To include independent comics in this list or not; that was the question. The problem that I ran into is that so many independent comics--Saga, Hellboy, Fables, Monstress, Strangers In Paradise, Spawn, and so many more--are so inextricably linked to their supporting cast that the idea of a "main character" in those books can get... Continue Reading →
ALEX’S TOP FIVE With respect to our host’s, and my Contrarian Compadre’s, lists, I went in a bit of a different direction. In preparing for this, I realized the truest way I could do it would be by providing the blockbusters that meant the most to me. The ones I lived through. So, my list... Continue Reading →
Hey, I'm back on the Wizard Top 100 Single Issue Stories bike! Sorry for the delay, everyone. I'm going to get right into it, so here we go. The only further ado is this: If you want to go back and see the prior parts of this list, click HERE! #40. X-Factor #87 By Peter... Continue Reading →
BRING ME POP-TARTS OF SPIDER-MAN! Man, Pop-Tarts never misses an opportunity to just print a picture on a Tart and call it new. Fun fact, the #PTQ skipped entirely because they are just Cherry Pop-Tarts with a picture of some kind of weird horse/narwhal hybrid on them. I actually thought those were My Little Pony... Continue Reading →
It's our first ever BONUS episode! Stew and Amanda Stewart break down the newly released Spider-Man: No Way Home!
Best Buy needs to be more clear about their sales. I was in the market to purchase a new microphone for our show (AND YES, this intro shows how far in advance I write these articles, because I have had the new microphone since about June 2018! - Stew), and I was perusing Best Buy.... Continue Reading →
For earlier entries, click HERE! Let's not kid ourselves: the first half of this list was underwhelming. Back in 2006, Wizard put together the list of the Top 100 single comic book issues of the previous two and a half decades--basically the best single issues of the 80's, 90's, and first half of the 2000's.... Continue Reading →
It's weird that it's taken so long to get here. A hundred-plus comic reviews. Dozens upon dozens of articles on the genre. Lists of all sorts. And I've never just sat down and written up a list of my ten favorite comic book characters? That's not entirely true. On the Ghosts of the Stratosphere podcast,... Continue Reading →
I should really be doing more modern comics stories in this series. I mean, the people deserve to know if comics that came out recently are worth their time! And I, the hero that I am, will be here to show them the truth, so that they know what to do with their comics buying... Continue Reading →
Does anyone know if Deadly Foes of Spider-Man still holds up? I loved that mini-series from the early 1990’s, but I worry that it will have aged poorly if I try to go back to it. If I recall it correctly, it had some aspects that absolutely should have survived as good story-telling (a humanizing portrayal of... Continue Reading →
For more on this series up to this point, click HERE! #80. Preacher #50 By Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon The second of what I'm sure will be at least a few more Preacher books on this list--Wizard loved this book so damn hard--I was surprised by how much I liked the previous offering. I... Continue Reading →
For more on this countdown so far, check out: #100-#96! #95-#91! #90-#86! On with the list: #85. Robin #46 By Chuck Dixon, Cully Hamner (and Sal Buscema!) Hey, I loved this title. Robin was the first DC book I ever started buying monthly (though that distinction is not truly amazing; it was very quickly followed... Continue Reading →
My wife and I just recently moved into a new house. The house-shopping process took... a very long time. We got to the point where we figured we were cursed. But eventually, the stars aligned, and we were able to both buy a new home and sell our old one. During the shopping process, we... Continue Reading →
Some of the most memorable and fascinating characters in all of fiction were first created for comic books. The last decade-plus of movie ticket sales can more than substantiate that. But even before cinematic effects caught up with the way these larger-than-life heroes deserved to be presented, you are still talking about characters that have... Continue Reading →
Alternate costumes in comic books are really hit-or-miss. When you are dealing with classic, long-standing characters, the creative urge to change things up is understandable. I mean, have you been wearing the same outfit for the last 80 years? Do you even have the same style or taste in clothes that you did ten years... Continue Reading →
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