History of Comic Books Podcast

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Iron Man vs. Doctor Doom: Doom Quest", which collects "Iron Man" #149-150 & #249-250, in which Iron Man & Doctor Doom find themselves transported to the land of Camelot, where they must work together to save the world.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Road to Perdition", the classic 1998 crime comic by Max Allan Collins & Richard Piers Rayner.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "My Friend Dahmer" by Derf Backderf, telling the true story about the early years of the infamous serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the signs that pointed to the monster he would become.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Invincible Iron Man: Extremis" by Warren Ellis & Adi Granov, which collects the six issue relaunch of the in 2007 that introduced an advance in Iron Man's technology.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Iron Man: Armor Wars", one of the quintessential Iron Man stories that, on a personal note, made me the obsessive comic book fan I am today.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Power of Iron" by David Micheline & John Romita Jr., which collects "Iron Man" #120-128, as Tony Stark/Iron Man deals with a number of villains, including his own alcoholism.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Infinity Gauntlet" by Jim Starlin, George Perez & Ron Lim, one of the greatest events in comic book history.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Incredible Hulk: Ground Zero" by Peter David & Todd McFarlane (with an assist at the end by Erik Larsen), collecting "Incredible Hulk" #340-346, in which Bruce Banner/The Hulk learns the government has developed a new gamma bomb and he sets out to stop them.

And  now a rambling and too brief review of "Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 01", which collects the very first tales of the classic comic book character.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Inhumans" by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee, the late 90's maxi-series that showed how great these characters can be.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "The Harlem Hellfighters" by Max Brooks and Caanan White, which tells the true story of the all-black 369th Unit States regiment, who served brilliantly during World War I despite the racism they faced at home.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Green Lantern/Green Arrow" by Denny O'Neil & Neal Adams, in which they had these classic superheroes tackle some real world issues.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters" by Mike Grell, the 1987 mini-series that reinvented the classic DC character for the modern age.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Grendel: Devil By Deed" by Matt Wagner, in which Wagner remains his criminal creation into one of the more iconic comic book characters in recent years.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Goldfish" by Brian Michael Bendis, his 1994 crime story that showed not only his early writing talents but his gifts as an artist as well.

And  now a rambling and too brief review of "Tales From the Crypt", the classic EC Comic from the 1950's that is probably THE creepy classic of comic books.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Saga of the Swamp Thing" by Alan Moore, in which the legendary writer gave the definitive revamp of the DC character.

And now a rambling and too brief review of the 1994 "Hellboy: Seed of Destruction" by Mike Mignola, which introduced his classic character to comic books.

And now the first in a series of 'Creepy Classics', highlighting classic comic books with a horror bend.  First off is a rambling and too brief review of "The Goon" by Eric Powell, one of the best horror/comedies on the stands.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "Ghost in the Shell", both the iconic manga and anime film.

And now a rambling and too brief review of Bill Willingham's "Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall", a one-off trade that is the 'Fables' take on 'Arabian Nights'.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "The New Fantastic Four" by Walt Simonson & Arthur Adams, which first appeared in "Fantastic Four" #347-349 in 1990, in which Ghost Rider, Spider-Man, the Hulk and Wolverine replace the classic team.

And now a rambling and too brief review on "Elektra: Assassin" by Frank Miller & Bill Seinkiewicz, in which the titular assassin tries to stop a nuclear war while dealing with SHIELD and demons.

And now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Chester Gould, the creator of Dick Tracy and, by default, the American crime comic genre.

And now a rambling and too brief review of "It's a Bird..." by Steven T. Seagle & Teddy Kristiansen, an autobiographical tale about how Seagle nearly turned down writing "Superman" due to his own personal problems.