Gabe Carras
@gabecarras.bsky.social
Retired English teacher/school musical director and happily married dude trying to stay sane in …
I never get tired of seeing this. It’s like Wood’s “22 panels.”
December 25, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I never get tired of seeing this. It’s like Wood’s “22 panels.”
One of the handful of comics that survived my grandmother’s purge of my father’s collection when he joined the army. It’s not in the greatest shape, but I still have it (and those issues mean the world to me).
December 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
One of the handful of comics that survived my grandmother’s purge of my father’s collection when he joined the army. It’s not in the greatest shape, but I still have it (and those issues mean the world to me).
Rare Don Newton Marvel job. So sad that we lost him before he was even 50 years old …
December 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Rare Don Newton Marvel job. So sad that we lost him before he was even 50 years old …
Could be my all-time favorite Christmas special (although those Marvel holiday treasuries are all awfully good).
December 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Could be my all-time favorite Christmas special (although those Marvel holiday treasuries are all awfully good).
I think so — maybe in HE’s Hornbook?
December 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I think so — maybe in HE’s Hornbook?
Interesting time — shortly after the Implosion and shortly before Giordano became the exec ed and the company’s line-up exploded.
December 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Interesting time — shortly after the Implosion and shortly before Giordano became the exec ed and the company’s line-up exploded.
Heck yeah — fun/somewhat dopey story definitely enlivened by Perez’s pencils. One I’m glad Al Milgrom pulled out of the inventory files..:
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Heck yeah — fun/somewhat dopey story definitely enlivened by Perez’s pencils. One I’m glad Al Milgrom pulled out of the inventory files..:
Jeez, Batman — can’t you just let it go for, like, a second?
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Jeez, Batman — can’t you just let it go for, like, a second?
Talk about being blessed with a vivid imagination…
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Talk about being blessed with a vivid imagination…
Don’t forget car dealers and most attorneys.
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Don’t forget car dealers and most attorneys.
Looking forward to reading the DC version …
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Looking forward to reading the DC version …
Wow! Don’t know if I ever saw that one before
November 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Wow! Don’t know if I ever saw that one before
“Magic,” Olivia Newton-John
November 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
“Magic,” Olivia Newton-John
Trying to find the first issue at Amazon (ie the former Comixology), but not having much luck. They seem to be listing the collection, but not the separate issues. Is it me or is it them?
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Trying to find the first issue at Amazon (ie the former Comixology), but not having much luck. They seem to be listing the collection, but not the separate issues. Is it me or is it them?
I still have a copy of this (that I pretty much destroyed from reading it so often) sitting with the bulk of my collection in a storage unit.
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I still have a copy of this (that I pretty much destroyed from reading it so often) sitting with the bulk of my collection in a storage unit.
When HVC describes it, he usually says it’s a correction that Shooter wanted and he had it made directly on the original art instead of using an overlay.
October 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
When HVC describes it, he usually says it’s a correction that Shooter wanted and he had it made directly on the original art instead of using an overlay.
This is the cover that caused a shouting match between Jim Shooter and Howard Chaykin, which led to Chaykin stepping away from mainstream comics for a bit, which then led to American Flagg!
October 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is the cover that caused a shouting match between Jim Shooter and Howard Chaykin, which led to Chaykin stepping away from mainstream comics for a bit, which then led to American Flagg!