Category: Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé #15

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Summer Job
(July – 1985)

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ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun
1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.

This episode includes All-Star Squadron #50, Bananas #31 & 69, Blue Devil #17, Crisis on Infinite Earths #7, DC Comics Presents Annual #4, Dreadstar and Company #5, Elfquest #3,
The Encyclopedia of Superheroes, Longshot #2-3, Mad Magazine #264 & 270, Marvel Age #8, 16, 22, & 27, Secret Wars II #5, Nathaniel Dusk II #1, The All New, All Daring Peter Parker, the Spectacular #107, The World Encyclopedia of Comics, and more!

“Transcripts”

Back to the Future, Blue Devil, Cracked, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Lifeforce, Longshot, Mad, Marvel Age, Matt Houston, Scholastic, Secret Wars, Spider-Man, Squadron Supreme, Star Comics, Supergirl, Superman, V, Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé #14

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The Business Year
(Second Quarter – 1985)

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ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun
1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.

This episode includes Ambush Bug #2-4, Blue Devil #14-16, Dreadstar and Company #2-4, Elfquest #1-2, Fantastic Four #281, Fist of Khonshu: Moon Knight #4, G.I. Joe a Real American Hero #37-38, Longshot #1, The Losers Special #1, Ms. Tree 3-D #1, Muppet Babies #2, Secret Wars II #1, Tales of the Teen Titans #55, Who’s Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe Volume VI, and more! Plus a look at Spring films & television of 1985…

“Transcripts”

Ambush Bug, Blue Devil, Chevy Chase, Cocoon, Daredevil, Dreadstar, Elfquest, Fantastic Four, G.I. Joe, The Goonies, Grimjack, James Bond, Ladyhawke, Longshot, The Losers, Moon Knight, Ms. Tree, Muppets, New Teen Titans, Pale Rider, Return to Oz, Richard Donner, Secret Wars, Sectaurs, Super Powers Collection, Who’s Who, Wolverine, X-Men, Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé #13

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The Business Year
(First Quarter – 1985)

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ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey] noun1. a summing up; summary. 2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.

This episode includes Amazing Spider-Man #264, Blue Devil #11, Captain America #305, Daredevil #220, Dreadstar and Company #1, Ewoks #1, G.I. Joe a Real American Hero #36, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #6, New Mutants #29, Rocket Raccoon #1, Sectaurs #1, Tales of the Teen Titans #52 & 54, Uncanny X-Men #192-193, Web of Spider-Man #1, and more! Plus a look at early films & television of 1985…

“Transcripts”

Ambush Bug, Blue Devil, Captain America, Captain Britain, Daredevil, Dreadstar, Dune, G.I. Joe, Kitty Pryde, Moon Knight, New Teen Titans, Police Academy, Robotech, Rocket Raccoon, Sectaurs, She-Hulk, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Wolverine, X-Men, Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé #12

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Recall (Winter 1984)

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ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun
1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.

This episode includes Amazing Spider-Man #262, Conqueror of the Barren Earth #1, Fantastic Four #275, G.I. Joe a Real American Hero #31-33, G.I. Joe Yearbook #1, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #3-5, Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #10-12, The New Defenders #141, New Teen Titans #4, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #99, Robotech Defenders #1, Thing #22, Uncanny X-Men #191 and more! Plus a look at Fall films & television of 1984…

“Transcripts”

The Defenders, G.I. Joe, Kitty Pryde, New Teen Titans, Secret Wars, She-Hulk, Spider-Man, Wolverine, X-Men, Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé #11

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Sabbatical (Fall 1984)

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ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun
1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.

This episode includes Buckaroo Banzai #1, Alpha Flight #17, Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #8-9, Blue Devil #6-7, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine #1-2, Thing #19, X-Men Annual #8, G.I. Joe a Real American Hero #29-30 and more! Plus a look at more summer films of 1984…

“Transcripts”

Alpha Flight, Blue Devil, Buckaroo Banzai, G.I. Joe, Kitty Pryde, Secret Wars, Wolverine, X-Men, Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé #10

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Temporary Lay-Off (February-July 1984)

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ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun
1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.

This episode includes Best of DC #49, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #91-92, Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars #3-7, Daredevil #209, Blue Devil #2-5, Marvel Team-Up #144 & 146, Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner #1, Marvel Super Special #30, Micronauts: The New Voyages #1, Amazing Spider-Man #258, G.I. Joe a Real American Hero and more! Plus a look at movies from the first half of 1984…

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“Transcripts”

X-Men, Super Powers, Secret Wars, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Comic Reader Résumé, Blue Devil, Marvel Team-Up, Namor, Sub-Mariner, Indiana Jones, Micronauts, G.I. Joe

Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé #9

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Seasonal Employee (January 1984)

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ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun
1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.

This episode includes Phoenix: The Untold Story #1, Flash Force 2000 mini-comics, American Honda Presents Supergirl #1, The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #15 and more! Plus a look at the 1982-1983 TV season…

“Transcripts”

Flash Force 2000, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe, Supergirl, X-Men, Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé #8

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Last In/First Out (Late 1983)

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ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun
1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.

This episode includes The Further Adventures of Indiana Jones #10, What If…? #41, Amazing Spider-Man #246, The Avengers #237, Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker the Spectacular Spider-Ham #1, Keebler Company Presents DC’s The New Teen Titans, Hawkeye #4, Daredevil #202, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #86 & 88, Uncanny X-Men #177 & 179, Storm And Illyana: Magik #3, Green Lantern #173, The Thing #9, Hercules, Prince of Power #1, Nathaniel Dusk, Private Investigator #1, Starslayer, Grimjack, and more!

“Transcripts”

The Avengers, Captain America, D.C. Cab, Daredevil, Green Lantern, Grimjack, Hawkeye, Hercules, New Teen Titans, Reagan, Silkwood, Spider-Ham, Spider-Man, Starslayer, The Thing, X-Men, Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé #7

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Auditing (June 1983)

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ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun
1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.

This episode includes Famous First Edition #9 (again,) DC Sampler #1 (yes, again,) and The New Teen Titans Annual #2 (finally.)

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“Transcripts”

Batman, Justice Society of America, New Teen Titans, Robin, Superman, Vigilante, Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé

Comic Reader Résumé #6

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Probation (Spring 1983)

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ré·su·mé [rez-oo-mey, rez-oo-mey]
noun
1. a summing up; summary.
2. a brief written account of personal, educational, and professional qualifications and experience, as that prepared by an applicant for a job.

In Comic Reader Résumé, I use Mike’s Amazing World of Comics to travel back through time via his virtual newsstand to the genesis point of my lifelong collecting of comics. From there, I can offer a “work history” of my fandom through my active purchasing of (relatively) new comic books beginning in January of 1982, when my interest in the medium went from sporadic and unformed to routine on through compulsive accumulation. To streamline the narrative and keep the subjects at least remotely contemporaneous, I will not generally be discussing what we call back issues: books bought long after their publication date. Sometimes, I will cover a book published on a given month that I picked up within a year or so that date, and I give myself an especially wide berth on this aspect in the first couple of “origins” episodes. We’ll get more rigidly on point as my memories crystallize and my “hobby” spirals out of control into the defining characteristic of my life (eventually outpacing squalor and competing neuroses.) It’s part personal biography, part industry history, and admittedly totally self-indulgent on my part.

This episode includes Captain America #281 & 283, Avengers #231, U.S. 1 #1, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #11, Batman #359, Spider-Woman #50, DC Comics’ The New Teen Titans in cooperation with The President’s Drug Awareness Campaign #2, Power Man and Iron Fist #193, Alpha Flight #1, All-Star Squadron #24, and The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior #3.

“Transcripts”

Alpha Flight, The Avengers, Batman, Captain America, Crystar, G.I. Joe, Justice Society of America, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, New Teen Titans, Nomad, Spider-Woman, Comic Reader Résumé