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The first issue has two main stories. The first story is actually Spider-Man taking a flashback of how he came to be reveling over the capture of the burglar that murdered his Uncle. Also, this was the first appearance of the Jameson family and the son John Jameson, who later becomes Man Wolf in the comics. The first major appearance of Spider-Man involves saving Jameson’s son in space, whose capsule split apart. He thought this would clear his name, but it made things worse because Jameson chastised him in The Daily Bugle.

The second part of the comic focused (more…)

StormWatch was created by Ellis when the WildStorm imprint was published by Image Comics. The comic features a UN-sponsored team of superheroes under the leadership of the Weatherman.

The comic can essentially be split into two eras. The first, with StormWatch fulfilling a role that falls somewhere between the Avengers and SHIELD, shows the team doing a number of missions for the United Nations. As time passes, however, they begin to realize they have been manipulated by the Weatherman, Bendix, who is revealed, discredited and removed. The (more…)

For comic book fans across the US, Harvey Pekar was not only a great comic book writer, creator, developer, and characer, but the self created character chronicled his life through comic books, and put it down in a format that fans would love. So, whether you loved the life like adventures, or the truth in the episdoes described through the comics, he was not only putting out great comics for fans, but he was also expressing what he was going through in his personal life, and using a character that fans connected with, in (more…)

Captain Haddock is one of the characters created by Herge, the man who was behind “The Adventures of Tintin,” a series of Belgian comics. In the series Captain Haddock is Tintin’s best friend a multimillionaire captain of the sea.

The Adventures of Tintin is one of the most well known series in comic book history. One of the main reasons it is so loved, is because of crazy Captain Haddock who is prone to a short (more…)