Rob London
@roblondon.bsky.social
Marvel Research Team/Handbook guy. Senior Writer at http://Collider.com. He/him/his.
This just has me thinking about Spider-Man’s villains - while there are bald bad guys, like Vulture and Kingpin, they’re mostly guys with BAD haircuts:
Doc Ock: Bowl cut
Venom: Mullet
Jackal: John Bolton moustache
Green Goblin: ?????
Doc Ock: Bowl cut
Venom: Mullet
Jackal: John Bolton moustache
Green Goblin: ?????
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This just has me thinking about Spider-Man’s villains - while there are bald bad guys, like Vulture and Kingpin, they’re mostly guys with BAD haircuts:
Doc Ock: Bowl cut
Venom: Mullet
Jackal: John Bolton moustache
Green Goblin: ?????
Doc Ock: Bowl cut
Venom: Mullet
Jackal: John Bolton moustache
Green Goblin: ?????
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
I was married but I’m not married any more. Women don’t like the vehicle.
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I was married but I’m not married any more. Women don’t like the vehicle.
Belatedly got around to reading VENOM: BLACK WHITE AND BLOOD #2, and @thekarlapacheco.bsky.social and Pere Perez created a wonderful late-‘90s throwback to Larry Hama’s hoo-ha-ing secret agent Venom. It’s a blast.
October 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Belatedly got around to reading VENOM: BLACK WHITE AND BLOOD #2, and @thekarlapacheco.bsky.social and Pere Perez created a wonderful late-‘90s throwback to Larry Hama’s hoo-ha-ing secret agent Venom. It’s a blast.
Getting ready for tonight’s long-awaited @iaconunderground.bsky.social Stasis Pod episodes…
October 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Getting ready for tonight’s long-awaited @iaconunderground.bsky.social Stasis Pod episodes…
September 30➡️October 1
October 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
September 30➡️October 1
Scraped from the internet long ago:
September 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Scraped from the internet long ago:
The terrible secret of Metron, revealed!
September 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The terrible secret of Metron, revealed!
Today, in unfortunate typos:
(Solo Avengers #16 (1989), written by Tom DeFalco, art by Al Milgrom)
(Solo Avengers #16 (1989), written by Tom DeFalco, art by Al Milgrom)
September 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Today, in unfortunate typos:
(Solo Avengers #16 (1989), written by Tom DeFalco, art by Al Milgrom)
(Solo Avengers #16 (1989), written by Tom DeFalco, art by Al Milgrom)
And the crown jewel of this collection, all three issues of Barbara Kesel and Leonard Kirk’s Ultragirl! She’s Marvel’s Sassiest Powerhouse!
August 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
And the crown jewel of this collection, all three issues of Barbara Kesel and Leonard Kirk’s Ultragirl! She’s Marvel’s Sassiest Powerhouse!
A couple issues of Darkhawk, because hey, who doesn’t love Darkhawk?
August 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A couple issues of Darkhawk, because hey, who doesn’t love Darkhawk?
Plus: Spider-Man: Friends and Enemies, a Danny Fingeroth/Ron Lim miniseries that introduced the Marvel super-stars of the future, the Meta-Humes!
August 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Plus: Spider-Man: Friends and Enemies, a Danny Fingeroth/Ron Lim miniseries that introduced the Marvel super-stars of the future, the Meta-Humes!
Would you believe Night Thrasher features work by @danslott.bsky.social and @kurtbusiek.bsky.social? It does!
August 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Would you believe Night Thrasher features work by @danslott.bsky.social and @kurtbusiek.bsky.social? It does!
The new drop includes large swathes of Night Thrasher and Nova’s 1990s solo series!
August 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The new drop includes large swathes of Night Thrasher and Nova’s 1990s solo series!
WARRIORS, COME OUT TO PLAY! The dream of the ‘90s is alive on Marvel Unlimited, which just added a big pile of New Warriors-adjacent backissues!
August 22, 2025 at 1:39 AM
WARRIORS, COME OUT TO PLAY! The dream of the ‘90s is alive on Marvel Unlimited, which just added a big pile of New Warriors-adjacent backissues!
My DVR doesn’t know who’s the man now, dog.
August 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
My DVR doesn’t know who’s the man now, dog.
We need to get back to calling the main characters the “Star Warriors.”
August 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
We need to get back to calling the main characters the “Star Warriors.”
Next time: the all-new, all-marketable Fantastic Four!
Plus: a member of the Fantastic Four DIES!
Plus: a member of the Fantastic Four DIES!
August 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Next time: the all-new, all-marketable Fantastic Four!
Plus: a member of the Fantastic Four DIES!
Plus: a member of the Fantastic Four DIES!
Pretty soon, Reed and Sue re-entered the picture in a convoluted storyline that somewhat forcefully restored the status quo, thanks to an editorial mandate - Englehart was so mad about it that he wrote it under the name “John Harkness.”
August 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Pretty soon, Reed and Sue re-entered the picture in a convoluted storyline that somewhat forcefully restored the status quo, thanks to an editorial mandate - Englehart was so mad about it that he wrote it under the name “John Harkness.”
…but they were reduced to a Fantastic Three when Crystal quit to rejoin the Inhumans and a now non-evil Quicksilver.
August 16, 2025 at 12:25 AM
…but they were reduced to a Fantastic Three when Crystal quit to rejoin the Inhumans and a now non-evil Quicksilver.
The team adventured in this form for a while…
August 16, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The team adventured in this form for a while…
…and Sharon into the She-Thing, who had the more dinosaur-like hide that Ben did in his first appearances!
August 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
…and Sharon into the She-Thing, who had the more dinosaur-like hide that Ben did in his first appearances!
It stayed that way for literally two issues, as a dose of cosmic rays turned the Thing into a spikier, pineapple-ier creature…
August 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
It stayed that way for literally two issues, as a dose of cosmic rays turned the Thing into a spikier, pineapple-ier creature…
Thus, the new Fantastic Four was born!
August 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Thus, the new Fantastic Four was born!