Category: comics

  • comics!

    I’ve picked up a number of comics recently, some at a little hole-in-the-wall shop near where my family gets together for the holidays and some from online and two from my niece for Christmas! Here’s a mishmash of covers:

  • A Comic a Day: Captain America #144

    I am attempting to initiate a new habit for myself…reading a comic book every day. I am sure it won’t actually be every single day, but hopefully this will result in reading a comic most days. I decided to jot out a bit of a recap and reaction to the first one I read. Here…

  • Rawhide Kid and the Western

    I read an issue of Rawhide Kid last night (#68, 1969), a Marvel western that began in 1955 and ran until 1979. I really enjoyed Larry Lieber’s distinctive art. It has a clean sharpness to it that works well with the bright, bold coloring style of the comic. Lieber wrote and drew the comic from…

  • Tomahawk

    Yesterday I read an issue of Tomahawk, a DC comic that ran from 1950 to 1972. The character first appeared a little earlier, in 1947, and has had a few appearances since the title’s cancellation. The comic is somewhat unique in that most of the timeline takes place during the American Revolution. Some of the…

  • Tolstoy as travel guide

    Here are a few panels from a comic I read yesterday (Unknown Soldier #242, 1980). The story is titled Red Flows the Don! and was written by Bob Haney with pencils by Dick Ayers and inks by Gerry Talaoc.

  • Robotech Defenders

    I received both issues in the Robotech Defenders miniseries in the mail today. I just finished reading the first one and it was fantastic! I haven’t been carried away by a comic for quite a while, and it was so much fun. The various settings briefly glimpsed were exciting, and I really enjoyed the team…

  • Turok!

    Things are looking pretty grim for Turok and Andar in this old Gold Key issue I picked up a while ago. I just love the Gold Key painted covers! I haven’t read it yet, but the cover intrigues me…it looks as if Turok and Andar are actually holding on to the feet of the “flyers”,…

  • Our Army at War

    Four beautiful panels by Russ Heath from issue #253 of Our Army at War, January 1973.