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. Much as I would have loved to be one of those … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: Micronauts by Bill Mantlo and Butch Guice
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. As Marvel Comics announces their next major crossover event, because the … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck
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. When I was in college, I knew a guy who insisted that his copy of Super-Villain Team-Up #12 was the only comic book he needed. The reason? It featured Dr. Doom and Red Skull fighting on the moon, and once you had that, how could anything else even compare? One of my favorite things about superhero comic books in the nineteen-seventies–especially those titles that emanated from the House of Ideas known … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: Marvel Premiere by David Kraft and George Perez
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. One of my favorite comic book artists when I was in … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: Nexus by Mike Baron and Steve Rude
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. Let me concede right up front that the term “youth” is … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: The Thing by Dan Slott and Andrea DiVito
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. As the list below the “Previously…” down there attests, I was … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: Justice League by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis and Kevin Maguire
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. I was a Marvel devotee from the very beginning of my … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: Avengers by David Michelinie and George Perez
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. I used to be a sucker for limited series. While this … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: Hawkeye by Mark Gruenwald
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. When the first Alpha Flight series was released, there was no … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: Alpha Flight by John Byrne
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. Besides the comics that I selected for myself in my youthful years, I always had access to a few stray issues that came into my possession by mysterious means. Comic books were purchased a little more freely in the nineteen-seventies. They were available practically everywhere and were somewhat likely to be picked up as impulse buys by teenagers and college students just looking for a four-color distraction. I never found a … Continue reading My Misspent Youth: Giant-Size Avengers #3 by Steve Englehart, Roy Thomas and Dave Cockrum
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