Dennis A. Amith presents My Comic Book Journey
TITLE: Hardware vol. 1, Issue 1 YEAR: April 1993 COMPANY: Milestone Media Writer: Dwayne McDuffie Penciller: Denys Cowan Inker: Jimmy Palmiotti Colorist: Noelle Giddings Letterer: Janice Chiang Back in 1993, the comics world would see a major milestone taking place in the industry, a comic Read More …
TITLE: Death’s Head II – Vol. 1, Issue 1 YEAR: March 1992 COMPANY: Marvel Comics UK Story: Dan Abnett Pencils: Liam Sharp Inker: Andy Lanning and Bambos Georgiou Colors: Helen Stone Letters: Peri Godbold Editor: Steve White Editor-in-Chief: Paul Neary Back in 1972, Marvel created Read More …
TITLE: Hero Illustrated vol. 1, issue #1 YEAR: July 1993 COMPANY: Warrior Publications Periodical Editor: John Danovich Senior Editor: Frank Kurtz Publisher: Steve Harris When I heard that a new comic book magazine was coming out, I’m going to be truthful, I was surprised. With Read More …
TITLE: Secret Weapons – Vol. 1, Issue 1 YEAR: September 1993 COMPANY: Valiant Comics Writer & Penciler: Joe St. Pierre Inker: Bob Wiacek Colorist: Mike Cavallaro Editor-in-Chief: Bob Layton With every comic book company, it appears to be customary to have a superhero group consisting Read More …
TITLE: Cerebus Issue #0 YEAR: June 1993 COMPANY: Aardvark-Vanaheim President/Writer: David Sim Vice President/Backgrounds, Cover-color and tones by Gerhard Type Setting: Linda Berzins My first blog post about “Cerebus” delved into the history and my thoughts on David Sim and Gerhard’s work. This time, I Read More …
TITLE: The Spider-Woman – Vol. 1, Issue 5 YEAR: August 1978 COMPANY: Marvel Comics Writer/Editor: Marv Wolfman Illustrator: Carmine Infantino Embellisher: Tony Dezuniga Letterer: John Costanza Colorist: Michele Wolfman With Marvel Comics not wanting to take a chance of another comic book publisher creating a Read More …
TITLE: Giant Size Mantra vol. 1, Issue #1 YEAR: July 1994 COMPANY: Ultraverse Writer: Mike W. Barr Penciller: Mark Heike Inker: Ken Branch Letterer: Gail Beckett Editor: Chris Ulm 1994. I suppose the writing was on the wall that things were not going well with Read More …
TITLE: Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes YEAR: 2008 COMPANY: DC Comics Writer: Geoff Johns Penciler: Gary Frank Inker: Jon Sibal Letterer: Rob Leigh Colorist: Dave McCaig and HiFi Back in 2007, for DC Comics “Action Comics” issues #858-863 would feature “Superman and the Legion Read More …
TITLE: Cracked Magazine Issue #200 YEAR: December 1983 COMPANY: Major Magazines/Candar Publishing Corp Publisher: Robert C. Sproul Editor: Elaine Ozimok Contributig Editor: Joe Catalano Writers: George Gladir, Randy Epley, Mike Ricigliano, Don chin, Lorin Wegand Artists: John Severin, Sururi gumen, Bill Ward, Warren Sattler, Don Read More …
TITLE: The Maze Agency Issue #1 YEAR: December 1988 COMPANY: Comico Comics Writer/Creator: Mike W. Barr Penciller: Adam Hughes Inker: Rick Magyar Letterer: Deborah Marks Colorist: Julia Lacquement Editor: Michael Eury In 1988, writer Mike W. Barr created The Maze Agency for Comico Comics. Inspired Read More …
TITLE: Young Romance Issue #131 YEAR: August/Sept. 1964 COMPANY: Superman-DC National Comics Before DC Comics, the company was known as National Comics but for a short time, they went with Superman-DC National Comics. And just in case you don’t forget, the title of the series Read More …