Mystery man of Star Trek: The Next Generation
One of the things Comics on the Brain enjoys, beyond comic-book stories and art, is to look over the advertisements inside the comics themselves. The […]
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Baseball and Bats: When the Batman met Cal Ripken Jr.
It’s almost spring, and in the baseball world, “almost spring” really means Spring Training is well under way. And since Comics on the Brain is […]
Memes of the 1970s: A patch can say it all (or get you beat up)
Here at Comics on the Brain, we’ve constantly told you how much we love comics. We’ll give any comic a try. Just put it in […]
DC Comics wishes you a Merry Christmas
Comics on the Brain is lucky enough to be on a comp list of sorts from DC Comics. We get stuff from them every once […]
Learn comics from Earl R. Phelps
Back in Comics on the Brain’s earliest days, we had finished reading the latest issue of X-Men, or maybe it was an Avengers book, and, […]
Finding the Record Club of America
About twelve years ago, I moved to York, Pennsylvania, for a new job. Since I’ve been here, I’ve become quite familiar with the area and […]
The Golden Age of Marvel Comics
The other day, as I mentioned on my twitter account, I was at a yard sale that promised a bevvy of comics. Once I found […]
Jedi Arena: This isn’t the video game you’re looking for
Through a good part of the 1980s, my family was a little bit behind the times. When everyone else had an Atari 2600, we were […]
He-Man: Before the Power Sword
I just finished reading a great Batman book featuring the Wrath, a sort of counter Batman akin to Cat-Man and Owl Man. The comic, Batman […]
May 2008 Previews
My latest article is in this months’ issue of Previews, a phonebook-sized magazine dedicated to the world’s greatest merchandise: Geek stuff! Here’s how the good folks […]
Day-by-Day with Emma Frost
I got the Day-by-Day Calendar Company’s Marvel Comics desk calendar as a gift this year.All in all, it’s a real beauty, just look at the […]
Indiana Jones and the Marvel Comics House Ad
I’ve been reading a lot of older comics lately. Mostly from the era where I started to collect comics, which falls in the early 1980s. […]