The following focuses on material reprinted in the Fantastic Four Omnibus by John Byrne Volume 2, covering a wide variety of material related to Byrne’s work with that team’s characters. This article is part of a larger series of reviews focused on key Marvel Comics runs. Introduction The second half of John Byrne’s run on “Fantastic […]
The following focuses on material reprinted in the Fantastic Four Omnibus by John Byrne Volume 1, covering a wide variety of material related to Byrne’s work with that team’s characters. This article is part of a larger series of reviews focused on key Marvel Comics runs. Introduction Perhaps the most important thing to realize when delving […]
Writer Roy Thomas wrote an insightful introduction to this first “Iron Fist” Masterworks in which he related how Iron Fist was created in order to give Marvel another kung-fu title. Kung-fu was a craze at the time, both in films and on television. Marvel had a hit with the series “Master of Kung-Fu,” so they […]
“Uncanny X-Men” was a continuation of the long-running “X-Men” title that started in 1963, beginning with issue #94. That original title had been cancelled for a few years in the early 1970s and then revived as a bi-monthly title for a few years in the mid-1970. Hence, its numbering has always lagged other […]