Yearly Archives: 2020

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Reviews
Remembering Amalgam: “Spider-Boy” #1

By | Jun 15, 2020 | Reviews

As mentioned in my opening piece on Amalgam, I’m spending this summer looking back at the 24 one-shots released by Marvel and DC in 1996 and 1997 that featured a merged universe mixing their various properties together. The first one up for an in-depth look is “Spider-Boy”. The Mash Up Spider-Man and the teenage clone […]

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Reader Poll Results: ‘Welcome Back, Frank’ Is our Readers’ Favorite Punisher Story

By | Jun 15, 2020 | Reader Poll

On Friday, we asked our readers to vote on their favorite story featuring Frank Castle, aka the Punisher. While the voting was bunched up on the bottom, one story was clearly the choice of our readers. The first volume of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s ‘Marvel Knights’ era “Punisher” run, ‘Welcome Back, Frank,’ took home […]

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Television
Five Thoughts on Westworld’s “Chestnut”

By | Jun 15, 2020 | Television

Howdy, fellow humans who are definitely not robots who just think you’re humans, and welcome to our review of HBO’s science fiction series, Westworld. The first episode introduced us to Westworld, now the second episode does the heavy explanatory lifting. As deftly crafted as the first episode, we’re guided through a lot of exposition without […]

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Columns
Ghosts of Comics’ Past: 1980

By | Jun 15, 2020 | Columns

Multiversity’s history column returns with a variety of items from 1980, including a review of the direct market, the back issue market, and the effects of the growing independent comic scene. Growth of the Direct Market Following some legal decisions in 1979, the Direct Market was growing faster than ever. There were about 3000 comic […]

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Shelf Bound: Post-Auction Wrap-up!

By | Jun 15, 2020 | Columns

From April 24th to June 5th, I posted a different bound edition from my shelves for auction, with the proceeds going to organizations like the Hero Initiative and Black Lives Matter. Now that the dust has settled, the checks written, and the last of the book boxes making their way to the post office, it’s […]

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The Rundown: June 15, 2020

By | Jun 15, 2020 | News

Welcome back to The Rundown, our daily breakdown on comic news stories we missed from the previous day. Have a link to share? Email our team at rundown@multiversitycomics.com. In case you missed it, Aftershock announced an anthology comic for comic retailers called “S.O.S.”; BOOM! announced “An Unkindness of Ravens” by Dan Panosian and Marianna Ignazzi; […]

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