They didn’t call it The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine for nuthin’! Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby

Truth and justice, as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons see it Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Superman Annual #11 by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

A grim, mordantly humorous series that captures the weary cynicism of its day Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Fallen Angel by Peter David and David López

There are good guys and there are bad guys Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Thunderbolts by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley

Remembering the first time the high-flying Falcon soared across a mighty Marvel mag Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Captain America by Stan Lee and Gene Colan

Up on the rooftop/ Click, click, click/ Down thru the chimney with/ Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man Continue reading My Misspent Youth — The Amazing Spider-Man #166 by Len Wein and Ross Andru

Remembering when Matt Wagner first brought his signature creation into the DC Universe. Continue reading My Misspent Youth: Batman/Grendel by Matt Wagner

The first Marvel Annual starring the New Mutants mixes space adventure with rock ‘n’ roll. It’s a lot. Continue reading My Misspent Youth — The New Mutants Annual #1 by Chris Claremont and Bob McLeod

The 1985 Thor Annual pits the thunder god against Marvel’s version of the Devil himself. Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Thor Annual #13 by Alan Zelenetz and John Buscema