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Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Revisited – Blast from the Past

In my last Blast From The Past, I confessed my undying love for the 1984 Marvel maxi-series Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars. Coincidentally, this year was the 25th anniversary of that groundbreaking company-wide crossover.
Now, as devastated as I was that Marvel and Hasbro stopped making the beloved Marvel Legends line of action figures, (though the [...]

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13. July 2009

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REVIEW: Dark Wolverine #75

REVIEW: Dark Wolverine #75

In the midst of Dark Reign, Norman Osborn has assembled his own team of Avengers, many of them criminals who’ve assumed the identities of existing heroes.
One such is Daken, who’s usurped the identity of his father, Wolverine. While I’ve followed this current Wolverine series from the very beginning, I was largely unfamiliar with Logan’s upstart [...]

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3. July 2009

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Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars – Blast from the Past

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars – Blast from the Past

Everybody remembers their first time; their first kiss, first love, first cliché, yadda yadda yadda. Well, in 1984, when I was the tender age of 10, I saw the cover of Marvel Super Heroes Secret War sitting on a newsstand or comic rack and I had my very first geekgasm. Staring at the cover, [...]

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27. June 2009

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REVIEW: Ultimate Spider-Man #133

REVIEW: Ultimate Spider-Man #133

What started Marvel’s Ultimate line off with a bang has now ended with nary a whimper.
The final issue of Ultimate Spider-Man, #133, ties in with the Ultimate Universe changing event Ultimatum, and you basically have to have read that series to understand what’s going on in this issue. As confusing as that is, the writer, [...]

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24. June 2009

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REVIEW: New Avengers – The Reunion #’s 1-4

REVIEW: New Avengers – The Reunion #’s 1-4

I’ve always been a HUGE Avengers guy, and Hawkeye’s always been one of my favorite Avengers. So, I was thrilled back in the 80’s when Hawkeye, aka Clint Barton, was given his own mini-series, in which he met super-spy Bobbi Morse, aka Mockingbird. That mini was written and penciled by the late great Mark Gruenwald, [...]

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16. June 2009

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Current State Of The Marvel Universe

Current State Of The Marvel Universe

Have you read… History of Marvel Comics?
Greetings, fellow Zombies! Drink in hand, I’d like to examine the current status quo in the Marvel U. Currently, Marvel Universe Earth 616 is in the midst of Dark Reign. Norman Osborn is in charge, having emerged from the Secret Invasion triumphant as the man who commanded the Thunderbolts [...]

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3. June 2009

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History of Marvel Comics

History of Marvel Comics

Let’s talk a bit about the humble beginnings of Marvel Comics, shall we, fellow Zombies? Originally, Timely Comics was started in 1939 by Founder Martin Goodman. It’s interesting to note that Timely’s first publication was Marvel Comics #1, and it featured the debuts of the Human Torch and Namor the Sub Mariner, heroes still prolific [...]

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