Category: Key Issues
Marvel is starting to leak news about its newly acquired FOX characters and today two Marvel characters closely related to the Silver Surfer are making waves (see here). The first is the Surfer’s overlord, the force of nature known as Galactus. The second is the...
If you’ve been collecting comics for even a brief period of time you’ve no doubt heard the term “key”. For example: “Giant Size X-Men #1 is a major key” or “Incredible Hulk #181 is the most important Bronze Age key comic”, etc. Maybe you’ve heard this...
Centaur Comics (or Centaur Publications) was founded in 1938 and lasted until 1942. It was one of the earliest publishers of American comic books with titles that are highly sought out today due to both scarcity and for historical reasons. In this post, I’ll look at...
The Red Guardian had a very short-lived career in Marvel Comics. He was the proletariat version of Captain America for the Soviet Union. Probably created more as a foil for Cap to spar against, than anything else. He nonetheless is appearing in a major motion picture and...
Why bet on a single character, when you can get three for the price of one? Such is the opportunity offered by DC Comics Presents #26, which has the first appearances of Cyborg, Raven, and Starfire. Few other key comic books contain the first appearance...
How is it possible, with so many DCEU movies already made, there has been no appearance of Darkseid yet? Strange as it sounds, we’ve gotten teased about upcoming Darkseid appearances and then disappointed time and again. That may soon change, but will the eventual appearance of...
The MCU is on the cusp of a new trend in superhero movies, and it sets the stage for two relatively obscure characters to make grand entrances. In other words, could Marvel's werewolves be coming to big and small screens? Phase Four is hinting that the MCU...
The Taskmaster has the potential to be the most interesting villain in the MCU. He first appeared in Avengers #195 in a cameo on the last page and had his full appearance next issue in Avengers #196. The script was written by David Michelinie and Kurt Busiek....
Blade!!! Hulk #181!!! There may be a saturation of the same few characters and books. Maybe. Not that there’s anything wrong with having cake all the time, but let’s try a bit of something else. To shake things up and add a bit of variety, here...
Last month The Eternals #1 hit the top of the Bronze Age charts edging out Secret Wars #8 and Amazing Spider-Man #252. This comic has huge potential to uptick from here. Recently at SDCC, The Eternals movie was confirmed to premiere on November 6th, 2020. This will...
