It’s our favorite time of the month, when we get to unveil the newest creation by our Artist in Residence, Elena Casagrande! To celebrate Fantastic Four Month here at Blastoff, Elena offers this look at Reed, Sue, Ben and Johnny. Click for a larger look!
Is it weird to be nostalgic for a time period you weren’t around for to enjoy? Technically, I guess it’s not possible. But as I’ve read over a handful of Marvel Silver Age books this month, I can’t help but daydream about being a comic book reader in that time. It was a period of […]
Karl tells us about the first X-Men comic he ever bought for himself, and why he wanted to be The Beast as a kid: And you can own the issue, X-MEN #49! Click here for all the details!
Karl and Jud talk Avengers logos and how creepy the Vision looks as they look at AVENGERS #96: And you can own it! Click here for the details!
I’m impressed with Ant Man. He’s one of the smallest superheroes there is, but wrong-doers are afraid of him regardless. They speak of Ant Man with respectful, slightly fearful tones. They talk about how they can’t get away with anything now that he’s on the radar. He’s a force to be reckoned with, and word […]
The best superhero origins are the ones that are timeless. You can pick them up and the story and concepts are as fresh as they were the day they were created. “A shy teenager is bitten by a radioactive spider, and learns a tragic lesson about responsibility.” “Rocketed to Earth from a dying world, a […]
Last week saw the loss of two significant figures, two men whose careers couldn’t have been more different, yet both of whom had a profound effect on the world around them, and on me personally, one affecting me fancifully and emotionally, the other inspirationally. I’m talking about Muppeteer Jerry Nelson and astronaut Neil Armstrong. Jerry […]
Karl confesses a love for Daredevil’s fictitious twin brother, as he and Jud look at DAREDEVIL #25: And it can be yours! Click here for all the details!
Blastoff’s own Jud Meyers sits down with writer Jeff Parker at Periscope Studio in Portland, Oregon, to talk about everything from his early comic influences to working on superhero team books like Thunderbolts.
Karl tells a story of his first effort at letterhacking, when he wrote a fan letter to AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #58: And you can own it! Click here for all the details!
Jud and Karl talk Ka-Zar while admiring his copy of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #57: And you can own it! Click here for all the details!
“Crushing your enemies, seeing them driven before you, and buying Karl Kesel’s copy of CONAN THE BARBARIAN #2.” So why wait? Click here to buy!
In 1963, as Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko were laying the groundwork for what would become the Marvel Universe, there were other books still being published by the company as well, remnants from the company’s days pumping out sci-fi and monster comics in the late ’50s and early ’60s. As Marvel editor Stan […]
