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Spotlight on Steve Gerber’s The Son of Satan

Michael Campochiaro — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 22:20:49 +0000

The Son of Satan" title="Spotlight on Steve Gerber’s The Son of Satan" style="float:left;" />Marvel Comics in the 1970s were, to put it mildly, weird. Now, I mean that as a compliment. The dizzying array of subgenres that the publisher expanded into during the decade is impressive. Explosive creativity on… [more]

Weird Worlds: The Minor Mainstream Works of Steve Gerber, Part 3 – Captain America

Tom Miller — Sat, 08 Aug 2015 17:00:54 +0000

Captain America" title="Weird Worlds: The Minor Mainstream Works of Steve Gerber, Part 3 – Captain America" style="float:left;" />Of the works that I am considering in this series of articles, Steve Gerber’s run on Captain America is by far the shortest. Weighing in at a scant 3 and three quarter issues, this truncated… [more]

Weird Worlds: The Minor Mainstream Works of Steve Gerber, Part 2 – Mister Miracle

Tom Miller — Fri, 26 Jun 2015 11:00:25 +0000

Mister Miracle" title="Weird Worlds: The Minor Mainstream Works of Steve Gerber, Part 2 – Mister Miracle" style="float:left;" />Though Jack Kirby’s Mister Miracle ostensibly ran for 6 years (1971-1977), the series produced only 25 issues. Between #18, Kirby’s final issue, and #19, there is a 3 year gap. It is a testament to… [more]

Weird Worlds: The Minor Mainstream Works of Steve Gerber, Part 1 – Dr. Fate

Tom Miller — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:00:39 +0000

Dr. Fate" title="Weird Worlds: The Minor Mainstream Works of Steve Gerber, Part 1 – Dr. Fate" style="float:left;" />When I first started my comics blog in 2008, the first post I made was a brief obituary and tribute to Steve Gerber. I think it serves as a nice introduction to the project upon… [more]

The Original (and Better) Kickass: A Look Back at Steve Gerber’s Foolkiller #1-10, Part Two

Matt Jacobson — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:00:32 +0000

Foolkiller #1-10, Part Two" title="The Original (and Better) Kickass: A Look Back at Steve Gerber’s Foolkiller #1-10, Part Two" style="float:left;" />Continued from part one, wherein we met Kurt Gerhardt, the “new” (in 1990) Foolkiller, and took a look at how far ahead of its time his story was, and considered the fact that Steve Gerber… [more]

The Original (and Better) Kickass: A Look Back at Steve Gerber’s Foolkiller #1-10

Matt Jacobson — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 11:00:19 +0000

Kickass: A Look Back at Steve Gerber’s Foolkiller #1-10" title="The Original (and Better) Kickass: A Look Back at Steve Gerber’s Foolkiller #1-10" style="float:left;" />Foolkiller By Steve Gerber, JJ Birch, Tony Dezuniga & Vince Giarrano Published by Marvel Comics “Live a poem… or die a fool!” There’s a good chance you’ve never read this mini-series, published from October 1990… [more]

On Steve Gerber and Gene Colan’s Howard the Duck Story, “The Night After You Save the Universe?”

Colin Smith — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:00:40 +0000

Violence is generally presented as a solution to problems in comics, because, being the illustrated form they are, they tend to over-simply, reduce everything to its most basic. Pure Good vs. Pure Evil, for example,… [more]

On “Vengeance of the Molecule Man!”, by Steve Gerber, Gil Kane, and Joe Sinnott

Colin Smith — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:00:23 +0000

There’s something of the world before the meteor fell about the Marvel Comics of the mid-Seventies. That’s an unfortunate comparison where Jim Shooter and his tenure as the company’s Editor-in-Chief is concerned, because it casts him in… [more]