The Watchmen Legacy
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen may be the most important comic ever created. Not greatest or most beloved but rather important. I doubt this was the intent of the original comic nor on the forefront of ... Read More...
Quarantine Reading- Power Rangers!
I took a deep dive these past couple months into a comic I never expected to enjoy. My son, Sawyer, will turn seven later this month and he loves dinosaurs and superheroes, in that order (and Pokémon but that’s... Read More...
Quarantine Reading- Paper Girls
Quarantine. It’s not a word nor an act I ever imagined being forced upon the bulk of our nation. Yet as many have said this is unchartered territory with a virus whose effects could be catastrophic if we don’t ... Read More...
Tales From the Archives: Tarpe Mills and Miss Fury
Tarpe Mills and Miss Fury
A "Tales From the Archives" special report by Bob Reyer
As I spoke about on this week's show, I'm a devotee of Miss Fury, comics' first costumed heroine, whose newspaper strip debu... Read More...
The Secret Origin of a Comic Book Fan
(Friends, I know that this piece is an "oldie", but your Cranky Old Uncle Bob is feeling awfully wistful today, so I thought I'd go for a "second printing" ...and if any of you have any stories abou... Read More...
The Dark Phoenix Saga
The Dark Phoenix Saga may well be the greatest X-Men story ever told. That’s a bold statement considering the X-Men is one of comics longest running franchise and is littered with amazing talents and incredible... Read More...
The Endgame & my thoughts on the MCU
As I’ve written before comics are my constant. Other than my family comics are the most consistent part of my life. I first began collecting comics in the late ‘70s and they quickly took a hold of my imaginatio... Read More...
Shazam! AKA the Original Captain Marvel
My pathway to becoming a Captain Marvel AKA Shazam fan is probably the opposite of most fans of the Big Red Cheese. I came to Captain Marvel through Alan Moore’s classic Miracleman. Miracleman told the tale of ... Read More...
Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers & the Road to Captain Marvel
The ‘80s were an interesting time in comics. In many ways it is my favorite time in comics. The second and third generation comic creator were at their zenith and the comic shelves were bursting with amazing co... Read More...
Captain Marvel: the Ms. Marvel Years
Captain Marvel is a name synonymous with comic books. In 1939 Fawcett comics unleashed the Big Red Cheese upon the world with the release of Whiz Comics #2 and comics would never be the same. For a time period ... Read More...