Unlike my esteemed We Talk Comics co-host Keith I consider myself an Avengers fan. While he reads a couple of the X-Books and is more abreast of current happenings I haven’t kept up on my X-Men lore. Not surprisingly then it’[…]
Thanks for having me on the podcast to rant about digital comics and the comic book business in general. Since I made a number of provocative statements on your show I suppose I should provide some background. I[…]
When we reviewed AvX #1 a few episodes back, Mo was quite surprised that I sided with Cyclops in the confrontation that began in that issue. Then I was listening to the second best comic podcast in the world, The Thwipping Bo[…]
I recently reread the 1979 first meeting of the X-Men and Alpha Flight in the pages of Essential X-Men vol 2. I had forgotten that a key scene takes place at the base of the Calgary Tower Centre, the building where I work my […]
The New Universe was over. But there was still some nostalgia left. After DP7 ended, Mark Gruenwald moved on to Quasar. In #31, Gruenwald had Quasar get blasted completely out of the multiverse into the world of the New Unive[…]
John Byrne took over writing and pencilling Starbrand at #11 and switched that book to a bi-monthly schedule. In Starbrand #12 we finally learned the secret of the White Event that kicked off the New Universe, and then we saw[…]
In a world suddenly populated by paranormals, the New Universe was an unpredictable place. Even the reader had trouble finding their footing sometimes. A couple of the titles did not seem to keep the party line of a world lik[…]
July 22, 1986: a light from space lit our earth in a mysterious and sudden flash. It was called The White Event. It gave a small percentage of regular people amazing and sometimes horrifying abilities. They were called parano[…]
4 for a Dollar is a recurring topic on the We Talk Comics podcast. We look at lesser known story arcs that you can dig up at your next comic show for good reading at a low cost. Trial of the Flash When Mo and I interviewed Sc[…]
Comic book memories are funny things. After decades of reading, some memories tend to get blended with other appearances (such as movies, television, and books) to produce incorrect versions of events. For example, I could ha[…]
