Author Archives: Drew Bradley

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Columns
Ghosts of Comics’ Past: 1953

By | Jun 19, 2023 | Columns

Multiversity’s history column returns with another installment of our year-by-year recap of the comic industry. Today’s column follows our coverage of 1950, 1951, and 1952. Comics books were still a booming business in 1953. In the first three months of the year, Dell printed 250 million copies, a publishing record that still stands today. After […]

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Reviews
“Who Will Make the Pancakes”

By | May 22, 2023 | Reviews

Megan Kelso’s “Who Will Make the Pancakes” is a delightful anthology perfect for anyone who enjoys slice of life storytelling. The stories range from historical drama to straight-faced absurdity, but never stray far from the humanity of the cast. You’ll be left thinking about the stories long after you’ve finished reading them. Written, Illustrated, Colored […]

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Ghosts of Comics’ Past: 1943

By | Apr 17, 2023 | Columns

Multiversity’s history column continues its year-by-year recap of comic industry history with a sequel to the previous coverage of 1940, 1941 (part 1 and part 2), and 1942. Like every other part of life in 1942, World War II weighed heavily on comic books. Its effect on content could fill a book (and has!), but […]

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Ghosts of Comics’ Past: February in comic history – Destroyer Duck, Distribution, and Ultimate Avengers

By | Feb 13, 2023 | Columns

Multiversity’s history column returns with new coverage of past events. This column, themed around the month of February, will explore the debut of Destroyer Duck, the state of comic distribution in the mid 1990s, and the first Marvel Studios film. February 1982 In late 1973, Steve Gerber introduced Howard the Duck in the pages of […]

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Ghosts of Comics’ Past: 1933

By | Feb 6, 2023 | Columns

Multiversity’s history column returns with another installment of year-by-year analysis of the comic industry. Following our earlier coverage of 1932, today’s article on 1933 will be focused mainly on the first modern comic books. In 1932, the Connecticut-based Eastern Color Printing Company experimented with a new reduction method that shrank Sunday comic strips to 7 […]

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Ghosts of Comics’ Past: January in Comic History – MMMS and bargain prices

By | Jan 23, 2023 | Columns

Multiversity’s history column returns with a new installment covering events from January 1965 (Marvel’s first fan club) and 2002/2003 (rise and fall of bargain-priced comics). January 1965 Stan Lee had been working to establish a connection with readers since March 1962, when he asked letter writers sending missives to “Fantastic Four” to drop the “Dear […]

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