The Machine Man mini-series that introduced the Iron Man of 2020 is one of my all time favorite titles from the Bronze Age.  I loved the...

I like the bulky armor that Iron Man wore for his first few adventures.  Not only does it look cool, but it is more close to reality as ...

For a character that was created to cash in on the Kung-Fu craze of the 1970's, Iron Fist certainly has had a lot of staying power. ...

There's something about the original team of X-Men that just works.  I think it's that they each had a simple easily definable...

I always found Hellcat to be an interesting character due to her transition from a Katy Keene type comic book model to a full fledged su...

I like the casting choice of Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye in the upcoming Avengers movie (he also made a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo in Thor...

I remembered Birdman from Hanna-Barbara's World of Super Adventure when I was a kid but had not paid attention to him for years.  De...

I wasn't sure if I could pull off a Batman/Groo cover and then I remembered the Sergio Aragones mini series from DC, Fanboy.  What a...

I really got a kick out of the Essential Giant Man volume that Marvel released a few years back. I had read most of the early adventu...

When I did my more contemporary Batman/Galactus team up I commented that it was an admittedly odd  pairing.  If the two met in the 50...

I think that Batman and Flash Gordon would be an interesting team up to see in the comics because of their mutual roots in the old black...

One of the main things that makes me resist diving back into the X-Universe is how many titles it has spun off into.  There are just so ...

Consider this story to be the secret origin of this blog! Doctor Strange is the latest Marvel Character I hear rumored for the movie t...

I mentioned yesterday that I had a Darth Vader poster in my room growing up.  Well, on the other wall was Clint Eastwood as Pale Ride...

I was 8 when the first Star Wars came out so I was blown away - I think the best special effects I had seen up to that point were from a...

Daredevil's simple all-red costume designs is one of the most effective in comics.  Even so, I still get a kick out of the yellow an...

I thought I would give Cyclops the retro treatment as well.  I understand that the latest event in the X-Men books is some major divisio...

Cyclops has been my favorite member of the X-Men since I was a kid.  He looked cool and had a simple but unique power, which also gave h...

Captain Marvel is nowhere to be seen so far in the DC Reboot.  I know DC wants to get a Captain Marvel film up and running, so I'll ...

This is the first of what will be many retro covers.  I had fun with the handful that I did on the last go 'round with B&B so I ...