The Sub-Mariner

feeds@yuku.com (VisualFiction) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:05:43 GMT

As this site's "Marvel Masterworks Marathon" prepares to begin reviewing the Sub-Mariner's monthly solo feature in Tales to Astonish starting in January 2010, I developed a desire to experience the original exploits of the better of Marvel's two inaugural superheroes. The publication of Golden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus was perfectly...

Marvel Masterworks Marathon Part 46: March 1965

feeds@yuku.com (DeBricazar) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:39:43 GMT

So I figured this would be a good time to start up the MARVEL MASTERWORKS FAN PAGE, but I guess Gormuu's beaten me to it. So instead let's carry on with the Marathon, shall we?

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #116: If this were a movie, it could have only have been produced by Cecil B. DeMille! Spectacle follows spectacle as you marvel at "The Trial of the Gods!" Special note: You'll find more sensational guest stars in this issue than ever before!...

Marvel Masterworks Marathon Part 45: February 1965

feeds@yuku.com (DeBricazar) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:33:29 GMT

Another month into 1965, we see Thor's second showdown with Crusher Creel! Spidey goes nuts! Daredevil gets a new costume! The Red Skull returns! Steve Ditko's final take on the Hulk until the late '70s! The death of a major villain in Avengers! Definitely things are in full swing in the Marvel Age of Comics.

ALSO: Check out the ever-growing mass cover gallery at

Pellet Reviews - Recent Trades Read

feeds@yuku.com (riftt) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 23:34:29 GMT

Kitty Pride and Wolverine MPC - This was alright, better art than the Claremont script which was the usual over-written and way too many thought balloons

DMZ vol. 6 - This was an enjoyable one, about an election in the DMZ (the logistics of which still dont really make sense, but...) I especially liked the moments between Matty and Zee.

Absolute Superman: For Tomorrow - this was a weird one. I kinda hated it, kinda liked it. All of the stuff with the priest and the...

Marvel Masterworks Marathon Part 44: January 1965

feeds@yuku.com (DeBricazar) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:22:28 GMT

Hard to believe the Marathon has now entered 1965, another year of growth and development in the Marvel Universe. This year will see Sub-Mariner get his first series since 1955, Nick Fury get his second series, a new Avengers team, the beginning of the Kirby-Sinnott team, the Inhumans, and at the end of the year, the Silver Surfer and Galactus! Plus the Beatles release their Help! and Rubber Soul albums (as T.T. Clark asked me to mention), and the Rolling Stones...

Marvel Masterworks Marathon Part 43: December 1964

feeds@yuku.com (DeBricazar) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:08:09 GMT

Hey, gang ... we've reached the end of 1964, and the Marvel Universe as we know it is nearly three and a half years old. For once, my eyes are peeled for Strange Tales, since as you can see below they spotlight the Fab Four! Plus ST #130 has the first full-fledged Dr. Strange cover! Another fun highlight is the origin of Captain America.

Here's what's Stan was saying back then ...

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #113: It had to happen! At last...

Conan

feeds@yuku.com (VisualFiction) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:06:20 GMT

Help! Which X-Men Comic is this From?

feeds@yuku.com (Papa Doble) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:46:51 GMT

On page 8 of Volume 2 of The X-Men Companion (edited by Peter Sanderson), and among the black and white art reproductions, there's a series of four panels ostensibly from issue #138, where Cyclops and Nightcrawler compare their life's philosphies. I don't have the original issue #138, but this scene doesn't appear in Volume 5 of the Masaterworks. The scene looks to be the Xavier mansion. Scott is dressed in civilian clothes (turtleneck, jacket etc.) Some...

X-Men Plot Hole?

feeds@yuku.com (Papa Doble) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:27:39 GMT

Yeah, yeah I know it happens! Can someone help me out with this?

One thing that I can't get past in the X-Men story of issues 112-125. After Magneto's Antarctic lair is destroyed by the volcano, the X-Men, along with Phoenix and Beast, escape the lair's destruction through different ways, with each thinking the other dead until...

Marvel Masterworks Marathon Part 42: November 1964

feeds@yuku.com (DeBricazar) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:03:22 GMT

Wow, hard to believe another month has gone by so quickly! Well, this month is fun ... Thor vs. the Hulk, the Hulk vs. the Leader, the X-Men vs. the Avengers, Peter Parker vs. Johnny Storm, Democracy vs. Communism ...

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #112: All we have to tell you is -- Thor fights the Hulk! It's the kind of action you want, written the way you like it, and drawn by jolly Jack Kirby, the action king himself! It's...

New Mutants Classics

feeds@yuku.com (Comicsdad) — Mon, 11 May 2009 04:42:09 GMT

New Mutants Classic Vol.1

Back in the day I used to subscribe to the New Mutants, but I had never read the stories reprinted here, except for the graphic novel. (I love saying "back in the day", makes me feel like an old cranky bastard setting the young whippersnappers straight, although I am probably below the median age here..)

Anyways, I...

The Legion of Super-Heroes

feeds@yuku.com (VisualFiction) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:59:59 GMT

Marvel Masterworks Marathon Part 41: October 1964

feeds@yuku.com (DeBricazar) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:07:17 GMT

Since I'm coming up to another group of busy days, I figured I'd get this one started a little early. Mods, if you can still keep part 40 stickied until May 1, then sticky this one in its place, I'd appreciate it.

Here are this month's titles, in the contemporary words of Stan Lee himself ...

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #111: The one you've been waiting for! Fighting-mad as never before, with the girl he loves dying, mighty Thor...

Daredevil: Yellow

feeds@yuku.com (VisualFiction) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:39:26 GMT

The Tomb of Dracula

feeds@yuku.com (VisualFiction) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:07:44 GMT

Forum Work in Progress

feeds@yuku.com (DavidTai) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:17:13 GMT

Gormuu originally intended this as a forum review of Marvel books.

It was intended to be strictly reviews and discussion, with ratings (whether thumbs up or thumbs down), with links of the specific books to the main Marvel Masterworks website. Sort of like Gormuu's Book Club, along the lines of Oprah's.

This project seems to have gone by the wayside, so with 'Muu's permission, I'm going to just shift this to include all books, maybe treat this as a...

X-Men: First Class

feeds@yuku.com (VisualFiction) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:53:11 GMT

Enemy Ace

feeds@yuku.com (VisualFiction) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:52:51 GMT

Pride of Baghdad

feeds@yuku.com (VisualFiction) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:46:26 GMT

...Lion King it's not.

Pride of Baghdad is a 128-page 2006 graphic novel from DC Vertigo, written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Niko Henrichon. It's "based on a true story", albeit a short one: In April of 2003, four lions escaped the Baghdad Zoo during the bombing of Iraq. I find convient stopping places roughly every 22 pages or so, as if it were originally designed to be released as individual issues if DC had chosen, but from what I can...

Marvel Masterworks Marathon Part 40: September 1964

feeds@yuku.com (DeBricazar) — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 06:28:28 GMT

I'm getting this one started a little early ... away we go! It's a sad month in Marvel history, as we begin what Joe Marek has dubbed "The Great Page Reduction." Replacing pages of story were pinups.

On the upside, I figure you might like to hear what Stan was saying about these books, so from now on I'll be quoting him, straight out of the Mighty Marvel Checklist!

JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #110: Stan and Jack have another...

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