Magno solves Super-Mysteries in Hong Kong
The newest Public Domain redesign challenge has turned its eye on a character named Magno. Chances are you haven’t heard of Magno because he wasn’t […]
The newest Public Domain redesign challenge has turned its eye on a character named Magno. Chances are you haven’t heard of Magno because he wasn’t […]
We have to admit we’re not super-familiar with Spider-Man’s earliest adventures. Or, at the very least, his middle-early adventures. Comics on the Brain can rattle […]
“Showcase Presents Hawkman Vol. 1” is an interesting look at this iconic character from DC Comics. The early Joe Kubert issues are quite good — […]
I review comics on Twitter at twitter.com/johnsimcoe. Here are the May 2010 through June 2010 reviews! Total Eclipse Book Two (1988): Airboy and others prep […]
I review comics on Twitter at twitter.com/johnsimcoe. Here are the July 2010 through October 2010 reviews! Salvation Run no. 1 (Jan 08): 2 dozen DC […]
A few years after they stopped working on the Superman comic books, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster came together once again with the intent to […]
I review comics on Twitter at twitter.com/johnsimcoe. Here are the January and February 2011 and November and December 2010 reviews! Weird Worlds No. 1 (2011): […]
I review comics on Twitter at twitter.com/johnsimcoe. Here are the March, April and May 2011 reviews! Batman Arkham City No.1 (2011): A prequel to a […]
I review comics on Twitter at twitter.com/johnsimcoe. Here are the October 2011 reviews! … And yes, I plan on posting all of them since I […]
By chance the other day, I stumbled on the Wikipedia entry of a Hungarian cartoonist named Victor Vashi. Vashi was an artist active during the […]
A few days ago, I dug my old VHS copy of “The Adventures of Captain Marvel,” an old 12-part serial from Republic Pictures.I have to […]
A recent trip to my parents’ house in New York uncovered a treasure trove of old documents and artwork that they had saved for me […]
I stumbled across a copy of “The Okay Adventure Annual,” ahybrid of a comic-book collection and a pulp magazine published out ofLondon around 1955, while […]
Many years ago, I stumbled upon a comic that really fired up my imagination. It was King Size Avengers No.1, with the a masterfully alliterative subtitle: […]
The silver age had just begun, and Marvel Comics was just beginning to hit it big. One of Marvel’s books was “The Mighty Thor,” and […]
Well, it must be a new month, because my mail is full of neat magazines. Yesterday I talked about History Magazine and the other mag […]
Like the Ventriloquist in the Batman rogue’s gallery, Son of Vulcan has his own mousy villain. Mr. Lambie was a hen-pecked husband who was constantly belittled […]
Like Lex Luthor to Superman, the Son of Vulcan had his own bald-headed badguy. His name was Zolotto and he was a tycoon who owned […]
While Dr. Kong may have been Son of Vulcan’s most insidious nemesis, Mars, the god of war, was essentially his first. In the court on […]
The Son of Vulcan’s primary nemesis was Dr. Kong, an asian man with unnaturally yellow skin. Also known as “The Meanest Man Alive,” Kong was […]