Author: Drew R.
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Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #11:The Crackdown of Capt. Flint!
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 3.25 StarsIn this issue; Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos find themselves temperately reporting to Capt. Flint, whom is a ‘by the books officer’. The Captain and his attitudes not only cramp the howlers unique – and individual style, but also puts them in great danger as they set out on a mission with Capt. Flint overseeing…
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Fantastic Four #31:The Mad Menace Of The Macabre Mole Man!
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 4.25 StarsHaving just read, and as I sit down to write my comic book review Fantastic Four #31, I find that I let the action, and all the promises made fly though my head. First and foremost, this tale signals the return of the Mole Man last seen in Fantastic Four #22. Then as if that…
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Avengers #9:The Coming Of The… Wonder Man!
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 2.5 StarsFor this comic book review I read Avengers #9, the story in this volume is titled “The Coming Of the … Wonder Man!”. In this tale we have Baron Zemo, The Enchantress, and The Executioner returning from their banishment that occured in Avengers #7. Like most typical villains, their mind is single focused n gaining revenge, seeking…
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Amazing Spider-Man #17:The Return Of The Green Goblin!
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 4.75 StarsIn amazing Spider-Man #17 we have the tale titled “The Return Of the Green Goblin!”. This feature offers a lot of pieces, that all add to the larger tapestry of the issue as well as the ongoing adventures of Spider-Man. From the blunder early in the issue, where spider-man interfere with the filming of a…
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Strange Tales #125:Mordo Must Not Catch Me
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 4 StarsThe tale of Doctor Strange from Strange Tales #125 is one of an epic battle between Dr. Strange and Baron Mordo, his often repeated nemesis. This time Mordo traps The Ancient One first, before attempting to take on Doctor Strange. leaving our hero with the daunting task of fighting Mordo while finding and freeing his…
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Strange Tales #125:The Sub-Mariner Must Be Stopped
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 3.25 StarsIn Strange Tales #125 we have the Human Torch and the Thing, being there usual rough housing selves; before learning about the approach of the Namor the sub-mariner on the shores of New York. Eager to prove themselves, and impress some reporters whom had just left, they decide to take on the powerful advisory without…
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Tales to astonish #61:Captured At Last!
Cover Date: Nov 1964 | Review: 4.25 StarsThe Tale featuring the Hulk from Tales To Astonish #61 titled “Captured At Last!” takes place as a directly continuation (although taking place some weeks later) of the story from issue 60. In this ongoing epic, we have Bruce Banner working hard to develop a means to track down the enemy controlled robot he created in…
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Tales To Astonish #60:The Incredible Hulk
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 3 StarsWith Tales to Astonish #60, the Hulk returns to the forefront, being given his own feature again for the first time since his own title was canceled with Incredible Hulk #6. This issues cover date being a year and a half after that fateful event. But to look back to just his last feature title,…
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Tales to astonish #60:The Beast of Berlin
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 3.5 StarsThe tale for Giant-Man and the wasp (although just barely) for Tales To Astonish#60 is a communist fighting adventure titled “The Beast Of Berlin”. In this tale, Giant-man goes off alone (after telling her for the first time about how his wife died) to Communist controlled Berlin to rescue a friend captured by the communist…
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Tales Of Suspense #58:Tales Of The Watcher: The Watcher Must Die!
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 3.5 StarsFor the last of the series ‘Tales of the Watcher’ backup stories in Tales Of Suspense we have a five page story titled ‘The Watcher Must Die’ . In this story, we witness an armada led by warlord Wrogg confront the watcher on a remote asteroid. Believing that the watcher can not be as powerful as…
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Tales Of Suspense #58:Iron Man In Mortal Combat With Captain America!
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 3 StarsIn this Iron Man feature, One month before Captain America becomes the regular co-feature of Tales Of Suspense we have the two Heros face-off against each other in a battle of hero’s true to the comic book style of the time. In this issue, the Chameleon convinces Iron Man, that Captain America is the Chameleon.…
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Tales Of Suspense #57:Tales Of The Watcher: The Watcher’s Power
Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 1.25 StarsWhile I feel with most of the super-hero stories Marvel was at least trying to be a little careful with minting some continuity, with there other stories (such as ones like the Tales Of the Watcher series) I feel they where less careful then even they should have been. For in this issue, a…
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Journey Into Mystery #109:When Magneto Strikes!
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 2.25 Stars“When Magneto Strikes!” from the Mighty Thor Feature in Journey Into Mystery #109 is one of those tales that has mostly been forgotten by the passage of time. It also brings with it, a new and different approach to ‘cross over’. You see, right from the cover, we know this tale will feature Thor…
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Daredevil #4:Killgrave, The unbelievable purple man!
Cover Date: Oct 1964 | Review: 4 StarsIn sitting down to write my comic book review of Daredevil #4 and the story titled “Killgrave, The unbelievable purple man!” I find myself thinking, that this tale may be one of the better mind control stories I have seen so far. While the starting crime of him robbing the bank, seems a bit…
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Amazing Spider-man #16:Dual with daredevil
Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 4.25 StarsWhen reading, I’m and preparing to write my comic book review of the amazing Spider-man#16 I found myself asking one key question: “despite what the title of the book says, is this a Spider-man story or a daredevil story?” The two hero’s seemed to share the pages of this story fairly evenly as well as…
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Avengers #8:Kang, The Conqueror!
Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 4.75 StarsThis issue is a fitting follow-up to Fantastic Four Annual #8, as in this issue we find out that we indeed know who Kang is, and that we have seen him -although briefly- in that issue. You see Kang, The Conqueror the time traveler the Avengers are facing off in this issue, by his own…
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Fantastic Four Annual #2
Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 3.75 StarsWhile Fantastic Four annual #2 was divided into two stories in the issue; they go together so well that reviewing them separately would do the volume injustice. The first story titled “the fantastic origin of Doctor Doom!” Deals with Dr. Doom’s backstory, as we have never seen it before this issue. It is in these…
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Fantastic Four #30:The Dreaded Diablo
Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 1.75 StarsWith the Fantastic 30th issue of Fantastic Four, we had them facing off against Diablo. This mysterious and imprisoned foe is both released and captured by the Fantastic Four in this issue. Although his release may be the result of some ‘magical’ trickery on behalf of Diablo. As the story progresses and is told over…
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Tales To Astonish #59:Enter: The Hulk
Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 3.75 StarsHaving just finished reading Tales To Astonish #59 I find myself asking, who is more the star of this tale, Giant-Man or Hulk. You see, up until this Issue, Giant-Man with his side-kick (I almost hate calling wasp a side-kick) have been the featured hero’s of the series. As of late often with a Wasp…
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Strange tales #124:The lady from nowhere
Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 3.75 StarsIn this mystic Dr. strange tale, we have a special guest appearance I character not only from history but was also been seen in a previous Marvel comic. In Dr. strange tales so far we have seen him go to Great Plains to help those in need. But this is the first time we have seen…
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Strange tales #124:The Human Torch and The Thing team up to battle the menace of… Paste-Pot Pete
Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 1 StarsThe first story in strange tales #124 features the human torch and the thing – starting this issue his permanent partner for this feature – working together the face-off against a newly improved Paste-pot Pete. In this issue to meet up with a recently freed Paste-pot Pete, whom was given early release for helping the…
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Tales of Suspense #57:Hawkeye, The Marksman!
Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 4.75 StarsThe Iron Man story from tails of suspense # 57 is the first appearance of Hawkeye. You may not know -the now famous Avenger- started out then as an adversary for Iron Man. With motivations rooted in jealousy, and an attitude that’s more selfish and egotistical than selfless, is how Hawkeye debuted. It’s more than…
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Sgt. Fury and his howling commandos #10:On To Okinawa!
Cover Date: Sep 1964 | Review: 3 StarsSgt.Fury And His Howling Commandos #10 offers us a twist, instead of continuing the War in the E.T.O Fury and his team get shipped off to the pacific to rescue a Prisoner of war from Okinawa before the island is bombed. They have less then 72 hours to get there, free Phil Parker and get…
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Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos #9:Mission: Capture Adolph Hitler!
Cover Date: Aug 1964 | Review: 4.25 StarsTo start off my comic book review of Sgt. Fury And His Howling Commandos #9, I have to start with the cover itself; where we have the commandos surrounded with Hitler on a pedestal behind them. The title “Mission: Capture Hitler!” to the right. Lastly the bubble that says it all: “The world knew that…