In my ongoing effort to keep up with Marvel events and crossovers as they are announced (see also: my ongoing efforts to drive myself mad!), I’ve put together a recent update that will prep you for this fall’s return of Marvel 2099 in a 2019 crossover! [Read more…] about New on CBH: Marvel 2099 (2019 Crossover Event) Reading Order!
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Krakin Krakoa #13: What Does Jean Grey’s Costume Tell Us About Phoenix in Dawn of X?
In Krakin’ Krakoa #13, my analysis of House of X / Powers of X, I’m considering why Jean Grey is wearing her Marvel Girl costume, and what it means for the Phoenix Force and the X-Men!
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[Read more…] about Krakin Krakoa #13: What Does Jean Grey’s Costume Tell Us About Phoenix in Dawn of X?Previously On #87: DC & Marvel’s 2020 Starting Lineups, and Loving Digital Codes In Floppies
Welcome to another edition of “Previously On,” where this week I pick my NBA rosters for DC and Marvel in 2020, and celebrate the benefits of digital download codes in print! [Read more…] about Previously On #87: DC & Marvel’s 2020 Starting Lineups, and Loving Digital Codes In Floppies
Marvel Year Fifteen: 1976 Pt. 1
Marvel comics of 1976. Phoenix! King Kirby’s Eternals! Luke Cage Joins the FF!
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[Read more…] about Marvel Year Fifteen: 1976 Pt. 1Sink Your Teeth into the Best Vampire Comics of All Time
Every culture on Earth seems to have its own vampire myth:
- The Lilitu of Ancient Mesopotamia
- The Mandurug of the Philippine Islands
- The Cihuateteo of the Aztecs
- The Asanbosam of the Ashanti people of Africa
- The Strega of Italy
Heck, the most recent creation of a vampire myth comes as late as post-Civil War America! In 1892, Mercy Brown was blamed posthumously for the outbreak of “consumption” in Rhode Island. The family exhumed her body. A doctor examined her lack of decay. And then her heart was removed and burnt to ash on church grounds.
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