Comic Book Legends Revealed
Comic Book Legends Revealed #393
Welcome to the three hundredth and ninety-third in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, it is a rare DOUBLE theme week! First off, this week will be the first of two weeks celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Death of Superman with a legend relating to Superman and Doomsday. Plus, all three legends this week involve comics and mental health! Did DC Comics change Doomsday’s origins after protests from mental health organizations? Did Zartan’s G.I. Joe profile card change after protests from mental health organizations? And was there a Blondie comic book made specifically for a mental health group?
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #392
Welcome to the three hundredth and ninety-second in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, it is a special “Addendum” week of Comic Book Legends Revealed. Each of this week’s three legends are riffing off a past column, whether it be a CBLR column or a different Comics Should Be Good column. Did DC Comics actually call Hellblazer “Hellraiser” at first? Was Bucky O’Hare based on the Star Wars character Jaxxon? Where did the idea of Alfred raising Bruce Wayne surprisingly first appear?
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #391
Welcome to the three hundredth and ninety-first in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, in honor of Lucasfilm being purchased by Disney, every legend this week will be about the Star Wars comic books that Marvel Comics (also purchased by Disney) made during the 1970s and 1980s. Did George Lucas really have a problem with a specific character introduced in the Marvel Star Wars comic? Did Walter Simonson and David Michelinie really independently come up with a major plot point of Return of the Jedi during their run on Star Wars? Plus, are there really six unpublished issues of the Marvel Star Wars series?
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #390
Welcome to the three hundredth and ninetieth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, in honor of Halloween (divide this week’s installment by three and you get 130!) and in honor of Sonia Harris’ ode to John Constantine in her latest Committed column, this week is a special Hellblazer week! All legends involving John Constantine, including whether Keanu Reeves was to blame for Constantine being American in the film, whether Grant Morrison and Phil Foglio were denied usage of Constantine (and in Foglio’s case, denied usage of a Constantine STAND-IN) and whether Jamie Delano really wanted to call Hellblazer “Hellraiser” originally.
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #389
Welcome to the three hundredth and eighty-ninth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn whether Thunderstrike was always destined to die! Also, did Jack Kirby really never draw blood? Finally, discover the comic crossover from over a century ago! This week is more interactive than usual, as two of the three legends have challenges for you readers out there!
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #388
Welcome to the three hundredth and eighty-eighth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn the story of how the Metal Men were created! Plus, who came first, Buster Keaton or Buster Brown? Finally, be amazed at some easter eggs Jackson Guice put into Flash #1!
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #387
Welcome to the three hundredth and eighty-seventh in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, was Cable at one time really meant to be an older version of Cannonball? Plus, what’s the deal with the comic strip where the Winnie the Pooh characters are all jerks to each other? Finally, was Manhunter originally intended to be connected to the original character?
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #386
Welcome to the three hundredth and eighty-sixth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. It is special theme week! It is Jim Valentino/Guardians of the Galaxy week! All legends involve Jim Valentino and more specifically, his work on the Guardians of the Galaxy. Learn about the strange X-Men related origin of Talon, discover whether Talon was intended to be gay originally and be wowed at the Guardians-related Image comic book that Valentino and Keith Giffen once had planned!
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #385
Welcome to the three hundredth and eighty-fifth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, in honor of the release of the new Judge Dredd film, this is an all-Judge Dredd edition of Comic Book Legends Revealed! Learn the origin of the name “Judge Dredd,” discover the strange discrepancy in how early Dredd artists drew Dredd’s ethnicity and marvel at the great censored Burger Wars storyline.
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #384
Welcome to the three hundredth and eighty-fourth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, marvel at a comic book filed as a legal brief in a United States District Court! Plus, did an insult by a Marvel editor drive Jim Valentino to help co-found Image Comics? Finally, discover the comic origins of the classic Nintendo video game, Hogan’s Alley!
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #383
Welcome to the three hundredth and eighty-third in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn the bizarre story behind the short-lived return of Spider-Man’s parents! Plus, did Robert Kanigher protest the Seduction of the Innocent in the pages of Wonder Woman? Finally, discover what could be the first comic superhero!
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #382
Welcome to the three hundredth and eighty-second in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, it is an all-TV edition of Comic Book Legends! What Super Friends character was going to be related to BATMAN?!? Plus, did David Caruso really play Archie Andrews in a failed TV pilot? Finally, check out ANOTHER failed Archive live action pilot!
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #381
Welcome to the three hundredth and eighty-first in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false.
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #380
Welcome to the three hundredth and eightieth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, discover whether it is true that the Spider-Man villain the Shocker was originally named the Vibrator! Plus, what does it take to get a Beetle Bailey comic strip censored nowadays? And discover the somewhat racy stuff Alex Ross snuck into Marvels!
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Comic Book Legends Revealed #379
Welcome to the three hundredth and seventy-eighth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn how Spider-Man’s origin was strangely censored in the first issue of Amazing Spider-Man! Also, learn about the racy side of Beetle Bailey! Plus, who came up with Earth-616?
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