Before Civil War: When Tony met Spidey (Marvel Team-Up #9)
With Captain America: Civil War on the horizon featuring Tony Stark and Peter Parker, let’s revisit Marvel Team-up #9, a classic comic featuring both Spider-Man and Iron Man.
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Classic Comic Cover Corner – Amazing Spider-Man #123
The hip and colorful Hero for Hire, Luke Cage, was Marvel Comics’ attempt to capitalize on the popular “Blaxploitation” films of the early seventies.
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Classic Comic Cover Corner – Marvel Team-Up #9
Writer Gerry Conway envisioned racial divisiveness (apparently programmed into robots) 300-years into this fictitious future. Let’s hope and pray he was wrong.
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Classic Comic Cover Corner – Avengers #135
In decades worth of twisted comic tales, the Vision’s origin is about as convoluted as they come; but the new film streamlines the story in a respectful manner.
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Book review: ‘Marvel Comics 75 Years of Cover Art’ is not without its issues
This is a must-have tome that will likely be treasured for decades to come — but it does have some issues, and I’m not talking about the comic continuity kind.
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Classic Comic Cover Corner – Amazing Spider-Man #122
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie isn’t the first super-villain to cause chaos on the George Washington Bridge…
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Classic Comic Cover Corner – Amazing Spider-Man #41
Every Sunday morning we showcase a classic comic cover, complete with compelling commentary, for your cordial contemplation. It’s the Classic Comic Cover Corner! Amazing Spider-Man #41 – October, 1966 Cover art by John Romita Sr. This past Thursday we got our first glimpse of Aleksei Sytsevich (better known as “The Rhino”) in the first extensive […]
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Classic Comic Cover Corner – Amazing Spider-Man #139
Every Sunday morning we showcase a classic comic cover, complete with compelling commentary, for your cordial contemplation. It’s the Classic Comic Cover Corner! Amazing Spider-Man #139 – December, 1974 Cover Art by Gil Kane and John Romita, Sr. It was reported this week that scientists, well…scientist, anyway, have determined that the Abominable Snowman is not […]
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Classic Comic Cover Corner – Amazing Spider-Man #70
Our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man has always had trouble with the law, but this week truth, once again, proved to be stranger than fiction.
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Classic Comic Cover Corner (Mother’s Day Edition) – Fantastic Four #141
Every Sunday morning we showcase a classic comic cover, complete with compelling commentary, for your cordial contemplation. It’s the Classic Comic Cover Corner! Fantastic Four #141 – December 1973 Cover Art by John Romita Do you remember how when your Dad tried to shut down your mind before it went out of control and destroyed […]
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