I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. “Okay. Let’s try this again.” With lovely meta aptness, the Captain … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Captain Marvel by Kelly Sue DeConnick and David López

I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. In 2011, DC Comics embarked on the most ambitious initiative in … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — O.M.A.C. by Keith Giffen and Dan Didio

I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. In the late nineteen-eighties, getting the first issue of new comic … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Silver Surfer by Steve Englehart and Marshall Rogers

I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. In the early nineteen-eighties, daily newspaper the Dallas Times Herald had … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — The Uncanny X-Men at the State Fair of Texas by Jim Salicrup, David Kraft, Kerry Gammill, and Alan Kupperberg

I read a lot of comic books as a kid. This series of posts is about the comics I read, and, occasionally, the comics that I should have read. There are many reasons I feel fortunate in my timing in … Continue reading My Misspent Youth — Fantastic Four Annual #15 by Doug Moench and George Pérez