Five entries into the holiday adventure story, and it’s clear that I’m not great at checking my comic plans against a calendar. It’s officially 2023, and this isn’t even the last installment in this tale! I hope you’ve been enjoying reading it as much as I’ve enjoyed putting it together, at least. So, Sandman! I…
I think it’s a rule that, if you’re going to bring the Fabulous Frog-Man into your comic, you have to give him an opportunity to redeem himself and do something legitimately heroic. Like the old, “five reels of vice, the sixth of virtue,” Hollywood rule that I don’t remember well enough to quote exactly, or…
I said I was trying to bring things full-circle in this holiday adventure in the Phil Wrede Marvel Action Figure Comic Universe… This week, the return of the grimdark Spider-Man who, clearly, hasn’t dealt with whatever residual trauma he’s still carrying around from the Red Skull’s sneak attack on his No Good, Very Bad Night!…
Would superheroes ever make the time to talk, if not for fights against overmatched hordes of enemies? I’m thinking… no. That Baron Zemo – he sure is doing his best Batman ’66 villain impression here, don’t you think? He ordered his henchmen to “leave no witnesses” when he has them get in a fight with…
I have a long list of ideas for stories I’d like to get around to telling in the Phil Wrede Marvel Action Figure Comic Universe. Two of the earliest entries, which I wrote down before I ever took a single photo for the comic, were “Christmas adventure,” and “Domino and Black Cat good/bad luck powers…
Well, we finally made it! The conclusion of my semi-Secret Avengers, mostly Avengers West Coast-inspired incursion into Latveria. I think the Ultron drone had the best line this week with, “Let’s see how difficult it is to cut you open!” Though, the drone and Luis collaborating to name-drop his new superhero code name is a…
I like to think that, in these two latest strips, I’ve really channeled some of the joie de vivre of the Avengers West Coast comics that I love so much (on top of the Secret Avengers hat-tipping). The stakes are still real and high, the villain is about as deadly as you can get, and…
Now that we’re wrapped on the Election Season adventure, we can really dig into the extra-legal incursions into Latveria! Hopefully, this team can complete its mission before they beat one another unconscious in the street. It’s probably because of my formative comic-book-buying years, but I’ve always had a soft spot for John Walker, the U.S….
Welcome to the conclusion (sort of) to the adventure I’ve been calling Election Season! Some best friend Domino has, huh? You knew there were some shady activities afoot, to keep the mayor in his office without him looking like he was breaking a sweat. At least the Fabulous Frog-Man is keeping watch over the city,…
And the mayor’s hell turn really is complete, here! For a hot minute, he seemed like he was mostly okay; at least, he wasn’t turning to the conspiracy theorists for support. You’ve got to wonder what the mayor promised HYDRA for their help in making sure he stayed the mayor, don’t you? We’re so close…
