Author Archives: Drew Bradley

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Remembering Amalgam: Magnetic Men Featuring Magneto

By | Oct 26, 2020 | Reviews

After weeks of duds, we finally find another gem on our journey through Amalgam Comics. More than just its gimmick, “The Magnetic Men Featuring Magneto” is a genuinely good story. The Mash Up This is largely the same cast as “Magneto and the Magnetic Men”, which means its Metal Men meet the Brotherhood of Mutants, […]

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Ghosts of Comics’ Past: 2010

By | Oct 26, 2020 | Columns

By 2010, the comic industry had pulled itself out of its depression and was starting to roar again, though the highs of 1990 were still far out of reach. In this installment of “Ghosts”, I’ll lead you through an overview of the industry as of 2010 before focusing on some other important events from the […]

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Remembering Amalgam: “Thorion of the New Asgods”

By | Oct 19, 2020 | Reviews

It’s been a while since we had a wholly positive review of an Amalgam Comic. The drought isn’t over this week, but the journey through Amalgam Comics continues with “Thorion” anyway. The Mash Up Characters from “Thor” are merged with the New Gods. Some of these elements were introduced in the wave one book “Bullets […]

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Remembering Amalgam: “Bat-Thing” #1

By | Oct 12, 2020 | Reviews

This is about the Amalgam Comic “Bat-Thing”, not that panel in “Batman: Damned”. It’s also part 19 in our 26 installment journey through Amalgam Comics. The Mash Up Man-Bat meets Man-Thing, as told by Larry Hama, Rodolfo DaMaggio, and Bill Sienkiewicz. This is another DC production. The plot You’d expect this to be about Bat-Thing, […]

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Remembering Amalgam: Lobo the Duck

By | Oct 5, 2020 | Reviews

Let’s be honest, if the title doesn’t grab you, there’s nothing else I can say to make you read the next review in our journey through Amalgam Comics. The Mash Up Lobo, DC’s hyper-violent anti-hero who was already past his peak popularity, meets Howard the Duck, Marvel’s cult favorite fish out of water who hadn’t […]

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Remembering Amalgam: Generation Hex

By | Sep 28, 2020 | Reviews

I’ve never read “Jonah Hex”, and my only exposure to “Generation X” was that awful TV movie. Clearly I’m not the target audience for “Generation Hex”, but it’s the next stop on our journey through Amalgam Comics anyway. The Mash Up The best I can do without embarrassing myself is to tell you that this […]

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Ghosts of Comics’ Past: Two years of AHOY Comics

By | Sep 28, 2020 | Columns

This month marks the two year anniversary of the release of “Wrong Earth” #1, the first publication from AHOY Comics. To mark the occasion, Multiversity’s history column is taking a look back at those two years, plus the decades of experience that laid the company’s foundation. AHOY Comics was founded in 2018 by Hart Seely, […]

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Remembering Amalgam: “The Exciting X-Patrol”

By | Sep 21, 2020 | Reviews

Shatterstarfire! Dial H.U.S.K! Beastling! Niles Cable! X-Patrol was so popular in 1996 that it received a spin-off, “The Exciting X-Patrol”, in 1997, and it’s the next stop on our journey through Amalgam. The Mash Up Just like “X-Patrol” in wave 1, this comic pulls from a huge number of teams from both universes, but most […]

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Ghosts of Comics’ Past: September in Comic History – Comics for Girls, Bloody Ink, Wizard, and McFarlane

By | Sep 21, 2020 | Columns

Multiversity’s history column returns with new items from 1941, 1977, 1991, and 1995. SEE! The first comic for girls. SEE! A comic printed in blood. SEE! The debut of “Wizard” magazine. SEE! Todd McFarlane made to look bad on national TV. Enjoy! September 1941 In 1941, the Parents Magazine Institute decided to take a stand […]

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