Once again, I'm diving into a Marvel war book, and honestly, it's THE Marvel war book. Yes, I know that I did a 100-episode podcast about The 'Nam, but beyond various Punisher appearances, that comic existed in its own world, separate from the action you'd see in the Marvel Universe. But the World War II …
Author: Tom Panarese
Weird War Tales #41
When I think of DC's war books, my mind turns to World War II. I don't think anyone is going to fault me for this considering among their most famous war characters are Sgt. Rock, The Losers, The Unknown Soldier, and the Haunted Tank. My favorite of the war characters is actually the World War …
We Stand On Guard
While much of my #WarComicsMonth reading so far has been focusing on older books, especially those "gold standard" comics from DC and Marvel, I have picked up some newer titles in the genre in recent years. They're not from the big two, but tend to come from studios like Image, Boom!, or other independents that …
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #36
I guess it's only coincidence that I went from a "G.I."-titled comic from DC to a "G.I."-titled comic from Marvel as a one-two in my #WarComicsMonth reading. Then again, if I was going to make a concerted effort to read war comics for November, I was going to throw in at least one Joe book, …
G.I. Combat #239
I'm a few days late starting #WarComicsMonth because life has just gotten in the way of things, but I have a nice pile of books to get through during the next few weeks, all of which are from various eras and various companies. All of these are unread books or re-reads that I wanted to …
Uncollecting Update October 2022
As always, let’s start with the numbers … Physical Comics Read: 17 (94/120)Digital Comics Read: 0 (469/471)Trade Paperbacks/Graphic Novels Read: 2 (15/53)Books Read: 17 (105/142)Movies Watched: 1 (100/138)TV Seasons Completed: 0 (78/90)TV Shows Completed: 0 (32/37)Podcast Episodes Remaining: 240 You know how they say that the numbers don't lie? These numbers lie. Well, not all …
DC Grab Bag Highlights
So in my review of a recent Justice League of America issue (#202, I think), I talked about how I keep getting suckered into these comic grab bags at my LCS. They mostly contain low-grade or overprinted comics that at the price of 5/$3 is always worth it even if there are a few duds. …
EC Classics: The Vault of Horror
So I'm going to round out #HorrorComicsMonth with a post about yet another EC reprint. My kid and I found this in a treasury/oversized bin at this year's Baltimore Comic-Con and since I'd been interested in seeing what reprints I could find, I snatched it up. Does it go without saying that I loved it? …
What If … (various issues)
I think I've reviewed an issue or two of What If … on this blog, so forgive me if I have already told my What If … origin story. I first encountered the comic with issue #4 of the second series. This was the "What If … The Alien Costume HAD Possessed Spider-Man?" issue that …
Secret Origins #37
I'm about five issues away from completing my Secret Origins collection (after which I may do a re-read-along with Ryan Daly's old podcast). All of them are from pretty late in the 50-issue run and have eluded me for some time. This landed in my LCS' bins last Friday for $1.99, so I grabbed it. …
The Uncollecting 