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  1. E. Nelson Bridwell and DC's answer to the "Roots" mini-series

    What happens when imaginary history reflects real history? You get the amazing hero chronologies of E. Nelson Bridwell, three mini-series that (imho) marked the moment when the Bronze age began...
  2. Duffy, Martin, 80's comics, & Star Wars mania as an artistic inspiration

    The final issues of Marvel Comics' original Star Wars series are some of the most weird and innovative sci-fi comics ever. The unstoppable combo of writer Mary Jo Duffy & artist Cynthia Martin were...
  3. Maybe it's Xenozoic Tales? But i'm pretty sure...

    Maybe it's Xenozoic Tales? But i'm pretty sure that was an 80's comic
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    Infinity Inc. was a little dissapointing to me,...

    Infinity Inc. was a little dissapointing to me, BUT one of Arak's descendants is a villain in that series (i havent read any of the issues with that character). Also, i've mainly just read the...
  5. Fantagraphics has collected all of Hanks work in...

    Fantagraphics has collected all of Hanks work in two volumes which you can either buy separately or as a two volume set with a slipcase. His comic career only lasted 5 (?) years. He died young under...
  6. Fantagraphics has collected all of Hanks work in...

    Fantagraphics has collected all of Hanks work in two volumes which you can either buy separately or as a two volume set with a slipcase. His comic career only lasted 5 (?) years. He died young under...
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    The Legacy of Arak Son Of Thunder

    One of my all time fave comics is DC's Arak Son Of Thunder. There really had never been anything else like it in the 80's. There's never been anything like it before or since then.

    Whether or not...
  8. This is an easy one: if the stuff collected is...

    This is an easy one: if the stuff collected is rare and/or now worth more than 10-ish times the original/newsstand value of a 60's-80's era book i'll consider grabbing a collected edition.

    The...
  9. Any of Fletcher Hanks' characters. The scripts,...

    Any of Fletcher Hanks' characters. The scripts, the look, and the insane absurd violence, the totally ludicrous atmosphere Hanks created is just as strange and compelling now as it was duirng the...
  10. Folk horror, rural culture, nomophobia, and *Creepy Things*

    Some of the Bronze age's weirdest comics were published by Charlton Press. Even by their way out, wild standards their horror comic series Creepy Things took weirdness to new heights.

    Combining...
  11. a new approach to psycho-analysis and The Hulk

    Viewed through the prism of all our most contemporary issues and philosophical debates, The Hulk becomes Marvel's most relevant character. A new understanding of The Hulk, identity politics,...
  12. Marvel Assistant Editor's Month 1984

    Before Crisis On Infinite Earths, before Secret Wars, Marvel broke the comic book storytelling mould (and annihilated the 4th wall!) with the wildest, most innovative cross-over event ever - an early...
  13. The historical significance of 80's war comics

    No matter how ridiculous or believable comic book stories get they inevitably always end up reflecting the big picture of culture, current events, and history.

    A'lot of the war comics from the...
  14. How to make The Micronauts movie totally great

    Th original Micronauts is one of my fave Marvel series ever, there's really never been anything else in comics like it before or since (not counting the ancient Classic Comics adaptation of Swift's...
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