Alpha Flight (Episode Intro)
Created by John Byrne for Uncanny X-Men 120-121, Alpha Flight served as a foil for the mutant team, and as a connecting device between Wolverine and Canada’s Department H [...]
Suicide Squad (Episode Intro)
In 1986 John Ostrander, Len Wein, and John Byrne plotted/scripted/drew a DC crossover event called Legends, following Crisis On Infinite Earths. A bunch of stuff happens [...]
Afterlife with Archie (Episode Intro)
Can a story about zombies be wholesome? Can a story about animated corpses ripping bodies to shreds be innocent and sweet? It can if you have 70-plus years to build it on [...]
The Smurfs (Episode Intro)
Throughout high school and college English classes, we would spend countless hours reading works of classic literature and meticulously picking through them to find their hidden meaning [...]
The Crow (Episode Intro)
The Goth movement of the 1980s was defined by black clothing, eyeliner, and pain. So much pain. It is a subculture that opens itself up to parody, but to be fair it did produce a lot of creative and unique works...[]
Howard the Duck (Episode Intro)
Howard was created by Steve Gerber a one-off gag in a Man-Thing comic. But the character became so popular with fans it was decided – for some strange reason - to give Howard his own book...[]
The Sentry (Episode intro)
What if everything you thought you knew was wrong? What if who you thought you were was false? What if your entire life was just a lie? [...]
Fables (Episode Intro)
Fables was launched in 2002 and ran for 150 issues, making it one of the longest-lived Vertigo titles. Created by Bill Willingham, the comic used public domain characters [...]
Master of Kung Fu (Episode Intro)
In the 1970s there was a craze for martial arts that swept the nation. Many factors led to this craze, but one person who personified the popularity of martial arts was, of course, Bruce Lee [...]
Black Widow (Episode Intro)
Natasha Romanov – the Black Widow – Marvel’s sultry spy. She has a heart of gold, a checkered past, and a particular set of skills [...]
