Comic
Book and Superhero History, Analysis, News, and
Reviews
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section of the History Guy site presents biographical
information on both the fictional and non-fictional
personalities from the DC and Marvel comics universes.
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Commentary
and Pictures from the Jet City Comic Show,
2011
Commentary
and Pictures from the Emerald City Comicon,
2011
Commentary
and Pictures from the Emerald City Comicon,
2010
Comic
Book and Movie Reviews:
The
Last of the Greats
John
Carter of Mars Movie Review
Science-Fiction
and Fantasy Book Reviews:
Review
of Kim Harrison's Peri Reed Chronicles
New
Comic Book Unbox Videos
New
Comic Book Unbox Video Page
Comic
Book Character Pages:
Aquaman--King
of Atlantis and a founding member of the Justice
League.
The
Avengers --The
Mightiest Heroes on Earth originally teamed up to battle
a common foe and to deal with threats too great for any
single superhero to deal with. The subject of a new movie
slated to arrive in 2012.
Avengers
Images and Pictures
Avengers
Lineups Through the Years: Avengers
#1-76
Avengers
Issue Chart
--Details character appearances and Avengers
membership for Issues # 1-16 of The Mighty
Avengers.
Batgirl--Barbara
Gordon, better known as Batgirl!
Batgirl
Animated Images--Batgirl,
as composed by animated artist Bruce Timm.
Batman:
Dark Knight Rises--Pictures,
video, information, links and commentary on the newest of
the Batman movies.
Batman:
Links, Resources, and
Pages--Information
on Batman, the Dark Knight
Captain
America--The
Star-Spangled Avenger, originally a hero in the Second
World War, now a leader of the Avengers.
Captain
America Images and Pictures
Captain
America Villains and Enemies
Captain
America Retcon History
The
Death of Captain
America--Obituary
of the Sentinel of Liberty, who fell to an assassin's
bullet on March 7, 2007.
Captain
America: First Avenger Movie Review
Captain
America #1 (2018) Comic Book Review
Catwoman--The
Feline Femme Fatale from the world of Batman
Catwoman
Sex Controversy--Information
and analysis of the controversy surrounding the
Catwoman character as depicted in DC Comics' New
52
Conan
the Barbarian--Pulp
action hero who starred in a popular Marvel Comic and in
the movies.
Deadpool--The
Merc With a Mouth
How
Does Deadpool Die? A Review of Deadpool #45 (AKA
#250)
Doctor
Strange: Enemies and Villains
The
Fantastic Four--The
First Family of Marvel.
Green
Lantern (Hal Jordan)--The
Silver Age Green Lantern and member of the Justice
League
Iron
Man--The
Armored Avenger, who in real life is billionaire playboy
Tony Stark. Iron Man is a founding member of the
Avengers.
Iron
Man Images and
Pictures--Images
and pictures of the Golden Avenger, Iron Man
Iron
Man Villians and Rogues
Gallery--Information
on Iron Man's supervillian foes, who form his Rogues
Gallery of bad guys (and gals)
Justice
League-Founded
in the 1960s, the Justice League is composed of DC's top
heroes, including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green
Lantern, the Flash, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Hawkman,
and many others.
Justice
League #1 Review
(2011)-Comic
Book Review of the New 52's first Justice League
comic.
Early
Justice League Villains
The
Justice League of America Marvel
Superhero Teams
Marvel
Two-in-One #2 Review:The Thing and Human Torch Hit
Monster Island
New 52
Detective
Comics #1
She-Hulk--The
green-skinned cousin of the Incredible Hulk. She-Hulk is
a member of the Avengers and an occasional member of the
Fantastic Four and Heroes for Hire.
She-Hulk
Images and Pictures--Images
and pictures of the green-skinned Avenger,
She-Hulk
Spider-Man-Your
Friendly Neighborhood Wall-Crawler
Spider-Woman
Images and Pictures--Images
and pictures of one-time Hydra agent, SHIELD agent, and
arachnic Avenger, Spider-Woman
Supergirl--The
Maid of Might, Superman's cousin from Krypton.
Superman--The
Man of Steel, the nail that holds the Justice League
together.
Thor--The
Norse God of Thunder and founding member of the
Avengers.
The
Wasp--One
of the original Avengers
Wonder
Woman--the
Amazon Princess and founder of the Justice
League
The
X-Men--The
mutant heroes of the Marvel Universe.
X-Men:
First Class Movie Review
Uncanny
X-Men Comic Book Series
History
of X-Men Reprint Issues (X-Men #67-93)
Stan
"The Man" Lee--Creator
or co-creator of many of Marvel's top comic book
characters, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Dr. Strange,
the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, the X-Men, and many
more.
Stan
Lee and the song “Dear Mr. Fantasy” from
Avengers: Endgame
The
Art of Carmine Infantino-Famed
artist who created the Silver Age Flash, Black Canary,
and Batgirl
Julius
Schwartz--DC
Comics writer, now deceased
Who
Were the First Black Superheroes?
DC
Comics Villains and Villain Super-Groups
Amazo--Super-powered
robot created by Professor Ivo
Marvel
Villains and Villain Super-Groups
Dr.
Doom--Evil
ruler of Latveria and major foe of the Fantastic Four.
The
Vulture--Winged
enemy of Spider-Man and founding member of the Sinister
Six.
Comic
Book Issue Histories and Characters
Marvel
Silver Age History
Sgt
Fury and His Howling Commandos
#1-First
Appearance of Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos squad
in World War Two
Issue
File: Action Comics #1--First
Appearance of Superman and Lois Lane.
Issue
File: Detective Comics
#27--First
Appearance of Batman and Commissioner Gordon.
Issue
File: Justice League #1--Reboot
of the Justice League in 2011.
ComicsHistory
Review and Analysis: Avengers #1 (1963)
Captain
America Vol. 5 # 25: Death of A
Dream
--Info and analysis on the 25th issue of Captain America,
which features the shooting death of the Sentinel of
Liberty.
Fantastic
Four vol. 1, #1--First
appearances of the Fantastic Four and the Mole
Man.
Fantastic
Four vol. 1, #50--Info
and analysis on the fiftieth issue of the Fantastic Four
featured the Silver Surfer, Galactus, and the
Watcher.
Tales
of Suspense #50--First
Appearance of The Mandarin
Captain Marvel
(Carol Danvers)
The
Life of Captain Marvel #1 Comic Book Video
Review
X-Men
Comics
Amazing
X-Men Comics Reviews
Comic Book
Reading Order Guides:
Avengers
Standoff: Welcome to Pleasant Hill-Marvel Comics
Crossover Event (2016)
Doctor
Strange: Last Days of Magic-Marvel Comics Event Reading
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