Once upon a time, this was some of the first material I was covering. I started around ASM 176 and went forward. Obviously, plans changed a lot. Then, when I finally got…
Category: 1980s
TAC Annual 06
Yeah, we’re doing this again. Kinda bold to nick the cover to Purple Rain twice, but what can ya do? The sequel no one asked for is here! He’s dressed rather more…
End of Block 34
Not the best group of issues. Things going in several negative directions at once. But they can’t all be winners, I guess.
WEB Annual 02
Behind that beautiful Charles Vess cover lurks an extremely wild ride with Ann Nocenti, Art Adams, George Roussos, and Warlock, the strangest member of The New Mutants. Warlock is an alien, a…
ASM Annual 20
I don’t think it’s the first, but this is one of several books I got in The Great eBay Hysteria of 2018 that didn’t come in a bag, so I recycled a…
Hooky
Now here’s a mystery. Who is Susan K. Putney? The internet says she wrote a science fiction novel in 1972, and this in 1986, and… that’s it. How did that happen? She…
ASM 278
Striking cover. I wonder who did it? I can’t quite guess. And as the text suggests, The Scourge of The Underworld isn’t done with this title yet. In this era Tom DeFalco…
TAC 116
Rich Buckler makes a much appreciated return to join The Bobs on art duties this month. Look at those straight up Todd McFarlane eyes on the cover. We pick up from last…
TAC 115
Well, Mark Beachum’s back on pencils, so you know what that means. Bob McLeod inks, “D. Martin” colors. Still not sure who that is. Striking cover by someone or other. I really…
ASM 277
Here’s one of several Charles Vess-covered books I got signed by the man himself in 2019. That was a great con experience. This one has 2 stories, and the 2nd is written…