Markley’s Fevered Brain: Oh, The Horror!


The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead



Westfield’s Wayne Markley takes a look at some horror titles including Image’s The Walking Dead, IDW’s Haunted Horror, DC’s Showcase Presents: Secrets of Sinister House, and more.

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KC Column: Never-Ending Story, Part 2


Swamp Thing #1
by KC Carlson

PREVIOUSLY ON NEVER-ENDING STORY: Comics entered the 1970s with Jack Kirby jumping from Marvel Comics to DC, where he created the “Fourth World” titles New Gods, Forever People, and Mister Miracle as well as taking over Jimmy Olsen. Marvel compensated for Kirby’s loss by unleashing a wave of new writers like Roy Thomas, Steve Englehart, Marv Wolfman, Steve Gerber, Don McGregor, Doug Moench, Jim Starlin, and Chris Claremont, most of whom created new characters and concepts as well as taking existing Marvel characters in new — and often startling — directions.

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