Retro-Reviews Comic Book Archive
|I’ve been writing my retro-review columns for almost two years now (more, most likely, by the time you read this) and thought it might be handy to organize a page listing links to all of my columns, organized by publisher and title. I will update this every time I post a new column.
Please leave a comment with your thoughts on any of the articles, or what you’d like to see me tackle in the future.
DC
Animal Man
#1-26 – Morrison, Truog, and others
#27-32 – Milligan, Truog, and others
#33-50 – Veitch, Dillon, and others
#51-79 – Delano, Pugh, Braun, and others (Vertigo era)
#80-86 – Prosser, Harper, and Temujin
Aquaman
Vol. 4 #1-13 – McLaughlin, Hooper, and others
Time and Tide – David, Jarvinen (Year One style miniseries)
Vol. 5 #0-25 – David, Egeland, Calafiore, and others
Vol. 5 #26-49 – David, Abnett, Lanning, Calafiore, and others
Aztek: The Ultimate Man
#1-10 – Morrison, Millar, & Harris
Black Condor
#1-12 – Augustyn, Morales, and others
Dr. Fate
Vol. 1 #1-4 – Kent/Nabu to Eric and Linda Strauss; Dematteis and Giffen
Vol. 2 #1-24 – Eric and Linda Strauss are Dr. Fate; DeMatteis, McManus, and others
Vol. 2 #25-41 – Inza Nelson is Dr. Fate; Messner-Loebs, Giarrano, Eaton, Gross, and others
The Flash
Vol. 2 #1-14 – Wally West’s first series – Baron, Guice, Collins, and others
Hardware
Hardware Vol. 1: The Man in the Machine – McDuffie, Cowan, Birch, and others
Hawkworld/Hawkman
Hawkworld Volume 1 (Tim Truman mini-series)
Hawkworld Volume 2 #1-9 (John Ostrander and Tim Truman run)
Hawkworld Volume 2 #10-32 (John Ostrander run)
Hawkman Vol. 3 #1-11 – Ostrander, Messner-Loebs, and others
Hourman
#1-25 – Peyer, Morales, and others
Invasion!
#1-3 Giffen, McFarlane, Sears
Justice, Inc.
Two-part prestige mini by Helfer and Baker
Justice League Task Force
#1-16 – Michelinie, Friedman, Waid, Velluto, and others
#0, 17-37 – Priest, Velluto, Bernado, Waid, and others
Kid Eternity
Kid Eternity Mini #1-3; Vertigo series #1-16 – Morrison and Fegredo, followed by Nocenti and Phillips
L.E.G.I.O.N
#1-12 (Giffen, Grant, Kitson)
#13-39 (Grant, Kitson)
#40-60 (Kitson and some Waid)
#61-70 (Peyer’s run)
Primal Force
#0-14 – Seagle, Hooper, Choles, and others
The Ray
Vol. 1 miniseries – Harris, Quesada, Nichols
Vol. 2 ongoing series – Priest, Porter, Armstrong, and others
R.E.B.E.L.S.
#0 – 17 – Peyer, Aucoin (follow-up to L.E.G.I.O.N.)
The Shadow
Vol. 2 #1-19 – Helfer, Sienkiewicz, and Baker
Marvel
The Avengers
#240-254 – Roger Stern’s run with Al Milgrom
#255-287 – Roger Stern’s legendary run with John Buscema
#288-304 – Ralph Macchio and Walter Simonson’s runs with John Buscema
#305-317 – John Byrne and Paul Ryan’s run
#341-402 – The 90s (the less said, the better)
Vol. 3 #1-34 – Busiek and Perez (the gold standard)
Vol. 3 #35-56 – Busiek and various artists
Vol. 3 #57-76 – Geoff Johns’s run
Vol. 3 #77-84 – Chuck Austen’s run
#500-503; Finale – Disassembled by Bendis and Finch
Black Panther
Vol. 1 #1; Vol. 2 #1-4; Panther’s Prey #1-4 – a collection of Kirby, Gillis, Cowan, McGregor, and Turner
Vol. 3 #1-12 – Marvel Knights: Priest, Texeira, Jusko, Bright, and others
Vol. 3 #13-49 – Priest, Velluto, Almond, and very few others
Vol. 3 #50-62 – Kasper Cole as Black Panther; Priest, Lucas, Fraga, Calafiore, and others
Captain America
#266-300 – JM DeMatteis and Mike Zeck’s classic run
#301-306 – Mike Carlin’s placeholder run.
#307-332 – Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary’s run
#333-350 – John Walker as Captain America run (Gruenwald and mostly Dwyer)
#351-386 – Steve is back as Cap; Gruenwald, Dwyer, and Lim’s runs
#387-413 – Gruenwald and Levins, at least until I dropped it
#449-454 – The back half of Mark Waid and Ron Garney’s first run
Volume 2 #7-11 – Heroes Reborn (James Robinson issues only)
Volume 3 #1-11; Sentinels of Liberty 1-3, 8 – Heroes Return (Waid’s second run, with Garney and Kubert)
Dead Men Running – Miniseries by Macan and Zezelj
Volume 4 #1-16 – Marvel Knights series by Rieber, Cassaday, Hairsine, Austen, and Lee
Truth: Red, White & Black – Robert Morales and Kyle Baker mini about the 1st Captain America
Volume 4 #21-32 – Morales and Bachalo, Kirkman and Eaton
Captain America & The Falcon #1-14 – Priest series, with Sears, Bennett and others
The Crew
The Crew – Priest & Bennett – the Black Avengers?
Dazzler
#1-30 – DeFalco, Fingeroth, Romita Jr., Springer, and others
#31-42, Marvel Graphic Novel #12, Beauty and the Beast #1-4 – Shooter, Nocenti, Goodwin, Springer, Perlin, Chadwick, and others
The Defenders / The New Defenders
#120-131 – DeMatteis, Perlin, Kupperberg, and others
#132-152 – Gillis, Perlin and others
Doctor Strange
#48-81 – Stern, Gillis, Rogers, Smith, Warner, and others
The Falcon
Avengers: Falcon TP – Owsley/Priest, Smith, Bright mini-series, and earlier appearances by Lee, Colan, Dematteis, Zeck, and others
Namor the Sub-Mariner
#1-25 – John Byrne
#26-40 – Byrne, Harras, Lee, and others
#41-45 – Thomas, Herdling, Wyman, Isherwood, and others
The New Mutants
#1-17 & Marvel Graphic Novel #4 – Claremont, McLeod, Buscema, and others
#18-34, Annual #1, Special Edition #1 – Claremont, Sienkiewicz, Leialoha, Adams, and others
#35 -54 – Claremont, Guice, and others
#55-86 – Simonson, Blevins, a bunch of fill-in artists, and a touch of Liefeld
#87-100 – The Liefeld era!
Truth or Death – Raab & Chaang’s reunion miniseries
Vol. 2 #1-13 – DeFilippis, Weir, Grant, Barberi, and 0thers – ’03 relaunch
New X-Men
Academy X #1-19, Hellions #1-4, Yearbook Special – DeFilippis, Weir, Ryan, Medina, Henry, Lopresti and others
#20-46 – Yost, Kyle, Brooks, Medina, Young, Ramos and others
Thunderbolts
#176 – 181 – Arcudi & Velasco’s illegal powered boxing run
Truth: Red, White & Black
Truth: Red, White & Black – Robert Morales and Kyle Baker mini about the 1st Captain America
X-Factor
#1 – 40 – Layton, Guice, Simonson, and Simonson
#41 – 70 – Simonson, Smith, Portacio, and others
#71 – 89 – David, Stroman, Quesada, and others
#90 – 105 – DeMatteis, Duursema, Quesada, and others
#122 – 137 – Mackie, Matsuda, and others
X-Force
#1-12 – Liefeld, Nicieza, Pacella, and others
#13-33 – Nicieza, Capullo, Daniel, and others
#63-101 – JF Moore, Pollina, Cheung, and others
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