Marvel Comics of 1969. Ultron goes nuclear! X-Men go Neal Adams! Hulk goes to Asgard!
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Son of Satan (Daimon Hellstrom) Reading Order!
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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[Read more…] about The Road to Event LeviathanPreviously On #70: Doom Patrol Season One Review!
This week on “Previously On,” I review the first season of Doom Patrol, and consider where DC Universe now stands in the digital comics subscription market. [Read more…] about Previously On #70: Doom Patrol Season One Review!