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The Fairer Sex Emma Frost #1 A Tale of Two Emma’s, part one: A backstory we didn’t need "Higher Learning, 1 of 6: Growing Pains” Writer – Karl Bollers Penciler -Randy Green Inker – Rick Ketcham Letterer – Cory Petit Colorist – Pete Pantazis Associate Editor – Mike Raicht Editor – Mike Marts Editor-in-Chief – Joe Quesada August 2003 I get that sex sells. I also get that out of all the books fumbling around in the discount bin, I, a straight male, did pick up this book in particular. And possibly did so based solely on two things: I know the character and that very revealing, sexy Greg Horn cover image. And I’m betting it was more the latter than the former. I can state that honestly because Emma Frost was by the late 1980’s as solid an X-Man villain as you’d ever meet. We didn’t need a pointless and unconnected backstory that told her origin any more than I need a third nipple. The character appeared as foe back in issue 129 of Uncanny X-Men, tooled around as both a straight up vi

The Fairer Sex Maggie the Cat #1 Mike Grell does it again (heck, has he ever NOT done it?) "Untitled” Creator, Writer, and Artist – Mike Grell Letterer – Steve Haynie Colorist – Carol VanHook and Vanhook Studios Editor – Mike Gold January 1996 In 1987 I had no interest in Green Arrow. DC and Marvel both had brash, big talking archers who used trick arrows to fight super criminals. And being a Marvel guy by-and-large, my preference fell on the side of following Clint Barton’s Hawkeye around with his Avenger buddies. At least until Mike Grell came along. Realize that the mid-80’s was the point where I became a “serious” collector of comics. And by that I mean that I began looking at the creators and following artists and writers more than characters. I hadn’t truly encounter Mike Grell’s impressive pencils and intriguing storytelling at this point. All of that would change with the prestige three-issue Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters mini series. The square bound books with their