The main of Ghost Rider was drawn in pencil on paper. I drew the background, the bike, as well as the flames and the rest of the spikes in photoshop, where I inked and colored the piece. All vintage colors and textures were done via Debaser by TrueGrit.

The Longbox Junk Halloween party just keeps on going!

What's Halloween without some cheesy 1950s science fiction horror?  It's not much of a Halloween at all, if you ask me. So let's throw some invading aliens into the mix, shall we?  WE SHALL!

Check out the review below, and Happy October from Longbox Junk!

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I think these two serious night be my favorite runs of the two most iconic teams in comics.

Looking back on myself when these were released (I believe they both came out fairly close together in '97) I'm actually pretty surprised I bought either issue 1.

Beyond my respect for their places in history, neither the Avengers nor the Justice League had been all that distinguished during my childhood years, and both teams, but especially the Avengers, had been dragged through the mud of some very poor stories and creative teams (the less said of Heroes Reborn the better...).

Beyond that, I'd gone from being an enthusiastic Image fan to being completely burned out by the endless, slickly polished grim and grittiness of Image (and those who followed their lead across the industry) and I turned away from that style of comics. I was buying indie comics, Dark Horse, and my favorite of the era Helix's Transmetropolitan.

The only reason I think I bought both was that I lived Grant Morrison's craziness in Hitman, I respected Busiek's love for comics and the history of comics, and, most of all, I knew George Perez was an absolute madman and there would at least be something best from a living legend.

I lost my entire original collection (among other things) in a natural disaster years ago, and these two runs are both at the top of my last to fully flesh out. I have most of JLA, and it's been fantastic going back to read the series in order; I've recently just finished the Rock of Ages storyline, and it still holds up as a classic.

Anyone else dig these?

• Written by Mike Baron, art by Mark Texiera, cover by Michael Golden
• Frank is having lunch with Joy Adams, the woman he met in Venezuela while in pursuit of Jigsaw and The Reverend
• Joy is engaged to Cole Grist, the owner of Grist Sausages, one of the biggest meatpacking companies in the state
• The pair leave the restaurant only to be accosted by protestors who pour blood on Joy’s fur coat
• Frank knocks the man to the ground, causing the other protestors to flee
• While in the car, Joy learns that her fiance was the target of a mail bomb that killed the mail carrier
• The bomb was claimed by the Animal Liberation Army
• Joy convinces Cole to hire Frank as security
• Cole may have some shady dealings with the local labor unions
• One night Cole heads into one of his plants, leaving Frank and Joy in the car
• Frank decides to follow, encountering two members of the Animal Liberation Army
• One of them tries to convince Frank and Joy that Cole is mob connected when Cole appears to shoot him dead
• Cole tells them the union rep he came to meet also tried to kill him, and accuses Frank and Joy of being involved and conspiring against him
• Before he can act, Frank kicks a sledgehammer at Cole, getting Joy to safety
• Hiding in a meat locker, Punisher gears up to deal with Cole
• Joy laments her bad choice of men, and says she wanted to ask Frank not to kill Cole, but knows it will do no good
• Punisher manages to make it past Cole, and finds the dead union rep and a stash of drugs
• Cole grabs Joy in the meantime and demands that Punisher give himself up
• Punisher distracts Cole long enough for Joy to scoop him up with a meat hook, allowing Punisher to finish him off
• Joy once again laments her bad taste in men, and Frank offers to buy her dinner
• Teaser for another encounter between Punisher and Ghost Rider!
• Frank’s Body Count - 1 (he stabs Cole after Joy lifts him up on a meat hook)

Continuing our tour of the Dallas area, we hit up Titan Comics! While there, I found the last issues of the Nam and Marvel Fanfare! I'm still not quite finished with either series!

I'm down to needing only one issue each of American Flagg vol.2 and Power Pack!

This completed my run of Tales of the Witchblade!

To be concluded!

• Written by Mike Baron, art by Hugh Haynes and the “Inking Squad of Death” (Bob Wiacek, Bud La Rosa, Jimmy Palmiotti, Vince Evans, Rodney Ramos, Santiago Oliveras, Kevin Kobasic, Ariane Lenshoek, and Ed Lazellari)
• Microchip is flying a toy helicopter from his balcony when Frank informs him he has a visitor
• Microchip believes the visit has something to do with a time before he was born, when his father was forced to work for the Nazis to develop weaponry
• Rudolf Brunner was a Luftwaffe Lieutenant who worked with Microchip’s father on a particle beam meant to end the war
• The particle beam was lost in a glacier near Greenland, but Brunner believes it will soon thaw and be captured by a group of Neo-Nazis called The New Model Army
• Posing as Mr. Rook, Frank attempts first to purchase a helicopter under the table, and when that fails he threatens to expose the corrupt arms manufacturer
• Frank, Microchip, and Brunner set out to find the missing particle beam, but Frank doesn’t trust Brunner
• While the travel, Brunner asks is Microchip has any of his father’s old notes and about his sister
• Frank didn’t know that Microchip had a sister
• The trio arrive at the trapped plane, Microchip and Frank get aboard and begin prepping it for removal
• Frank once again tells Microchip he doesn’t trust Brunner or believe his story that he saved his father’s life as he was a Nazi
• Punisher and Brunner spot a New Model Army boat closing in, but before they can take it out, they’re attacked by snowmobiles from overland
• Under heavy fire, Punisher has no choice but to blow the helicopter and leap over the cliff to the plane below
• Luckily Microchip has managed to get the plane operation again, but a relic from the 40s can’t match the modern force after them
• Microchip has a plan however, using the toy helicopter from earlier to fly into the engine of one of the pursuing planes and causing it to explode
• Suddenly another jet appears, flown by the corrupt arms manufacturer Mr. Connaught
• The Punisher has a plan, feigning surrender so they can get behind Connaught and shooting him with the experimental particle beam!
• The force of the beam shakes apart the plane, leaving Punisher, Microchip, and Brunner no choice but to bail and wait rescue in the ocean
• Microchip laments destroying his father’s work, but Brunner reveals there was a second particle beam that should be thawing out in a couple of months
• Frank’s Body Count - 1 for sure, possibly 3 (the particle beam definitely kills Connaught, and it’s possible the explosion that Punisher leaves kills two Neo-Nazi soldiers, but we don’t see if they die or not)

I've been wanting to get this whole series since I was a kid and finally got it in the mail today! Back burner side quest completed about 30 years later 😂

Hello folks! I was wondering if any of you were alive and collecting Action Comics during the time of the Crisis. I personally loved Action Comics and still have my collection from the 50s to the 80s. When DC rebooted the series, I was done. I know many today think this reboot was the "breath of fresh air/shot in the arm" the comics needed, and I was wondering if anyone here would care to give their feelings on the matter

While in Dallas, we stopped at Awesome Comics and found a few neat things! The Secret World Headquarters was not open, unfortunately! However, the clerks told us about Dallas Vintage Toys, which was a memorable stop, even without the few comics that I found there!

To be continued!

Published January 1989
Writer: Chris Claremont
Artist: Marc Silvestri

Stay tuned for part II.

Read Uncanny X-Men 239 here

Inferno storyline discussion here

I always love a cover with Sandman on it

The Longbox Junk Halloween Party just keeps on going!

What's Halloween without a WEREWOLF? It ain't Halloween at all, I say!

Check out the review, and Happy October from Longbox Junk!

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• Written by Fabian Nicieza, art by Mark Bagley and Larry Mahlstedt
• Punisher and Night Thrasher are in a standoff over Silhouette
• Punisher tells Night Thrasher he’s after the gun runners in Silhouette’s brother’s gang
• Silhouette uses her power to escape Punisher, and tells him she’s not involved with the gang
• Deciding to believe her and de-escalate the situation, Punisher puts down his weapon
• After learning about why Bengal is after Father Janes, Punisher decides to leave him to his fate, knowing what it’s like to watch his own family die
• In Brazil, the rest of the New Warriors are being forced by Project Earth to help them and The Force of Nature to take down loggers in the rain forest
• When The Force of Nature attacks, The New Warriors attempt to save the lives of the workers
• After the battle, Project Earth leader Omar Barrenos attempts to kill Maddie Baldwin, Speedball’s mother, in a way that will lay blame on the loggers
• An interlude shows the woman with the Scepter of Ka preparing to absorb celestial energies
• Night Thrasher agrees to protect Father Janes on behalf of Silhouette
• Bengal attacks, and the two proceed to fight to a standstill, when The Punisher intervenes!
• Punisher tells both Bengal and Night Thrasher he understands why they fight, but there is a line between vengeance and justice
• Father Janes asks Bengal for his forgiveness and the two embrace
• Speedball reveals his identity to his mother before heading back to for The Force of Nature with the other New Warriors
• No longer being sneak attacked, the New Warriors are able to make quick work on The Force of Nature, but Barrenos escapes 
• With Maddie safe, the New Warriors begin the journey back home
• Back in New York, The Hellions and The White Queen attack The Taylor Penthouse looking for answers
• Frank’s Body Count - 0! (“Your fire should honor the memories of your loved ones, not desecrate them.”)

I'm gonna buy as many of these as possible and make myself a suit!!!!!! Boooyaaaaah!!!!

Stopped in Texarkana on our way to Dallas and found a comic shop that I hadn't planned on.

This haul completes my runs of Namor, Quasar, Marvel Comics Presents, and Chapel!

It also puts me down to missing one issue each of American Flagg vol.1, Cloak and Dagger vol.3, and Punisher Armory!

To be continued!

New addition to my Marvel omnibus collection arrived today! I was browsing through the selection of dheader on ebay Friday and I was originally planning on getting the X-Tinction Agenda omnibus, but I saw this for $85 and I couldn't pass it up. I love that DM JRJR cover.