Tag: Uncanny X-Men
I looked at DC in September of ’66; now here’s Marvel
Back at the start of April I took a look at some of DC’s books from September of ’66. I wanted to follow up immediately with a Marvel-centered post but …
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 …
Giving up and going home
Over on his blog, former Marvel editor Tom Brevoort recently asked a question: how long will you stick with a book you like after it’s gone bad? My initial answer, …
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
Following the lead of another Atomic Junk Shop regular who wrote about some itches that took years to be scratched, I take a look at a few comics stories that left itches I only managed to scratch decades after the fact
What I bought, read, or otherwise consumed – March 2019
Yes, I know it’s April, but lots of comics came out in March, so let’s check some of them out!