STARSTREAM #3 1976 No Spoilers this week, as this is an anthology published by Whitman in 1976. I seem to recall that my original copies were purchased at a discount store (think K-Mart-ish) when I was five or six in a pack of 3. That means to get all four issues of this series, I … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: Starstream #3
Reviews of Old Comics: What If? #34
WHAT IF #34 August 1982 It's a special day here at Reviews of Old Comics. So far, I've only had one comic that reached a perfect 10 of 10, but today that changes! SYNOPSIS: This issue of Marvel's What If? is a special science fiction anthology issue with five stories. Born of the Sun (by Jack … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: What If? #34
Reviews of Old Comics: DC Comics Presents #87
DC COMICS PRESENTS #87 November 1985 For this review, I selected a comic at random, to avoid a pattern developing in my reviews. Which brings us to the last year of DC Comics Presents, where the title crossed over with Crisis on Infinite Earths. DC was in the midst of changing their multiverse forever, and … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: DC Comics Presents #87
Reviews of Old Comics: Tales of the Teen Titans #50
TALES OF THE TEEN TITANS #50 February 1985 I know this column is turning into an episode of "I love the 80's" but this was my childhood and so much of that decade was just plain good comics, and for the past 15 years, it seems that Marvel and DC keep going back to the … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: Tales of the Teen Titans #50
Reviews of Old Comics: Minimum Wage #2
Minimum Wage #2 1995 A little while ago, I wrote a review for Bob Fingerman's sequel to Minimum Wage, currently being published by Image. At the time, I meant to post my old review from my old Blogger site for an issue of the first Minimum Wage. Well, here it is, and changed a little … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: Minimum Wage #2
Reviews of Old Comics: Legion of Super-Heroes 308
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #308 February 1984 I'm continuing my reviews of old Legion comics from the period that I started regularly buying Legion of Super-Heroes. This was a string of a few issues that fell a little flat, but the momentum was fortunately strong enough to lead into Volume 3, the Baxter series, which had a … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: Legion of Super-Heroes 308
Reviews of Old Comics: Sensational She-Hulk #5
Sensational She-Hulk #5 September 1989 Sitting on my computer desktop are two pages from an early issue of Sensational She-Hulk #5. I I briefly touched on them in my review for the issue where she joined the Fantastic Four. SYNOPSIS: She-Hulk is relaxing at home on a Saturday morning after a jog around Central Park. She … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: Sensational She-Hulk #5
Reviews of Old Comics: New Mutants #18
New Mutants #18 August 1984 New Mutants #18 was the beginning of a new artist on the Mutant books, Bill Sienkiewicz, who had made a mark on Moon Knight and a few other books. This was a real turn, as Marvel's style was far from artsy, and the comics industry was still recovering from the … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: New Mutants #18
Reviews of Old Comics: Legion of Super-Heroes #307
LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #307 January 1984 I'm continuing my reviews of old Legion comics from the period that I started regularly buying Legion of Super-Heroes. This was also the time I started really collecting comics, so I think it's a great starting point for learning what good comics really are. However, it didn't always hit … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: Legion of Super-Heroes #307
Reviews of Old Comics: Fantastic Four #265
Fantastic Four #265 April 1984 Sitting on my computer desktop are two pages from an early issue of Sensational She-Hulk. I won't saw which issue they're from, since I plan on making that a review very soon. In the set-up for that review, I figured I should go to the moment that I realized her … Continue reading Reviews of Old Comics: Fantastic Four #265
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