Click on the images below to see them larger on your screen! All images and art in this post TM & © MARVEL. 1968 is the last great year of the Marvel Annuals, in my humble opinion. It was the end of a six-year run of truly great comic books which topped off the summer,... Continue Reading →
Click on the images below to see them larger on your screen! All images and art in this post TM & © MARVEL. 1966 marks the low point of the “Golden Age” of Marvel Annuals as far as I’m concerned. Gone were any special features that made the first Fantastic Four and Spider-Man Annuals so... Continue Reading →
Click on the images below to see them larger on your screen! All images and art in this post TM & © MARVEL. By the time the summer of 1964 rolled around, the “Marvel Age of Comics” was in full swing. Captain America, the last of the Timely (Marvel’s company name in the 1940s and... Continue Reading →
Click on the images above and below to see them larger on your screen! Let me set the scene for you … It’s the summer of 1963 and three long months of relative freedom extend before me. School is out and it’s four months before the US will change forever. Things to look forward to:... Continue Reading →
If you’re joining us for the first time because you somehow stumbled into—or willingly attended—my Comic-Con 2023 Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! panel—or if you’re a regular reader—please note that I’m taking a week or two off to recover from Comic-Con 2023, but I wanted to give you a sneak peek of our next... Continue Reading →
That's right ... it's 2:00 AM and the bar is closing down, so here's your final reminder about my Comic-Con 2023 panel, Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! on Friday, July 21 at 2:00 PM in Room 29AB! I hope you'll find the time to join me for this fun panel that will feature a... Continue Reading →
It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for … the Comic-Con 2023 Schedule is now LIVE! And It's also the moment I’VE been waiting for: I can now officially announce the day, time, and room number for my Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! panel at Comic-Con 2023! As you can see from the graphic below,... Continue Reading →
IT'S OFFICIAL! With the release of the Comic-Con 2023 schedule, I can now reveal my Tales From My Spinner Rack LIVE! solo panel will be on Friday, July 21 at 2:00 PM in Room 29AB. I hope to see you all there, whomever all of you may be. Remember, showing up is 95% of your... Continue Reading →
Avengers #1 and X-Men #1, September 1963. Covers by Jack Kirby. All art in this post ™ & © MARVEL. On July 2, 1963, two new comic books debuted which would have far-reaching success in other media in the future, becoming household names from their successful movie appearances. Those two books were The Avengers #1... Continue Reading →
I’m very pleased and excited to announce I will be presenting a panel featuring Tales From My Spinner Rack! at Comic-Con 2023, in just a few short weeks! If you caught my very first appearance at WonderCon back in March, you’ll want to join me for this one, as I cover the two most memorable... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Superman Month here on Tales from My Spinner Rack! 85 years ago, the dream of two Cleveland teenagers hit the newsstands for the very first time, kickstarting the entire comic book industry. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1, cover-dated June 1938. This is Part 4—the final installment—of... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Superman Month here on Tales from My Spinner Rack! 85 years ago, the dream of two Cleveland teenagers hit the newsstands for the very first time, kickstarting the entire comic book industry. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1, cover-dated June 1938. Over the next two weeks, we’ll... Continue Reading →
We continue with our special Superman Month coverage during the month of June here on Tales from My Spinner Rack! 85 years ago, the dream of two Cleveland teenagers hit the newsstands for the very first time, kickstarting the entire comic book industry. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1,... Continue Reading →
Welcome to Superman Month here on Tales from My Spinner Rack! 85 years ago, the dream of two Cleveland teenagers hit the newsstands for the very first time, kickstarting the entire comic book industry. Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s Superman first appeared in Action Comics #1, cover-dated June 1938. Over the next few weeks, we’ll... Continue Reading →
Superman #1, June 1939. Cover by Joe Shuster and Leo O'Melia. All images in this post TM & © DC. Click on the images below to see them larger on your screen! Somehow I’ve come back to Superman. No, not necessarily the current comic book incarnation of the Man of Steel; although I am buying... Continue Reading →
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