Remember the time Iron Man met the Angel? I wish I could forget
Despite coming from Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Tales of Suspense #49 is a mess. Like a lot of the early Marvel I’ve been rereading, it makes me feel the …
Author: frasersherman
“Say his name and even Superman shakes!”
For years, I’ve suffered the frustration of having Action #351 and #353 — the first and last parts of a continued story — without the middle section. Just last week, I rectified …
Jeffty Is Five … and I’m Sixty-Three
When I read Harlan Ellison’s Jeffty Is Five back in 1978 (in Terry Carr’s collection The Year’s Finest Fantasy), it blew me away. When I reread it a few years ago (this …
This used to be so damn cool
Groundbreaking stories or concepts often have a short shelf life. Frequently they’re upstaged by someone who does the same thing better. Sherlock Holmes wasn’t the first private detective nor Tarzan …
Still fast, still furious: Fast and Furious 6-8
Following up on Monday’s post about the Fast and Furious films, I resume here with Furious 6 (2013). After pulling off the heist of Fast Five, the team has settled comfortably …
Fast, Furious, Successful: The Fast and Furious Franchise (part one)
I’m not a car guy — if I acquired super-speed I’d be happy never to drive a car again — but last year I decided to work through the Fast and …
Mutants and missiles, selfish heroes and a crisis: more stories from 1963
In one of my previous Silver Age posts, I pointed out that in July, 1962, Stan Lee used a Circus of Crime in two different books. A year later, I …