Category: Comic Book Confidential

The Comic Book Connection: A One Man Show

Joe Peace takes the old adage “if you want something done right do it yourself” a little too literally when it comes to putting on comic books shows.  After participating in and even partnering up on other people’s comic book ...

The Hulk Turns 50!

    2012 marks the 50th anniversary of one of Marvel Comics popular superheroes, The Incredible Hulk.  The Hulk made his debut in May 1962 in his own comic called, of course, The Incredible Hulk.  For myself, I didn’t discover the Hulk ...

Comic BooK Confidential: Boo 52!

Continuity.  It may seem like a big word but to the publishers of DC Comics it has exactly four letters.  Continuity seems to be a constant thorn in their side.  It is a concept that they never seem to be ...

Comic Book Confidential: Simply Spectacular

Being a comic book kid in the early 1970’s was a glorious thing.  We didn’t realize it at the time, but DC Comics was giving us an education in the disguise of entertainment.  Many of their core comic titles had ...

Comic Book Confidential: The Secret Society of Super Villains

DC Comics took a lot of chances in the 1970’s in an effort to compete with their main rival Marvel and attract new comic book readers. One bold move was to give a dedicated title to a villain when they ...

Superman Returns

  To Mike Smith -- Thank you for the kind words in your column in PCR #328. I am honored you value my opinion. The main reason I have resisted weighing in on “Superman Returns” is that my overall take on the ...

Crisis In Infinite Comics: The Man Who Hated Laughter

In 1985, DC Comics orchestrated one of the most spectacular events in comic book history with a year long, twelve issue series designed to merge all of their existing comic worlds into one linear multiverse. The Crisis on Infinite Earths ...