Death is an occurrence that is very familiar to the average comic book reader. What is just as familiar, consequentially, is that death is not final in the eyes of the average comic book reader. The first major resurrection of a comic book hero was in 1986. Marvel brought back X-Men’s Jean Grey after her […]
In an effort to explain why some of their co-existing characters had been around for decades while others were brand-new, DC Comics editors and writers created the concept of the DC Multiverse, in which it was revealed that the original DC characters from the 1940s lived on a parallel Earth, separated by a different vibrational […]
Long before the mega-event Avengers vs. X-Men would usher in the age of Marvel Now, the two most iconic teams of the Marvel U went head to head in a similarly titled series: The X-Men vs. The Avengers. This crossover series was published in 1986, and written by Roger Stern with art by Marc Silvestri […]
I came to love Red Sonja by way of Gail Simone. I’ve never really given the book a try until Simone took over as writer. I loved what she’d done on Batgirl and her other DC Comics work, creating daring, funny, and emotionally intricate characters and powerful, fun stories. I’ve been reading her Red Sonja […]
The year was 1984. Li’l Scott was about to embark on a marathon six-week-long cross-country family vacation. Six weeks living in the back seat of a 1972 Chevy Impala. Clearly, a large stack of new comic books was called for. These being the days before comic-book shops (at least in my neck of the woods), […]
Another forgotten classic: 1996’s BATMAN & CAPTAIN AMERICA, written and illustrated by John Byrne. Some of the best work Byrne has done in the last couple of decades or so can be found in this one-shot, which features the quartet of Captain America and Bucky and Batman and Robin against the villainy of the Red […]
I’ve probably written more about Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel than anything else in my career. Even though I now make a living writing comics, my love for Joss Whedon’s Buffyverse far predates my interest in comics. I had a single box of superhero and horror comics that I loved as a little kid, […]
A new month means a new theme here at Blastoff and a new banner from our Artist-in-Residence Elena Casagrande, who celebrates Crossover Month with a crossover we haven’t seen yet, but we certainly would love to: the Batgirl of Burnside and Spider-Gwen. Click to see the image at full size.
It’s time to take a look back at what I still think is probably the single best of the inter-company crossover books, 1982’s MARVEL AND DC PRESENT THE UNCANNY X-MEN AND THE NEW TEEN TITANS. Published as a single 64-page issue, X-MEN/TITANS captured both teams at the height of their popularity, and with what […]
