The early 1980s were a boom period for superhero comics. They have been overshadowed by the work of Alan Moore and Frank Miller later in the decade, but they deserve more attention.
Matching, and frequently surpassing, the quality of other 1970’s horror/mystery titles, Sorcery and Madhouse nevertheless remain virtually unknown to this day.
Undeservingly forgotten, the Butterfly was the first black woman to join the panties and capes party of the Super-Folks.
Alternate cover art discovered for 1961 comic.
The ‘original’ Marvel UK series that never quite was…
Dinosaurs? Cowboys? Gladiators? Glory Knight, Time Travel Courier faced them all down, a distaff Doctor Who without all that science stuff…
Nevs Coleman picks some of his favourite under-appreciated Bat-comics.
Sometimes it’s easy to see the pitch: what if the Beatles had been superheroes? A decent idea, and it gives you lots to work with. Trouble is, it rather sets up claims for the story that are not remotely fulfilled.
Released in 2006, this title is by now probably of interest only to Neal Adams completists, as he donated a typically overwrought cover to this charity comic designed to raise consciousness of the plight of caregivers.
