Steve Gerber’s Son of Satan Pt. 10: “Will I Ever Make Sense of It?” Jason Sacks June 17, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade Welcome to part 10, the final part of my look at Steve Gerber’s run on “Son of Satan” in Marvel Spotlight. In part 9 of my series I looked...
Steve Gerber’s Son of Satan Pt. 9: Journey Into Himself! Jason Sacks June 10, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade Welcome back to part nine of my look at Steve Gerber’s “Son of Satan” in his 1974-75 run in Marvel Spotlight. This is the penultimate...
Steve Gerber’s Son of Satan Pt. 8: The Nihilists Are Back and They’re Pissed Jason Sacks June 3, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade Welcome to part eight of my look at Steve Gerber’s “Son of Satan”, published in Marvel Spotlight circa 1975. When last we visited Daimon...
Steve Gerber’s Son of Satan Pt. 7: The Tarot Tells All Jason Sacks May 27, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade Welcome to part seven of my look at Steve Gerber’s 1970s run on “Son of Satan” in Marvel Spotlight. In the previous two weeks of this column...
Steve Gerber’s Son of Satan Pt. 6: One Act of Evil Jason Sacks May 20, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade Welcome to part six of my look at Steve Gerber’s wonderful run on “Son of Satan” in Marvel Spotlight. Last week I talked about how the art...
Steve Gerber’s Son of Satan Pt. 5: True Horrors at Home Jason Sacks May 13, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade Thanks for reading the fifth in my series of looks at Steve Gerber’s 1970s run on “Son of Satan” in Marvel Spotlight #18 from 1974. After...
Steve Gerber’s Son of Satan Pt. 4: A Quick Visit to Atlantis Jason Sacks May 6, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade Welcome to the latest chapter of my look at Steve Gerber’s Son of Satan, as we now reach the biggest non-sequitur of his run, in Marvel Spotlight...
Steve Gerber’s Son of Satan Pt. 3: From Barefoot Innocents to Satanic Worshippers Jason Sacks April 29, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade Welcome back to the third part of my look at Steve Gerber’s wonderfully odd run on “Son of Satan.” Sorry for missing the last three weeks (and...
Steve Gerber’s Son of Satan Pt. 2: The Battle for the Soul Jason Sacks April 1, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade At its best, Steve Gerber’s run on “Son of Satan” is one of the most memorable series he produced at Marvel during his ridiculously fertile...
Steve Gerber’s Son of Satan Pt. 1: Ice Demons and Terrible Slaps Jason Sacks March 25, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade Last time in this column I discussed the oddly desultory nature of Steve Gerber’s work on “Morbius the Living Vampire” in Fear. That comic...
Classic Comics Cavalcade: Steve Gerber’s Morbius Part 4: Jet Packs and Other Random Brilliance Jason Sacks March 11, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade Welcome to the fifth and final part of my exploration of Steve Gerber’s oddball 1974 writing stint on “Morbius the Living Vampire” in the pages...
Podcast: Arie Kaplan reads Howard the Duck—RCBC Joseph Kyle Schmidt March 7, 2016 Reboot Comic Book Club Writer and humorist Arie Kaplan (Bongo, MAD Magazine, LEGO Star Wars Face Off, 5-Minute Avengers Stories) comes to the podcast to discuss the...
Blood-Sucking in the ’70s: Morbius by Steve Gerber Pt. 4: I Have No Earthly Idea Jason Sacks March 4, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade Welcome to the latest chapter of my exploration of perhaps Steve Gerber’s most obscure and most oddly great comic series, “Morbius the Living...
Blood-Sucking in the ’70s: Morbius by Steve Gerber Pt. 3: Bloodless Barbarians and Talking Eyes Jason Sacks February 26, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade Continuing my series on Steve Gerber’s wildly unpredictable run writing “Morbius the Living Vampire”, it’s time now for Gerber’s third...
Blood-Sucking in the ’70s: Morbius by Steve Gerber Pt. 2: Super Space Cats Jason Sacks February 12, 2016 Classic Comics, Classic Comics Cavalcade What would you do if your world was facing overpopulation? What if the main civilization on that world was so peaceful that there were no wars, no...