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Dave founded Comic Book Herald in 2011 and has written a lot about comics since that time. See for yourself below!

X-Men Dark Phoenix Saga Reading Order!

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The “Dark Phoenix Saga” is among the most pivotal stories in Marvel Comics history, and without question one of the X-Men’s most iconic moments. The resurgence of Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, John Byrne and collaborators all builds to a five-years-in-the-making trial by fire of both Jean Grey and Marvel’s merry mutants.

As the My Marvelous Year reading club reads through these essentials in Marvel, I’ll be re-exploring some of the fringe comics and stories that expand the traditional read, both to establish a reading order and to determine how much value is added branching outside the core comics issues.

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Previously On #97: A Dad at Disneyworld – Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge Review!

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I spent the past week at Disneyworld with two very young children (including myself, my wife had to manage three!), and while I have some general dad tips, the big new adventure is the Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge land in Hollywood Studios. While Galaxy’s Edge opened in California’s Disneyland first, Florida’s Disneyworld is the first to offer the Rise of the Resistance ride, which brings some very unique changes to the Disney experience.

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Previously On #96: The Decade in Comic Book Herald

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I don’t know the exact date, but I must have settled on the name Comic Book Herald sometime around August 2010 (that’s when my Twitter handle debuted!), a few months into my first real world job, and around a year before I’d get married. It’s strange to consider, but I’ve had nearly a full decade with Comic Book Herald now, although any site traffic data doesn’t begin in earnest until 2012.  [Read more…] about Previously On #96: The Decade in Comic Book Herald