Guest Blogs Archive

Without Walt Simonson and his epic writer/artist run on Thor in the mid-1980s, the character probably would have never achieved the popularity to be the subject of multiple successful films. Most consider his interpretation of the character to be the definitive take on Thor in modern pop culture. As

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Marvel’s speculative What If? series, which examined what would happen if certain famous moments in comic book history went in a different direction, has actually served as a source of inspiration for many storylines that have been produced over the past 20 years. For example, one What If? issue

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In October, Marvel is going to reboot Iron Man as part of a “darker” Superior Iron Man series. To commemorate the announcement, on ComicBook.com I’d looked at five other times in comic book history that Tony Stark has acted extraordinarily selfish, betrayed friends and just been a general jerk.

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After Joe Quesada announced on The Colbert Report earlier this week that Sam Wilson, aka the Falcon would be replacing Captain America in October, I put together a list of five essential Falcon stories on ComicBook.com. Be sure to check out the list and see if your favorite Falcon

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In the wake of the announcement that Marvel is introduce a new female Thor in October, for ComicBook.com I take a look at 10 other heroes and villains who have either temporarily, or semi-long-term held the might hammer of Mjolnir. The funny thing is, this list could have easily gone

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I jump on the Batman 75th anniversary bandwagon by taking a look at the most influential Batman stories of all time on ComicBook.com. This was obviously a very difficult list to put together, as the goal was to look at Batman stories with the greatest long-term influence on the character

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The past few decades have been rife with controversy for the comic book industry, as changing dynamics have forced a lot of storylines and editorial mandates that have not sat right with readers and critics (we Spider-Man fans are completely unfamiliar with this concept, right?). In my latest list

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Today for my Gimmick or Good column at Comics Should Be Good, I take a look at an unexpectedly unique comic book. Valiant’s Bloodshot #1 is believed to be the very first chromium enhanced cover of the 90s. In celebration of this feat, Valiant recently released a bunch of

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With Marvel announcing this week that there will be a “new” Captain America this Fall, I thought I’d take to ComicBook.com to rank the 10 greatest “replacement” superheroes; those characters who temporarily filled in for a certain character. Spider-Man fans should note that there are actually a couple of

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In celebration of today’s relaunch of the Spider-Man 2099 series, take a look at my latest submission for ComicBook.com which lists 10 memorable moments from the original Spider-Man 2099 series in the early/mid-1990s. This comic, which was created by Peter David (who is writing the new series) and Rick

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