Marvel Comics – Page 2

X-Men Oddity: Recycled art on the X-Cutioner’s Song Poster

While I was recently looking up Marvel Epic Collections, I came across this poster for the 1992 X-Men Event, The X-Cutioner's Song: This was a poster that hung in comic…

Retro Andy July 11, 2022

Comics

Upcoming Marvel Epic Collections: July-Dec 2022

Last September, I looked at a bunch of then-upcoming Marvel Epic Collections that I thought were interesting, and in the 10 months since, I've bought them all. So I thought,…

Retro Andy July 11, 2022

Comics

Collecting X-Men: The Age of Apocalypse

One of the best-loved X-Men stories came out in 1995. Marvel Comics cancelled all of the monthly X-family titles for four months, and replaced them with a dark, dystopian world…

Retro Andy June 23, 2022

Comics

Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers): Where to Start

Carol Danvers, also known as Captain Marvel, formerly known as Ms. Marvel, first debuted in 1968 as a supporting cast member for Marvel Comics' original Captain Marvel, alias Mar-vell. But…

Retro Andy June 12, 2022

Journal Video games

GamePro Magazine 1992 Cover Review

Back in the day when people still read magazines, GamePro magazine was my gaming magazine of choice. Sure I had a handful of issues of Nintendo Power, Electronic Gaming Monthly,…

Retro Andy June 11, 2022

Comics

Drake’s Cakes & Marvel Comics: Part 4

Read part 1 - Read part 2 - Read part 3

Retro Andy May 26, 2022

Comics

Drake’s Cakes & Marvel Comics: Part 3

Read part 1 Read part 2

Retro Andy May 25, 2022

Comics

Drake’s Cakes & Marvel Comics: Part 2

Head back to yesterday's post for part one! EPSON MFP image

Retro Andy May 24, 2022

Comics

Drake’s Cakes & Marvel Comics: Part 1

Back when I first got into comics in 1993, Drake's Cakes, maker of dessert snack cakes like Devil Dogs and Yodels, included one of four 16-page Marvel mini-comics (these little…

Retro Andy May 23, 2022

Tabletop Games

OverPower Scarlet Spider Kaine custom cards

OverPower was a mid-1990s trading card game by Fleer, which, I believe, was owned by Marvel Entertainment Group. In 2014, I thought it would be fun to update the Scarlet…

Retro Andy April 26, 2022

Comics

Soggies May Rule!

The Soggies are the thing that gets your cereal all mushy and gross. They are led by the Sogmaster. They may rule.

Retro Andy April 11, 2022

Tabletop Games

OverPower Live Action 3: X-Men

Read Part One by clicking this sentence! Read Part Two by clicking THIS sentence! Uh... it's the X-Men. Names are listed alphabetically. Read the first part to see what the…

Retro Andy January 9, 2022

Tabletop Games

OverPower Live Action 2: Marvel Heroes

If you missed part one, you can read it by clicking this sentence! OverPower was a mid-1990s trading card game by Fleer, which, I believe, was owned by Marvel Entertainment…

Retro Andy January 2, 2022

Illustration

Christmas Carol 2012

I both love and hate this joke.

Retro Andy December 22, 2021

Illustration

Iron Spider Marker Doodle 2017

I was at an artist hang-out-and-draw event at Samurai Comics in Phoenix, in 2017. I think I just used whatever I had in my backpack that day for this, but…

Retro Andy December 17, 2021