Three apples high and able to eat berries without ruining their white clothes, The Smurfs are a pretty amazing bunch. But when they first debuted, they were all boys… until La Schtroumpfette! Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Les Schtroumpfs #3 awaits!
Browsing: Retro Review
The lineage of Batman will continue into the far future. But what about the legacy of The Joker? Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Batman #59 awaits!
Everybody loves to talk about the first issues of classic comic books, but I’ve always found it fun to example the last issue. Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Marvel Mystery Comics #92 awaits!
These days, we know Doctor Nemesis as the pharmacological genius behind the Krakoan-era miracle drugs. But not only did he not debut as a mutant, he didn’t even debut in a Marvel Comic! Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Lightning Comics #6 awaits!
The first Batgirl made her debut in 1961. It took forty years (and a couple of additional Batgirls) before she got her own ongoing solo comic. Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Batgirl #1 awaits!
Fifty years after the debut of Billy Batson, Kevin Green provided a new wrinkle in the Captain Marvel archetype. It’s a gross new wrinkle, but a new wrinkle nonetheless… Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Prime #1 awaits!
The endgame has come. The Red Skull’s plans have come to this moment, and either he or his greatest foe is going to die… today. Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Captain America #300 awaits!
There have been a lot of super-villains in comic history, far more than there have been heroes. But they can’t all be Darth Vader. Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Batman #226 awaits!
Sometimes, your favorite characters aren’t anyone else’s favorite characters. There is, after all, no accounting for taste. Behold the power of… THE LIVING COLOSSUS!
The end of an era doesn’t always feel like the end of an era. Sometimes, it feels like a lost Rin Tin Tin movie? Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Green Lantern #38 awaits!
When it comes to discussing the Golden Age of Comics, the costumed characters are far outnumbered by the two-fisted detectives, soldiers, and G-Men. But somewhere in between, you’ll find Red, White, and Blue. Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of All-American Comics #1 awaits!
I’ve been reading comics off-and-on since the year 1979, and occasionally, I am asked why the ’90s era comics are so often reviled. We are about to find out why. Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Avengers: Timeslide #1 awaits!
As my friend Otter Disaster has often said, in a straight fight, a shark will always beat a Dracula. That’s why the OSS got themselves a Frankenstein and a Wolfman, too! Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Weird War Tales #93 awaits!
He has fought Red Sonja and The X-Men, Conan and The Avengers, and he once executed Spider-Man on-panel. But what is the deal with Kulan Gath? Your Major Spoilers Retro Review of Conan The Barbarian #15 awaits!