Age heroes teamed up. It is just one of those series you hardly ever hear of, and aside from Invaders 1 and

Going Rogue

Going Rogue With the X-Men back at Marvel Studios, it will be interesting to see how Marvel's strategy for reintroducing audiences to these characters plays out. It appears the aim is to slowly weave characters in through other movies before culminating in an official X-Men movie. For...

Wolverine and his decade defining new look

When we think of Wolverine we picture that yellow and blue costume that has been his primary, iconic look for most of his history. He started with this look, he has had this look for the last 30 years However, there was an...

Wolverine Milestones Part II

In Part I of this post, I shared the issues that introduced the indestructible metal, Adamantium, and the fact that Wolverine's claws come from his body, not his gloves. In this post, I will cover three more important Wolverine character concepts and the issue they debuted...

Wolverine Milestones Part I

Wolverine is among the most popular comic book characters in the world. His first appearance in Hulk 181 is now firmly cemented as one of the "grails" in comic collecting. Like other household names such as Superman and Batman, all the familiar things about the character that...

Hulk 181: Collecting the ads

Incredible Hulk 181 has become such a significant issue in comic book collecting that even books that have the ads for this issue are desirable. This is not without precedent. For example, Action Comics 12 contains an ad for...

Sub-Mariner - The Most Classic Choices

The Sub-Mariner will most likely be debuting in the MCU during Phase 4. Marvel recently got the rights back to the character, and there was an Easter Egg reference in Avengers End Game. Here are some of the books to consider investing in....

U.S. Agent's potential for rich story telling

With Falcon And The Winter Soldier no longer planning to be released before the end of the year, we are still looking forward to the MCU's rendition of U.S. Agent. Marvel Studios cast Wyatt Russell, a relatively unknown actor, to play John Walker. This is exciting because...

U.S. Agent books to invest in

Captain America #321 was the best selling issue due to its cover showing Cap bustin' caps, wielding a firearm. Writer Mark Gruenwald said they received a lot of fan mail wanting Cap to be depicted more like an anti-hero. These fans wanted a new Cap...

Respect Shown in Unofficial DC/Marvel Crossovers

The rivalry between Marvel and DC has led to some cool crossover events. We have gotten to see our favorite heroes slug it out, such as 1996's Marvel Vs. DC, or twenty years earlier with Superman Vs. The Amazing Spider-Man Treasury. These are just some...