Archive for March, 2005

Wednesday, March 30th, 2005

Marvel Spectacular #2 – The Verdict of Zeus

Reprints of 1966 issues of THOR continue with “The Verdict of Zeus” from #129. It’s pretty impressive how much story they were putting in just 16 pages each issue back then. This issue has Thor returning to New York, with a very funny sequence where he’s talking to a crowd on the street [...]

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Tuesday, March 29th, 2005

Kamandi #29 – Mighty One

This is a favourite issue of KAMANDI for many readers, myself among them. Following their involvement in the Bulldog/Leopard wars, Kam and Ben come across a flying figure that’s neither a bird nor a plane. Before they find out more they find a giant comic strip mural carved in stone, telling the story [...]

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Monday, March 28th, 2005

Boy Commandos v2#2

This is the second of two issues published in 1973 reprinting 1940s S&K Boy Commandos stories. Boy Commandos is my favourite of the major S&K work for DC from the 1940s, so these are welcome reprints to go with the stories reprinted in MISTER MIRACLE the year before.
“Nine Lives for Victory” is a 9-page [...]

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Monday, March 28th, 2005

–Link– Isabella on Unleashed

Tony Isabella’s online column Tony’s Tips takes a look at KIRBY UNLEASHED, as well as a vintage 1950s DC cover.
http://www.worldfamouscomics.com/tony/back20050328.shtml

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Sunday, March 27th, 2005

Marvel Milestone Edition – Fantastic Four #5

Another of Marvel’s cover-to-cover reprints of key issues from the early 1990s, this one marking the first appearance of Doctor Doom from 1962 in the 23 page “Prisoners of Doctor Doom” story. It’s also the first FF issue inked by Joe Sinnott, later the inker most associated with FF through the second half of Kirby’s [...]

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