#23 Queen of the Black Coast
For all that comic books are full of half-naked women, there were precious few heroines in 1970s Marvel Comics to excite the interests of this (then) teenage boy. I wasn’t a Spider-Man guy, and so I...
View Article#27 Silver Age Gold
I have a confession to make. I don’t really like the Silver Age of comics. I love the characters, and the concepts. I enjoy select issues. But for the most part, I don’t much like reading Silver Age...
View Article#32 Panel Gallery: To Me, My Board!
(Read The Reprints: Longbox Graveyard Store) Additional Longbox Graveyard Panel Galleries: Jack Kirby’s Gadgets of S.H.I.E.L.D. (And HYDRA, Too!) Steve Ditko’s Strange Faces (Doctor Strange) Avengers...
View Article#45 Panel Gallery: Avengers Assemble!
(view this gallery on Pinterest) Additional Longbox Graveyard Panel Galleries: Jack Kirby’s Gadgets of S.H.I.E.L.D. (And HYDRA, Too!) Steve Ditko’s Strange Faces (Doctor Strange) To Me, My Board!...
View Article#46 Avengers — Kree/Skrull War!
I’m four decades past my own personal comic book Golden Age, so I don’t expect everyone else to attach a lot of importance to many of the books I’ve examined here at Longbox Graveyard. Titles like Ms....
View Article#58 Panel Gallery: Holy Hannah!
(view this gallery on Pinterest) Additional Longbox Graveyard Panel Galleries: Jack Kirby’s Gadgets of S.H.I.E.L.D. (And HYDRA, Too!) Steve Ditko’s Strange Faces (Doctor Strange) To Me, My Board!...
View Article#65 Panel Gallery: Made It!
(view this gallery on Pinterest) Additional Longbox Graveyard Panel Galleries: Jack Kirby’s Gadgets of S.H.I.E.L.D. (And HYDRA, Too!) Steve Ditko’s Strange Faces (Doctor Strange) To Me, My Board!...
View ArticleThe Buscema Slouch
The Buscema Slouch! I have a one-shot column published at Comicosity this week, looking at a signature pose from one of the all-time great superhero artists. Yes, it’s the Buscema Slouch! This article...
View Article#84 Top Ten Instagram Superheroes!
I’ve already enthused about Instagram as a social media channel for superheroes, and since July of 2012 I’ve been posting images daily. I’ve worked my way up to 800+ followers on Instagram, and have...
View ArticleBy Any Other Name: Sub-Mariner
Some confusion has "surfaced" over the name of Bill Everett's legendarily cranky undersea anti-hero. How do YOU pronounce, Sub-Mariner?
View ArticleThe Power And The Prize!
The Silver Surfer battles Satan himself (in all but name) in this first appearance of Mephisto!
View ArticleVisions Of The Past
Vision of the past with Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart, and Jack Kirby. The Vision lives!
View ArticleNipples On Men!
Hither came Conan the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, tits out, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the...
View ArticleAvengers Infinity War: Avengers Assemble!
Before the Avengers looked like this in Avengers Infinity War … … they looked like THIS in the pages of Marvel Comics! AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! Assemble your own Avengers memories in the comments section,...
View ArticleAvengers Infinity War: The Kree-Skrull War
Wrapping up Longbox Graveyard’s run-up to Avengers Infinity War, we take a look at the last time the Avengers fought a big war in outer space — the Kree-Skrull War! I’m four decades past my own...
View ArticleMs. Marvel #1
Where else was a Marvel kid supposed to turn? All the best female superheroes were across town, working for DC!
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