This week on “Previously On,” I share my four favorite fictional superhero novels, and my three favorite non-fiction books about superheroes. [Read more…] about Previously On #71: My Favorite Superhero Novels, Tom King’s Batman, and The Power of Spider-Verse
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Marvel Year Eight: 1969 Pt. 2
Marvel Comics of 1969. Ultron goes nuclear! X-Men go Neal Adams! Hulk goes to Asgard!
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The 1970s were hot on horror and supernatural comics. Marvel was no exception with Tomb of Dracula and Ghost Rider putting up respectable numbers. This lead to Stan Lee making the buck-wild suggestion that Marvel should do a comic about Satan himself. Editor Roy Thomas decided “baby steps” and pitched doing Satan’s son instead. And thus was born Daimon Hellstrom, “The Son of Satan,” who was demonic enough to appear in Ghost Rider, but man-in-tights enough to be in Marvel 2-in-1 adventures. [Read more…] about Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom) Reading Order!
Carnage Reading Order
Carnage is pure 90’s comics meets Spider-Man, the byproduct of the ever popular Venom symbiote leaking into a serial killer’s open wound. Carnage, aka Kletus Casaday, is one of the bloodiest and most horrifying villains in Spidey’s rogue’s gallery, encompassing the dark history of serial killers inside one superpowered weaponized body.
Although both Carnage and the mega-crossover Maximum Carnage exude 90’s aesthetics (see: blood red symbiote violence oozing across the edges of every panel), the character has a variety of renewals throughout the 2000’s, from his time taking over small-town America in Carnage U.S.A. to 2019’s event, Absolute Carnage.
The Road to Event Leviathan
I provide background and recommended reading to set you up for DC’s Event Leviathan. You can watch it all via my Road to Leviathan video.
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