Over 50 years has passed since Marvel Comics published Fantastic Four #1, beginning a run of popular superhero comics that still thrives today. Over that span, there have been many memorable clashes between the heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe. Rittenhouse Archives has produced a history of some of the most dynamic of those encounters in its recently [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Non-Sport Spotlight—Joe Rubinstein
Many people think comics notable Josef “Joe” Rubinstein holds a Guinness Book record for being the world’s most prodigious inker. “It doesn’t exist,” Rubinstein admitted. “I said it as a joke one day with the addendum, ‘IF it existed,’ which is usually left off. I inked a series called The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Bond…Oscar Bond.
While the announcement today by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of this year’s Oscar nominees is certainly exciting, for non-sport and genre fans there is one notice that surpasses it. Last week, Oscars.org announced that The 85th Academy Awards® will include a tribute to the James Bond movie franchise, which celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2012. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The Man with the Gold-Foil Cover
With Skyfall hitting theaters this past weekend and setting box office records, James Bond is everywhere. Good thing for us – we’ve got the man with the Golden Anniversary on the cover of our new Dec/Jan issue, which starts shipping this week (more on the new issue here on the blog in the next couple [...]
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