But. as you can see by this Joe Kubert cover to Sgt. Rock #352 (May, 1981), the Rock of Easy Company is ready for war anytime!
A blog about comic books, and enjoying the stories, characters and creators of them...and occasionally subjects that relate to comic books as well.
Saturday, November 2, 2024
War On Time
Friday, November 1, 2024
The Rock Face Of War
...Our Army At War #192 (April, 1968) and Sgt. Rock #395 (December, 1984).
Though the decades change, Kubert keeps a consistent style, yet also shows how much he has evolved as an artist as well.
Thursday, October 31, 2024
Happy Halloween With Vampirella
....one by Amanda Conner, and the other by Tommy Castillo.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
Terror Illustrated
Here, a couple of magazine sized issues from the 1950s with covers by Reed Crandall...with adult tales of terror illustrated!
Inside these two magazines (Terror Illustrated #1 from November-December, 1955 and #2 from April, 1956) were prose stories by Al Feldstein, John Larner and Jack Oleck with accompanying art by Reed Crandall, Joe Orlando, George Evans, Graham Ingels, Johnny Craig, Charles Sultan and Jack Davis...with a third issue planned at the time, but not published until 2006, with the collection of the first two issues.
Monday, October 28, 2024
Shocking Weird Mystery Tales
Sunday, October 27, 2024
Remembering Artist Bernie Wrightson
...with a couple of his more Halloween inspired covers to Secrets Of Haunted House (#5 and #44, December-January, 1975/1976 and January, 1982).
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Fear The Funhouse Toybox Of Terror
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Remembering Artist Nick Cardy
..covers featuring the Spectre!
Spectre #8 and #9 (January-February and March-April, 1969)
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Spectre #10 and Secret Origins #5 (May-June, 1969 and November-December, 1973)
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Tales Of Terror Annuals
Here, with covers by Al Feldstein, are the three EC annuals for Tales Of Terror...and, horror of horrors, each issue could be different, as they just contained bound volumes of 4 unsold EC issues from 1951, 1952 and 1953!
Monday, October 14, 2024
Happy Columbus Day
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Celebrating Artist Jim Starlin
Adam Warlock was a character that started as "Him" in the Fantastic Four and Thor, finding his way to his own series, with adventures on a Counter-Earth...at least for a bit. Then, Jim Starlin worked on Warlock in Strange Tales and soon a revival series, making Warlock a little more cosmic, introducing allies such as Pip the Troll and Gamora, as well as facing foes like the Magus, Thanos, the In-Betweener, the Gardner, the Stranger...and cancellation. This epic wrapped up (after a detour to Marvel Team-Up) in Avengers Annual and Marvel Two-In-One Annual in the 1970s.
In the 1980s, Marvel, cashing in on the high quality Baxter reprints, reprinted this saga, but with the wraparound covers. as seen below!
Warlock #1 (December, 1982)
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Warlock #2 (January, 1983)
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Warlock #3 (February, 1983)
Warlock #4 (March, 1983)
Warlock #5 (April, 1983)
Warlock #6 (May, 1983)
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Marvel Masters Of Terror
Masters Of Terror #1 (July, 1975)
In the first issue, with a cover by Gray Morrow, are stories of "It!" by Theordore Sturgeon (adapted by Roy Thomas), with art by Marie Severin and Frank Giacoia, "The Horror From The Mound!" by Robert E. Howard (adapted by Gardner Fox) with art by Frank Brunner, "The Terrible Old Man!" by Robert E. Howard (adapted by Roy Thomas) with art by Barry Windsor-Smith, Dan Adkins and John Verpoorten, "The Drifting Snow" by August Derleth (adapted by Tony Isabella) with art by Esteban Maroto, "The Shambler From The Stars" by Robert Bloch (adapted by Ron Goulart) with art by Jim Starlin and Tom Palmer and "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" by Robert Bloch (adapted by Roy Thomas and Ron Goulart) with art by Gil Kane and Ralph Reese, plus some cartoons and horror history!
Masters Of Terror #2 (September, 1975)
The second issue, with a cover by Dan Adkins, contained stories of "The Invisible Man" by H. G. Wells (adapted by Ron Goulart) with art by Dan Adkins and Val Mayerik, "The Man Who Cried Werewolf" by Robert Bloch (adapted by Gerry Conway), with art by Pablo Marcos, "Dig Me No Grave" by Robert E. Howard (adapted by Roy Thomas) with art by Gil Kane and Tom Palmer, "The Music Of Erich Zann" by H. P. Lovecraft (adapted by Roy Thomas) with art by Johnny Craig and Dan Adkins, "Pickman's Model" by H. P. Lovecraft (adapted by Roy Thomas) with art by Tom Palmer, and "The Roaches" by Thomas M. Disch (adapted by Gerry Conway) with art by Ralph Reese, with creepy cartoons and historical articles as well.
Friday, October 4, 2024
Dealing With The Joker
But, he was due for a revival in a big way, and here is a look at two of the issues that established the new normal (if Joker could ever be considered normal) for the Clown Prince Of Crime well until the Crisis On Infinite Earths...
The Joker's Five-Way Revenge
Here, in Batman #251 (September, 1973), by Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams, this team did to the Joker what they had been doing with the Batman...took him back to his roots. While still having the clown motif, Joker was also shown to be much more of a homicidal killer as he methodically worked his way through 5 of his ex-henchmen.Also important here, is that the Joker establishes that he enjoys his battles with the Batman...
Death Has The Last Laugh
In Brave and the Bold #111 (February-March, 1974) by Bob Haney and Jim Aparo, the unlikely idea that Batman and Joker team up happens (especially with the new norm just established in the Joker's last appearance above). Still, it happens, as Joker lets Batman know that he was innocent of murdering a family, and the two work together to find the killer.Still, as always, the two spar and there's a twist at the end.
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Remembering Artist Ramona Fradon
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Halloween Terror
,,.but what better way to start off October than with a little Halloween Terror?
Sunday, September 29, 2024
Remembering Artist Russ Heath
Batman: Legends Of The Dark Knight #46 and #47 (June and July, 1993)
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Batman: Legends Of The Dark Knight #48 and #49 (Early and Late August, 1993)
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Celebrating Artist Bob Layton
For a talent this big, time to go with some big issues...the four covers he drew for Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars, featuring the Hulk, the X-Men, Dr. Doom and Captain America!
Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #4 and #5 (August and September, 1984)
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Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #6 and #7 (October and November, 1984)
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Celebrating Batman Artist David Mazzucchelli
With writer Frank Miller, David gave us a down and dirty view of Gotham, and the origins of the Batman, with Bruce Wayne figuring out how he was going to save the city, dressed as a bat, while contending with an unjust police force (except for recent transfer, James Gordon), and encounters with Selina Kyle (who was headed on her way to be Catwoman).
Batman #404 and #405 (February and March, 1987)
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Batman #406 and #407 (April and May, 1987)
Reprints
While not all of the reprints, the red covered Batman: Year One was one of the earliest (from October, 1988), while DC Finest will be collecting Year One (and Two, plus Batman #401-#412, Detective Comics #568-#579 and Batman Annual #11). Find our more information on DC Finest Collections here with Kurtis and the Finest DC Channel, and a list of upcoming volumes here!
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Remembering Legendary Artist Joe Kubert
One additional story appeared in Abbott and Costello Comics #10 (August, 1950), "The Princess Of Pirate Cove", where he rescued a woman and Princess Xenia from the island of Lahru.
Friday, September 13, 2024
Celebrating Super-Heroic Artist Mike Grell
Mike was a big talent, especially in the 1970s, making a name for himself drawing the Legion of Super-Heroes (as the LSH was taking over the Superboy title)...
...but two of his most iconic covers did not appear there.
Below, are the full covers and a little on what was inside these oversized treasury editions!
Limited Collectors' Edition #C-49 (October-November, 1976)
With this iconic cover, Mike Grell made sure he'd be remembered by Legion fans for decades to come.But, Mike was only represented sporadically on the inside of book...