Official Handbook Marvel Universe 8: N-P Profiles
Unlocking Marvel Secrets: Official Handbook Marvel Universe 8 The Marvel Universe teems with characters. Heroes, villains, aliens, and gods fill its pages. For fans, especially in the pre-internet era, keeping track was a challenge. How strong is Namorita? What is Pyro’s origin? Marvel Comics provided an answer in the 1980s. They launched The Official Handbook […]
Doomsday + 1 Comic: Byrne’s Charlton Debut
This Day In Comics: Remembering Charlton’s Doomsday + 1 Welcome back to Comic Book Addicts! Today, April 8th, we look back at a significant date for fans of classic comics and legendary artists. Specifically, April 8, 1975, marked the release date for issue #1 of Doomsday + 1, published by Charlton Comics. While the series […]
Ghost Rider #27: X-Men Team-Up Against the Brood!
Ghost Rider #27: When the Spirit of Vengeance Met the X-Men Hey comic book addicts! Get ready for a blast from the past as we delve into the thrilling world of Ghost Rider #27. Released by Marvel Comics on July 1, 1992, this issue, titled “Vengeance: Pure and Simple,” delivers an action-packed team-up that fans […]
Gail Simone and Lea Hernandez — Killer Princesses (About Comics)
Back in 2001, when Gail Simone was just getting her comics career rolling, she teamed up with veteran artist Lea Hernandez to bring out a new, darkly funny creator-owned series. Killer Princesses tells the tale of three members of a sorority of trained assassins, each bold, beautiful, bawdy, and bdangerous. There’s the fair and kindly […]
Justice League Task Force #15 (DC) Covers
Justice League Task Force #15 – Silver Ages released by DC Comics on August 1, 1994. Part 2 of the 3-part ‘Aftershocks,’ continued from Justice League America (1987) #91. With the dissolution of the Justice League at hand, Martian Manhunter and Gypsy experience an unexpected new twist in their relationship. Concludes in Justice League Europe […]
Avengers West Coast #66 (Marvel Comics) Covers
Avengers West Coast #66 – Tunnel Vision released by Marvel on January 1991 The West Coast Avengers are AMBUSHED by a group of sentry robots! If that wasn’t enough, waiting for them on the other side is Ultron-13. The Reaper and The Robot: Part Two The Avengers West Coast unite together for a meeting to […]
Rachel Beck (August 3, 2011) This Day In Comics
Rachel Beck (August 3, 2011) This Day In Comics Rachel Beck, a young woman who wakes up in a shallow grave after being strangled, does not remember the circumstances of the attack, but begins trying to solve her attempted murder with the help of her Aunt Johnny and close friend Jet. Their investigation soon gets […]
Thor #32 (Marvel Comics) Comic Covers
Thor #32 – Forever Kursed released by Marvel on February 1, 2001. 100-page Giant! The Dark Elf, Malekith, has unleashed the icing death of the Casket of Ancient Winters on Asgard and only the God of Thunder can stop him. But first he’ll have to get past the indomitable Kurse, a foe whose strength rivals […]
Amazing Spider-Man #346 (Marvel) Classic Covers
The Amazing Spider-Man #346 – Elliptical Pursuit! released by Marvel on April 1991 Eddie Brock is back…for Peter’s head! After escaping prison, Venom taunts Spider-Man into a final showdown. Peter Parker’s known for his smarts- why then does he stumble straight into Venom’s trap? When Spider-Man discovered his new costume was actually an alien parasite, […]
1984 – Strikeforce Morituri (Marvel) Classic Comics
Strikeforce: Morituri #1 – Though Some Have Named Thee So… released by Marvel on December 1, 1986 Strikeforce Morituri #1-5Writer: Peter B. GillisArtist: Brent Anderson Set in the future (circa 2070s), the Earth finds itself terrorized by an alien race of plunderers called the Horde. The Horde, while more technologically advance than humans, are content […]