Has there ever been a less anticipated – and more ground-breaking comic – ever released by Marvel Comics?
With the opening of “The Tomb of Dracula” in 1972, the company proved there was a mainstream audience for darker, more mature comics – with stories about a supernaturally cursed mass murderer who needed to feed on the blood of the living.
And what was the purpose of the Comics Code Authority again?
Continue reading “Dracula Rises – and the Marvel Age of Horror Begins!”
So you’re a time-traveling fascist.
OK, pretend you’re a time-traveling fascist … one whose many schemes to rule the world have all been thwarted by one heroic band of adventurers.
You’re trapped in the time stream. How do you while away eternity? What do you do for fun?
You travel across the years to watch how your foes die again and again.
Continue reading “Time After Time: Degaton Runs Out the Clock on the Justice Society”
Do not take “When Breath Becomes Air” on the train for your next commute to work.
Do not pull out “When Breath Becomes Air” the next time you’re eating lunch at work.
Do not pack “When Breath Becomes Air” into your bag for your next trip.
It’s not that you don’t want to be seen with this book.
Continue reading “Why You Need to Hide Your Copy of ‘When Breath Becomes Air’”
The story that never had to happen!
“Hero for Hire” scribe Steve Englehart decided he wanted to steer street hero Luke Cage’s adventures, just for a moment, into the mainstream Marvel Universe.
And what better way than by pitting him against the Big Baddie of the MU – Dr. Doom!
It could be an epic showdown for the ages.
Or something we’ll laugh about for a good long time.
Probably the latter.
Continue reading “Luke Cage Vs. Dr. Doom! And the Silliest Scene in the Marvel Age!”
Actor Charlie Carver, known for roles on “Teen Wolf,” “The Leftovers” and “Desperate Housewives,” recently came out in a moving series of Instagram posts.
He wrote, “As a young boy, I knew I wanted to be an actor. I knew I wanted to be a lot of things! It was around that age that I also knew, however abstractly, that I was different from some of the other boys in my grade. Over time, this abstract ‘knowing’ grew … ending in a climax of saying three words out loud: ‘I am gay.’
“I said them to myself at first, to see how they felt. They rang true, and I hated myself for them. I was twelve. It would take me a few years before I could repeat them to anyone else …”
Mark Perigard 