The rest is still unwritten
This week I finished rereading the small number of New Mutants issues I still have (I gave a lot of stuff away some years back to a now-defunct program auctioning …
Tag: Chris Claremont
It’s embarrassing that I missed this
I’ve been rereading my old X-Men — that is, the Len Wein/Dave Cockrum-created New X-Men — for a while now and recently reached X-Men #183. I remembered disliking it and …
Comics You Should Own – ‘X-Men Unlimited’ #1-3, 5, 7-11, 14, 18-19, 31-33, 35, 37-38, 40, 43
So many short stories, people!
A trickle that became an overwhelming flood: New Mutants
Reading the New Mutants’ debut in their eponymous 1982 graphic novel is really strange forty years later. Not that it’s aged badly. The story of Professor X reluctantly recruiting a …
Comics You Should Own – ‘The New Mutants’ #18-31
Another masterpiece by Bill Sienkiewicz? I know, it’s crazy!
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 …
Successfully scratched itches, part 4: The Cat/Tigra
Greer Nelson’s early appearances as the Cat and Tigra are finally collected in a fantastic trade paperback, making it possible to finally scratch a forty-year itch.