Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 06 is here! This brand-new episode focuses on a short run of Captain America comics from 1969—issues #109 through #116—which feature a virtual who’s-who of Marvel Comics superstar artists from that period when the company was at its peak: Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, John Romita, John Buscema, and Gene... Continue Reading →

Tales From My Spinner Rack! Episode 06 will premiere soon here and on the official TFMSR YouTube channel! This brand-new episode focuses on a short run of Captain America comics from 1969—issues #109 through #116—which feature a virtual who’s-who of Marvel Comics’ superstar artists from that period when the company was at its peak: Jack... Continue Reading →

We’re back with our first all-new, full-length Tales From My Spinner Rack! video of 2024. “My Favorite 1960s Superman Stories” chronicles my love of four issues of Superman from the Silver Age, Mort Weisinger-edited era of the Man of Steel: #137 (“The Two Faces of Superman!”), #149 (“The Death of Superman!”), #156 (“The Last Days... Continue Reading →

Welcome to 2024 and the second full year of Tales From My Spinner Rack! When I started this series one year ago on my blog, I didn’t realize where it would take me. I thought it would be a fun, little, hobby type of thing, exploring the comic books I loved as a kid and... Continue Reading →

All art in this post TM & © MARVEL; all art is scanned from the original comics in my collection. Click on the images to see them larger on your screen. Here are the final five December 1965 cover-dated comics from Marvel. They were released in a different month and one of the easiest ways... Continue Reading →

All art in this post TM & © MARVEL; all art is scanned from the original comics in my collection. Click on the images to see them larger on your screen. At the end of Part 01 of December 1965 (click here to read it), I eluded to the fact that the December cover-dated Marvel... Continue Reading →

All art in this post TM & © MARVEL; all art is scanned from the original comics in my collection. Click on the images to see them larger on your screen! I don’t know when the idea first came to mind, but at some point I decided I wanted to get every Marvel comic published... Continue Reading →

More Tales From My Spinner Rack! is almost here! We took the month of November off for a little bit of travel, but we’ll be back in December with three new posts plus our first-ever all-new video on the official Tales From My Spinner Rack! YouTube Channel! Here’s the teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=470IUy5vKnE Starting Wednesday, December 6th,... Continue Reading →

We’re back with our third big Tales From My Spinner Rack! video on our official YouTube channel (not counting our teaser video)! This time, we’re presenting a re-creation of my Comic-Con 2023 panel presentation, featuring a look at two of DC Comics’ most popular titles from the 1950s and 1960s, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen and... Continue Reading →

We’re back—or we will be—next week with a brand new Tales From My Spinner Rack! video on YouTube featuring the re-creation of my sold-out (no fee was charged), standing-room-only (there were plenty of seats) Comic-Con 2023 panel presentation, featuring the wild and wonky comic book adventures of Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen and Superman’s Girl Friend... Continue Reading →

Happy October—SWEATERWEATHER!—to you all! This week I’m happy to present the world premiere of the re-creation of my WonderCon 2023 panel presentation—the first-ever “Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE!” show—on YouTube. As I mentioned, this is a re-creation, not an actual recording of the WonderCon panel, because I, in my infinite wisdom, forgot to hit... Continue Reading →

We’re segueing into fall with a new (but don’t hold me to it) schedule for Tales From My Spinner Rack! New posts—and the occasional YouTube Channel video—will be appearing about every two weeks, as we enter pumpkin spice/big book/sweater weather—SWEATERWEATHER!!!—season. Except for a bit of time in a month or so when I will be... Continue Reading →

BREAKING NEWS!!!After the launch of my new Official Tales From My Spinner Rack! YouTube Channel just last week, we already have ONE subscriber! I never expected such a stunning response. I’m already preparing my speech for the YouTube equivalent of the Oscars, which is probably called the Tubbies or some such, and undoubtedly hosted by... Continue Reading →