Author: Drew R.
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Fantastic Four #19:Prisoners Of the Pharoah!
Cover Date: Oct 1963 | Review: 4 StarsFor today’s comic book review I read “Prisoners Of the Pharoah!” the story contained within Fantastic Four #19. It is a breath taken tale of heroics in their raw form, going to great lengths to help a friend. The story is centered around trying to help Alicia Masters see again, Reed believing that he has found a hint…
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Strange Tales #113:The Coming Of The Plantman!
Cover Date: Oct 1963 | Review: 4.25 StarsToday’s Comic book review is of the story “The Coming Of The Plantman!” that was published in Strange Tales #113. This story featuring the human torch is in some ways a milestone for the character and the series. Because it is with this issue, and story that he gain’s his first supporting character other than the Fantastic Four. In this…
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Amazing Spider-Man #5:Marked For Destruction By Dr. Doom!
Cover Date: Oct 1963 | Review: 4 StarsFor today’s Comic book review I read Amazing Spider-Man #5 and the story “Marked For Destruction By Dr. Doom!” it is a grand story for the marvel universes development, like so many in the year of 1963. This one, while having the Fantastic Four play a minor role, while one of there main advisories Dr. Doom faces off against…
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Journey Into Mystery #97:The Mighty Thor Battles The Lava Man
Cover Date: Oct 1963 | Review: 4.5 StarsFor today’s Comic Book Review I read Journey Into Mystery #97 and reviewed the Thor Story Titled “The Mighty Thor Battles The Lava Man”, but in addition to this epic tale, this issue debuted “Tales of Asgard” a short-lived story about Thor’s Home land, I will be reviewing them at a later date collectively. this…
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Tales To Astonish #48:Ant-Man And The Wasp Defy The Porcupine!
Cover Date: Oct 1963 | Review: 1.5 StarsFor today’s Comic Book Review I read and reviewed the Ant-Man and the wasp story from “Tales To Astonish #48” and what I found was an astonishing tale titled “Ant-Man And The Wasp Defy The Porcupine!” the basic outline of the story is one of an evil scientist, a weapons developer for the military develops what he see’s…
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Tales Of Suspense #46:Iron Man Faces The Crimson Dynamo!
Cover Date: Oct 1963 | Review: 3.75 StarsFor today’s comic book review, i read the Iron Man story from Tales Of Suspense #46. this is the 8th time iron man graced the pages of that comic book, but the first time his foe is another like himself, a human with a technologically enhanced suit. The story starts off behind the iron curtain, as Professor Vanko better…
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Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos #3:Midnight On Massacre Mountain!
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 4 StarsFor today’s comic book review I read Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos #3, and the story titled “Midnight On Massacre Mountain!“. As Comic Book Stories go, I feel comfortable before even diving into the details of my review to say that this issue is a classic. for a short synopsis of the story, we have Sgt Fury,…
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Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos #2:7 Doomed Men!
Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 4.25 StarsFor today’s comic book review I sit down to read the second issue of Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos, the story contained within this issue is titled “7 Doomed Men!” a short summary of the story, after returning to base in need of much rest from a mission, the commandos are sent out again, this time to put…
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Avengers #1:The Coming Of The Avengers!
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 4.5 StarsFor Today’s Comic book review, i Read and review Avengers #1 from 1963. This classic Tale features The Mighty Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and The Incredible Hulk, and though the action’s of this 22 page story, they come together to form the Avengers! Our Story begins out with Loki, plotting his revenge against Thor,…
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Tales To Astonish #47:Music To Scream By
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 3 StarsFor today’s comic book review i read the ant-man and wasp story from Tales To Astonish #47, titled “Music To Scream By“. in this classic tale we see our heroes as well as the ant’s face the great threat of sound. To offer a summary, the story starts out with a prelude where our hero’s both solve…
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Journey Into Mystery #96:The Mighty Thor! Defying The Magic Of… Mad Merlin!
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 3.75 StarsFor Today’s Comic Book Review i Read the Thor Story from Journey Into Mystery #96. This story is titled “The Mighty Thor! Defying The Magic Of… Mad Merlin!” and as we sit down to read and review it, we have to ask ourselves if it is truly a magical story, or if it is…
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Tales Of Suspense #45:The Icy Fingers Of Jack Frost!
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 4 StarsFor Today’s comic book review i read the Iron Man story from Tales Of Suspense #45, it was titled “The Icy Fingers Of Jack Frost!” and much more important than seeming like a good comic book to pick to review for this december week, is that this story introduces us to Pepper Pots and Happy Hogan. a short…
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X-Men #1
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 4 StarsFor today’s comic book review I did X-Men #1 from 1963. this volume of comics would eventually be retitled to Uncanny X-men. in any case, i thought it a great idea to review X-men #1 for X-mas eve. I feel it worth saying that the X-men comic came to be the same month as the avengers, but the…
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Amazing Spider-Man #4:Nothing Can Stop The Sandman!
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 3.75 StarsToday, I sit down to read and write my review of Amazing Spider-Man #4 from 1963. In Amazing Spider-Man #4, we get introduced to the well-known spider-man foe Sandman. But is this issue as simple as Hero Vs Villain or is there more to this spider-man comic? to give a short summary of this comic book, would be to…
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Fantastic Four #18:A Skrull Walks Among Us!
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 3.75 StarsFor today’s comic book review i am proud to bring the story titled “A Skrull Walks Among Us!” from Fantastic Four #18; this is the second appearance of the alien race the Skrull in marvel, and the first appearance of Super-Skrull. To provide a short Summery of Fantastic Four #18, we have the story begin with our hero’s relaxing,…
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Strange Tales #112:The Living Bomb!
Cover Date: Sep 1963 | Review: 5 StarsToday, i sat down to review the human torch story from Strange Tales #112, if you are looking for the review of the Doctor Strange story for this issue, i regret to inform you that for Strange Tales #112 and #113 the doctor, and his stories where nonexistent. But as for the human torch, can the…
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Tales To Astonish #46:…When Cyclops Walks The Earth
Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 3.5 Starsoday I set out to do a comic book review on the ant-man and the wasp story from Tales To Astonish #46. From the starting point, the cover did not set me off with great hope for the issue, but I know that is a bad way to judge a book. for a short synopsis of the…
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Journey Into Mystery #95:The Demon Duplicator’s
Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 1.75 Starsfor today’s comic book review i read Thor’s story from Journey Into Mystery #95 it is titled “The Mighty Thor Faces The Menace Of.. The Demon duplicator’s!”, in this tale, Thor faces a duplicate of himself, who has two hammer’s and is thus twice as powerful. But the real question would be, is twice the number of Thor’s twice as…
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Rest In Peace Joe Simon
Today I am sad to have learned of Joe Simon’s death, and may he rest in peace as we offer him a few short words and a few moments of silent memory. Joe was born on October 11th 1913 in Rochester New York, and died December 14th 2011. Joe Simon was one of comic book’s…
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Tales Of Suspense #44:Iron Man Faces the Menace of The Mad Pharaoh!
Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 4 Starswe have already had The Fantastic Four, Thor and Ant-Man travel though time. This Month its Iron Man’s turn at time travel; sending him 2000 years back into the past to ancient Egypt and the court of Cleopatra. what can lead to an amazing and suspenseful tale like this, how about i offer us a bit of a summary. Tony Stark…
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Strange Tales #111:Face-To-Face With The Magic Of Baron Mordo!
Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 3.25 StarsToday’s Comic book review is of Strange Tales #111; and it contains two stories that I have reviewed; This post is for the Dr. Strange story Titled: “Face-To-Face With The Magic Of Baron Mordo!“. For the Human Torch Story, please click here. In our second tale of Dr. Strange, we have him face to face with…
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Strange Tales #111:Fighting To The Death With The Asbestos Man!
Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 3 StarsThis is a comic book review of the Human Torches story in Strange Tales #111, titled “Fighting To The Death With The Asbestos Man!“, but today I also reviewed the Dr. Strange story, and you can find that review by clicking here. But for a short summary of today’s story, we have a brilliant scientist who feels under appreciated,…
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Fantastic Four #17:Defeated By Doctor Doom!
Cover Date: Aug 1963 | Review: 3.75 StarsI am sure by now you have read my comic book review of Fantastic Four #16 published just yesterday, and not only read the issue, but read Fantastic Four #17 as well, then came back eager to see what I thought of the classic comic book story? I thought it was a more than fitting part two,…
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Fantastic Four #16:The Micro-World Of Doctor Doom!
Cover Date: Jul 1963 | Review: 5 StarsIn my time so far reviewing classic marvel comics i have seem comics good and bad come from these classic creators. Some stories have even been downright horrifying, fortunately this one is not! In fact Fantastic Four #16 is perhaps the best Doctor Doom story I have reviewed so far, and it’s not even fully over yet!…