F.O.O.M. (Flashbacks of Ol' Marvel) #23: "Journey into Memory with The Mighty Thor"

I contributed a short, reworked piece to this collection of Thor memories.

F.O.O.M. (Flashbacks of Ol' Marvel) #22: "Smothering Our Babies: Generation X (1996)"

The latest installment of my journey through the history of Marvel Comics Movies is live at Comics Bulletin.  This time, I take a look at the 1996 TV movie, Generation X.  And it's not that bad.  Really.  I swear.

F.O.O.M. (Flashbacks of Ol' Marvel) #21: "Shelved - Fantastic Four (1994)"

I watched The Fantastic Four so you don't have to.  Roger Corman produced it in 1994 for 1.4 million after the original budget called for 40 million.  If that doesn't explain just about everything wrong with this film, I don't know what does.

F.O.O.M. (Flashbacks of Ol' Marvel) #20: "We Are Both Tragedies - Captain America (1990)"

Wherein I go back and re-evaluate what is generally considered one of the worst Marvel movies ever.  Seriously, it's not that bad, when all is said and done.  Here's the link: F.O.O.M.

F.O.O.M. (Flashbacks of Ol' Marvel) #16: "I'm Free Now – The Incredible Hulk (1988-1990)"

Aw yeah boyeee!  F.O.O.M. is back!  This time with a look at three, count 'em, THREE, Incredible Hulk films!  The Incredible Hulk Returns (with Thor!), The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (with Daredevil!), and The Death of the Incredible Hulk (with Death!)!

F.O.O.M. (Flashbacks of Ol' Marvel) #15: Marvel Treasury Edition - The Mighty Thor

It's been a while, but last night I freaked out and wrote a new F.O.O.M. column on the 1976 Marvel Treasury Edition #10: The Mighty Thor.  It's a 4-issue story where Thor and the Asgardians face certain doom from a giant space alien with the power of a Billion, Billion Entities!

Things don't look good for our heroes!  But eight year-old me learned a few things about life, honor, and being a Man.

F.O.O.M. #14: The Punisher (1989)

This week's F.O.O.M. (Flashbacks of Ol' Marvel) takes a look at murder-fest that was 1989's The Punisher.

It's really not as bad as you might think. It's still bad. Just not as bad as you might think.

F.O.O.M. #11 is live!

F.O.O.M. (Flashbacks of Ol' Marvel) #11 - "Jamming It Down Their Throats: Captain America & Captain America 2 (1979)"

Enjoy!

F.O.O.M. #8 and #10 are live!

Oops! I forgot to update these.

F.O.O.M. #8: "A Horse of a Different Color: The Incredible Hulk Pilots (1977)"
and

F.O.O.M. #10: "Looking for Some Strange: Doctor Strange (1978)"

F.O.O.M. #6 is live!

F.O.O.M. (Flashbacks of Ol' Marvel) is back and this week it's mine! All mine!

This week, I take a look back at Marvel's first foray into live-action film: The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)


Enjoy!

F.O.O.M. #4 is live!

Greetings folks!

Since the new series Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural debuts this week, I put together a F.O.O.M. (Flashbacks of Ol' Marvel) column all about the introduction of Brother Voodoo back in 1973!



Enjoy!

F.O.O.M. #1, #2, and #3 are live!

This past Tuesday, Comics Bulletin launched a new series of columns that I hope will continue to build as the weeks go on. It's called FOOM (Flashbacks of Ol' Marvel), and features CB writers crafting columns that discuss their favorite Marvel Comics issues and/or storylines from the past.

Jason Sacks kicked it off with a nice and focused column about a Black Panther storyline from the early Seventies: "Panther's Rage!"

This was followed by Dave Wallace putting together a very nice commentary on The Amazing Spider-Man #32 (Vol. 2) and how it got him into reading comics.

And I posted a long, not-very-well-constructed essay, summarizing the saga of Deathlok the Demolisher, through five different titles and over 10 years or so. It's the dud of the bunch, to be quite honest.

But don't let that stop you from checking them out!

Hopefully, there will be more of the good stuff to come!