tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-501787 2009-09-16T10:27:04-05:00 A lighthearted look at the wonderful world of classic superhero comic books. TypePad ComicCoveragehttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345158e369e20120a5cb212b970c 2009-09-16T10:27:04-05:00 2009-09-16T10:28:29-05:00

Hello again! For those of you who may still be connected to my blog feed, I wanted to let you know that: 1. Even though I'm no longer creating new posts, I've decided to keep the blog and all of...

Mark Engblom http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2009/09/epilogue.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345158e369e20120a5102ea7970b 2009-08-22T11:57:50-05:00 2009-08-22T12:09:21-05:00

Well....the day I was hoping wouldn't come has arrived. As you've probably figured out from the post title and the cover of Fantastic Four #43 (1965), I've decided to bring the Comic Coverage Blog to an end. Odd timing, since...

Mark Engblom http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2009/08/lo-there-shall-be-an-ending.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345158e369e20120a561ca8d970c 2009-08-21T00:00:00-05:00 2009-08-22T12:07:10-05:00

It's the FINAL DAY of my week-long anniversary celebration. Enjoy some of my favorite posts from the past three years! Wishing You a Thanksgiving Feast of Justice! Dear Editor: Love on the Letters Page Bethlehem or Bust! Dr. Doom's Scary...

Mark Engblom http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2009/08/3rd-anniversary-linkopalooza-day-five.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345158e369e20120a55e23d1970c 2009-08-20T00:00:00-05:00 2009-08-20T00:00:00-05:00

Despite devoting an entire week to "greatest hits" posts, TODAY is the exact 3-year anniversary of Comic Coverage. And to think I wasn't sure I could keep it going for a month. Anyway, here are a dozen more of personal...

Mark Engblom http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2009/08/3rd-anniversary-linkopalooza-day-four.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345158e369e20120a55a500e970c 2009-08-19T00:00:00-05:00 2009-08-19T00:00:00-05:00

A word to my readers: Thanks so much for your continued interest and readership...and most of all for bearing with me during a difficult, challenging week. As I mentioned a few days ago, my wife and I have spent this...

Mark Engblom http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2009/08/3rd-anniversary-linkopalooza-day-three.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345158e369e20120a557296f970c 2009-08-18T00:00:00-05:00 2009-08-18T00:00:00-05:00

Continuing my 3rd Anniversary "clip show" week (kinda like the late night talk shows do): Cover to Cover: Way Out West! Spider-Man's Guide to Romance Comic Book Life Lessons An Alternate Origin of Batman! Classic Ads: Buy a Monkey! Portrait...

Mark Engblom http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2009/08/3rd-anniversary-linkopalooza-day-two.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345158e369e20120a5538106970c 2009-08-17T00:00:00-05:00 2009-08-16T21:00:20-05:00

As my wife and I begin a physically and emotional draining week of getting our daughter off to college (sniff), I realized that the 3rd Anniversary of the Comic Coverage Blog takes place this week as well! Obviously, something had...

Mark Engblom http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2009/08/3rd-anniversary-linkopalooza-day-one.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345158e369e20120a4f88028970b 2009-08-15T11:45:28-05:00 2009-09-04T13:03:30-05:00

Despite chronicling the adventures of superhuman beings, comic book creators are prone to the same all-too-human foibles the rest of us are. However, unlike most of us, their gaffes, goofs, and bloopers were published for all the world to see....

Mark Engblom http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2009/08/superbloopers-paging-doctor-blake.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345158e369e20120a5411798970c 2009-08-13T09:38:44-05:00 2009-08-13T09:59:10-05:00

Yesterday we covered ten through six, now fasten your seat belts for the final five. Think you've figured them out already? Think again! Samson's Chronomobile: I run hot and cold on the stories of Grant Morrison, the avant-garde metatextual shaman...

Mark Engblom http://comiccoverage.typepad.com/comic_coverage/2009/08/top-ten-comic-book-vehicles-part-two.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8345158e369e20120a53c9074970c 2009-08-12T00:00:00-05:00 2009-08-12T07:04:27-05:00

Several months back, I listed my Top Ten Lamest Comic Book Vehicles, which inspired some good discussion in the comments section. So, to keep the conversation going, let's balance the cosmic scales by taking a look at the Top Ten...

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