Time for a peek behind the scenes of the creative process here in Retro Review corner:  Sometimes, I work from a detailed spreadsheet cross-referencing comics eras, publishers, genres, important character appearances and milestones, carefully collated after years of collecting and archiving back issues, selecting each book carefully based on it’s relevance, quality and historical importance… Sometimes, Stephen says “Hey, what’s the deal with these weird guys I just read about in Secret Empire?”  Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Captain America #163 awaits!

Rand Bellavia of Ookla the Mok fame, returns this month with a new installment of Random Access Memory.

Author’s Note: Random Access Memory is me looking back at the specific comics that shaped my life. Each month I go back in time – in five year intervals – to examine key comics that came out those months. (The idea is that after five years of monthly columns, I will have covered an entire lifetime – in this case, fifty years – of reading comics.) Starting this month I will also list all the comics I read that particular month. This will afford readers the opportunity to chastise me for not reading specific comics, and/or laugh at the horrible,

The Hulk!  The Silver Surfer!  Namor, The Sub-Mariner!  In days to come, they will be known as the core of the Defenders, but at the dawn of the 1970s, they were merely the Titans Three!  Your Major Spoilers (Retro) Review of Sub-Mariner #35 awaits!

Press Release The Baltimore Comic-Con is pleased to announce that legendary Marvel Comics artist, Sal Buscema, will be joining the guest list for the 14th annual show, taking place September 7-8, 2013. Buscema will be appearing at the show on Saturday only and will be receiving the HERO Lifetime Achievement Award, which will be presented at the Harvey Awards Banquet Saturday evening.