Sinister Urge

Disneyland is one of my favorite places, and I've been visiting it for years. I know a lot about the park, but I haven't been obse...

  Thanks to the little Senegal parrot living in our house, I've become a big parrot fan. So this story, about Zeno, an African Grey ...

Batman, as a fictional character, has been around since 1939. As with any long-lived character in popular culture, he has changed and evol...

Looking at the comics cover-dated December 1981 , the month seems notable more for stuff I didn't buy at the time. I don't think I ...

The last few days, I've been reading The New Mutants Classic volume 1 , collecting the graphic novel and first seven issues of the X-M...

In addition to the second and third issues of Dragonslayer and Raiders of the Lost Ark , I see that November, 1981 saw the arrival of Jac...

If I bought Krypton Chronicles #1 last month, then I probably bought the second issue this month. Even if I didn't, there were at leas...

After a slow month last month, it looks like I picked up a few more books in September of 1981 . Did I buy and read Krypton Chronicles #1 ?...

Looking at the comics that came out dated August 198 1, I was clearly still just beginning to check out the comic book stores for stuff tha...

After a short delay, we return to the comics I remember purchasing in my youth, this time cover-dated July, 1981 : DC Special Series 25 , ...

The sad news of Joe Kubert's passing hit me pretty hard the other month. Not only was he a key figure in comic book history, he wa...

Okay, due to vacations, work stresses, and the wife's summer class schedule giving us more time to spend together, I haven't been b...

Here are the comics I know I definitely bought in June of 1981 : DC Comics Presents 34 featuring Superman and Captain Marvel. While my fi...

Blackhawk 251 was the first war comic I ever read, I believe. I probably picked it up after reading in Comics Scene magazine that Steve...

In May of 1981 , I turned twelve years old, and I bought Tales of the Green Lantern Corps 1 , by Mike Barr, Len Wein, and Joe Staton. I had ...

After the heights of the last couple of Batman stories, Detective Comics 396 is a bit of a letdown. Written by Frank Robbins and drawn by ...

Of all the comics that came out in April of 1981 , I believe the only one I actually bought was Marvel Premiere 59 , the third issue featuri...

So on my lunch break the other week, I read--back to back--Batman 219 from 1970, and Batman 6 from last month. In Batman 219 by Frank Rob...

Looking at the comics published (or at least cover-dated) March, 1981 , I see plenty of familiar covers. I'm not completely sure I bough...