When high school student Patsy Walker considered future employment opportunities, she thought about becoming a nurse, an aviatrix, or a lawyer. She...

   There was plenty of humor within Patsy Walker #19 (Nov. 1948), but the cover image of Patsy and boyfriend Buzz Baxter at the beach was the best part

   The heroic duo Cloak and Dagger played prominent roles in Defenders of Light and Dark #2 (Oct. 2026). The cosmic entity known as the In-Betweener...

   Bizarre Adventures #27 (July 1981) included three vignettes starring past or present X-Men: Iceman, Phoenix, and Nightcrawler. Iceman’s story took...

   The Queen in Black storyline prompted Iron Man to organize two strike teams to do battle against Hela. Led by Iron Man, Team Dark included Agent Anti...

   This creative maze appeared in Fun and Games Magazine #1 (Sept. 1979).

   This puzzle from Fun and Games Magazine #1 (Sept. 1979) asked readers to find the names of each of these heroes four times: Power...

   Although they occasionally dated other people, Buzz Baxter and Patsy Walker were high school sweethearts. As a sign of their deepening connection,...

   Sub-Mariner’s preoccupation with Susan Storm reached an all-time low when he kidnapped her and held her captive in Atlantis. The prince of Atlantis...

   This maze featuring Sub-Mariner appeared in Fun and Games Magazine #13 (September 1980).

   This untitled maze featuring the Silver Surfer appeared in Fun and Games Magazine #6 (February 1980). Text in the lower left asked, YOU MEAN WE GOTTA...

   Before Patsy Walker got her own comic book series, she appeared regularly in Miss America Magazine. Her stories were so popular that the magazine...

   Patsy Walker could have remained a perpetual teen. But that changed in Patsy and Hedy #95 (August 1964), when Patsy and her pals graduated from high...

   When Dr. Strange made his debut in Strange Tales #110, he carried the title Master of Black Magic. That term wouldn’t stick. Dr. Strange would soon...

   The Realms of Magic supplement for the Marvel Super Heroes role-playing game included a section on Magic Schools, more or less adhering to the three...

   A new combination of heroes appear as Defenders within the alternate world of the Ultimates (#21). This latest iteration of Defenders has no...

   Fun and Games Magazine #1 (Sept. 1979) included a Secret Code Breaker to solve puzzles in that issue—and future issues—of the monthly...

   The NBC cartoon Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends teamed-up the wall-crawler with Iceman and Firestar (sometimes hyphenated as Fire-Star). The...

   Under orders of Odin, the valkyries of Valhalla began capturing Amazons of Paradise Island shortly after World War II. These valkyries had wings but...

   The first comic book I remember perusing was Marvel Treasury Edition #2 (1974). It must have been a gift from my parents. Starring the fabulous...

   When Buzz Baxter told girlfriend Patsy Walker that he got a 90 on an algebra test, she said her score was 88 (Patsy Walker #73). But Patsy’s marks in...

   Patsy Walker’s kid brother, Mickey, was a recurring character in comic books. As a running gag, Mickey would extort money in exchange for giving...

   If DC Comics had launched a non-team like the Defenders, Metamorpho would have been a strong candidate. Radiation from a meteorite transformed...

   Some time ago, I posted about episodes of Justice League Unlimited that depicted Hawkgirl and several other DC characters as indirect counterparts to...

   The Incredible Hulk’s original series cancelled after six issues and the green goliath began appearing instead in Tales to Astonish. The cover of #72...