There was a time Holmes battling Lovecraftian horrors would have been unusual
Which is how I came to write my first published story back in 1983. Not that I’m claiming The Adventure of the Red Leech was the first such crossover — …
Author: frasersherman
Wonder Woman, Power Girl and Black Canary
I picked up Wonder Woman #1 by Tom King and Daniel Sampere (cover by Sampere, I believe) because King’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow was amazing. I hate King’s Batman and …
The Shield of Steranko!
When Jim Steranko jumped to Marvel from the advertising world, he brought a very different style of illustration with him. He started out inking Kirby on the SHIELD strip in …
Three views of the Thing and a thought about Alicia Masters
First this scene, from Fantastic Four #60 (Stan Lee, Jack Kirby), the ending issue of the FF’s epic, multi-part battle with Dr. Doom, amped up by the power of the Silver …
Just filling pages? Maybe
In one way “filler” is an odd word to describe a given comic-book issue. It’s the nature of the medium that you have to have something to fill next month’s …
A minor (but mighty!) Marvel landmark
Following the Kingpin’s debut in Amazing Spider-Man #50 we have him meet and defeat Spider-Man the following issue. #52 resolves his introductory arc with Spidey turning the tables. In addition …
Daredevil vs. the live volcano, Baron Zemo … and Stan Lee?
Back when Marvel’s Essentials came out, I’d flip through the Silver Age Daredevil and conclude, time and again, that Gene Colan’s art made them look way better than they really …