Dennis A. Amith presents My Comic Book Journey
TITLE: Case Closed! Issue #63 YEAR: July 2017 (US Release Date) COMPANY: Viz Media Story and Art by Gosho Aoyama Translation: Tetsuichiro Miyaki Touch-Up & Lettering: Freeman Wong Cover & Graphic Design: Andrea Rice Edited by Shaenon K. garrity Anita Hailey (Ai Habara in the Read More …
TITLE: Fantastic Four vol. 1, Issue #29 YEAR: August 1964 COMPANY: Marvel Comics Written by Stan Lee Illustrated by Jack Kirby Inker: Chic Stone Letterer: S. Rosen I wrote about how “The Fantastic Four” was among my favorite comic books to read as a child. Read More …
TITLE: The Savage Dragon Mini-Series Issue #2 YEAR: October 1992 COMPANY: Image Comics Creator/Writer/Artist/Inker: Erik Larsen Letterer: Chris Eliopoulos Colorist: Gregory Wright Editor: Jannie Wong Color Separation: Olyoptics As I went into a brief history of Erik Larsen and the Savage Dragon, the second issue Read More …
TITLE: Blackhawk Issue #1 YEAR: March 1989 COMPANY: DC Comics Writer: Martin Pasko Artist: Rick Burchett Inker: John Dell Letterer: Steve Hayne Colorist: Tom Ziuko Associate Editor: Brian Augustyn Editor: Mike Gold Back in 1941, for “Military Comics” from Quality Comics, Chuck Cuidera, Bob Powell Read More …
TITLE: Dart issue #1 YEAR: February 1996 COMPANY: Image Comics Story by Bruce Love, Julie Ditrich Art: Joseph Szekeres Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Film Separations: In Color Editor/Dart Creator: Erik Larsen Back in 1992, the character Dart (Jill August) was introduced in “Savage Dragon” issue #2. Read More …
TITLE: The Avengers vol. 1, Issue #239 YEAR: January 1984 COMPANY: Marvel Comics Writer: Roger Stern Artist/Co-Creator: Allen Milgrom, Joe Sinnott Colorist: Christie Scheele Letterer: Jim Novak Editor: Michael Carlin I have written about Assistant Editor’s Month for Marvel Comics back in the ’80s. When Read More …
TITLE: Batman and the Outsiders vol. 1, issue #11 YEAR: June 1984 COMPANY: DC Comics Writer/Editor/Co-Creator: Mike W. Barr Artist/Co-Creator: Jim Aparo Colorist: Adrienne Roy Many DC Comics fans who tune into the movies discovered the character, Katana through the film “Suicide Squad”. The Read More …
TITLE: Wolverine Issue #50 YEAR: June 1984 COMPANY: DC Comics Writer/Editor/Co-Creator: Mike W. Barr Artist/Co-Creator: Jim Aparo Colorist: Adrienne Roy Larry Hama is best known for his work on G.I. Joe but with issue #47 of “Wolverine”, Larry Hama was brought in to become the Read More …
TITLE: Batman: Sword of Azrael – Book One YEAR: October 1992 COMPANY: DC Comics Script: Dennis O’Neil Pencils: Joe Quesada Inker: Kevin Nowlan Letterer: Ken Bruzenak Colorist: Lovern Kindzierski Assistant Editor: Bill Kaplan Editor: Archie Goodwin Who would have known that Azrael (Jean-Paul Valley) would Read More …
TITLE: Image United Issue #1 YEAR: November 2009 COMPANY: Image Comics Art by Erik Larsen, Rob Liefeld, Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino Story by Robert Kirkman Layout by Rob Liefeld Colors by Nikos Koutsis, Mike Toris Lettering by Tom Orzechowski Back in Read More …
TITLE: Shade the Changing Girl TPB vol. 1: Earth Girl Made Easy YEAR: 2017 COMPANY: Young Animal Writer: Cecil Castellucci Artist: Marley Zarcone Inkers: Ande Parks, Ryan Kelly Colorist: Kelly Fitzpatrick Letterer: Saida Temofonte Young Animal Curator: Gerard Way Back in 1977, Steve Ditko would Read More …