Marvel’s Homage to Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends Was Long Overdue

 

I'm covering a comic I didn't know existed until recently at CBR this week...the first "canonical" meeting of Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends!

When X-Men: The Animated Series Went Full Manga

This week at CBR, I'm revisiting the X-Men: The Manga adaptation of X-Men: The Animated Series...which has some curious deviations from the source material. (And if anyone knows of times the American X-Men Adventures adaptation also went its own path, let me know... )

The Justice League's Non-Controversial Gender War

This week at CBR, I'm looking at the "Kill All Men" episodes of Cartoon Network's Justice League.

Did Armor Wars Save a Struggling Iron Man Animated Series?

This week at CBR, I'm looking back on the Iron Man cartoon of the '90s, and its largely forgotten "Armor Wars" adaptation. (Not to mention the classic run of issues that inspired the story.)

Spider-Man's Hollywood Issues Long Predate Sony

This week at CBR, I'm revisiting Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends for the first time -- an episode that also served as an Incredible Hulk pilot, and was inspired by a silly premise Stan could never let go of.

Batman Beyond - Epic Hero. Lousy Boyfriend.

This week at CBR, I revist "Once Burned," one of the more memorable Batman Beyond episodes...and a tie-in comic likely everyone's forgotten.

Spider-Man: The (Forgotten) Animated Series

Did the most obscure Spider-Man cartoon ever take inspiration from a Stan Lee/John Romita comic few have ever seen? Find out in this week's Adventure(s) Time!

Spider-Man: The Animated Series and the Just OK Villain

This week at CBR, I'm revisiting Scorpion's debut on the '90s Spider-Man animated series and its origins in the Lee/Ditko run.

Could Batman: The Animated Series Exist Without The 1989 Film?

This week at CBR, on the movie's thirtieth anniversary, I examine the influence of Tim Burton's Batman on the classic animated series.

When X-Men: The Animated Series Killed Off Phoenix (Early)

How did X-Men: The Animated Series shock fans both old and new? And which two X-villains were named after jokes on the page margins? (Plus, it's an excuse to talk about the first John Byrne issue of Uncanny!)

When X-Men: The Animated Series Went Full Sci-Fi

Jean Grey's reinvention as Phoenix is iconic. The costume Wolverine stole from an alien? Less so. More from the original Phoenix adaptation this week at CBR.

How a Spider-Man/Ghost Rider Team-Up Influenced HBO's Spawn

Spikes and chains and disturbing acts... how did two issues of Spider-Man influence HBO's brutal cult classic cartoon? Find out this week at CBR.

There's More To This X-Men: The Animated Series Episode Than A Meme

Revist both the days of 1990s after-school cartoons and inane early internet memes! This week at CBR!

G. I. Joe: A Real American Hero - "Computer Complications"

Another G. I. Joe episode that inspired my novel series. "Computer Complications." #GIJoe (smashwords.com/profile/view/G…)

Maybe not the best title, but I think every kid of this era remembers this one. This is the episode establishing a romantic link between Mainframe & Zarana. Probably two years after this, the C.O.P.S. animated series will have a hero fall in love with a jewel thief. Plus, there's always Batman and Catwoman. And Marvel's answer, Cap and Diamondback.

When Angela Debuted on HBO's Spawn (For... No Real Reason)

This week at CBR, I look back at Angela's debut on the animated Spawn...which, I'm assuming, led to nothing thanks to Neil Gaiman's hobby of suing Todd McFarlane.

X-Men: The Animated Series - When Xavier Went Dark (Before Phoenix)

My retrospective on the original Phoenix storyline continues at CBR. Relive Professor Xavier's evil cape, and the fill-in issue of Uncanny X-Men that inspired the episode.

When Batman: The Animated Series Went 'Adult' (No, Not That Way)

This week on CBR, I'm looking back at "Never Too Late," a quietly daring episode of Batman: The Animated Series. 

Adapting Days of Future Past...without Shadowcat

This week at CBR, I'm revisiting the X-Men animated adaptation of Days of Future Past. Watch as "present day" 1980 morphed into 1993, and Kitty Pryde was shut out again.

Justice League: How Aquaman Became an Animated Namor (Twice)

This week, I'm revisiting "The Terror Beyond" at CBR, a classic from Justice League's second season.

How Spawn Transitioned From Comics to (Very R-Rated) TV

I'm going back to the pilot for Todd McFarlane's Spawn this week on CBR. It's very possible I'll cover the entire six-episode season, if there's interest.