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Black Comic Book History
– 1970: Ebon #1 with Larry Fuller
by Wendy Browne
– 1971: Creepy #43 with Billy Graham
by Wendy Browne
– 1972: Luke Cage, Hero for Hire #1 with Billy Graham
by Matthew Cowans
– 1972: Super Soul Comix #1 with Richard “Grass” Green
by Touissaint Egan
– 1974: Jungle Action #10 with Billy Graham
by Jay Rincher
– 1975: White Whore Funnies #1 with Larry Fuller and Raye Horne
by Wendy Browne
– 1976: Fast Willie Jackson and Golden Legacy with Bertram A. Fitzgerald
by Wendy Browne
A Sharper Image:
– Wetworks #1
by Sara Century
– ShadowHawk #1
by Claire Napier
– Cyber Force #1
by Wendy Browne
– Youngblood #1
by Kelly Kanayama
– Savage Dragon #1
by Nola Pfau
– Spawn #1
by Kim O’Connor
– WildC.A.T.S. #1
by august (in the wake of) dawn
Batman’s Greatest Enemy
– Detective Comics #571 “Fear For Sale”
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… The Scarecrow, by Tom Shapira
– Detective Comics #475 “The Laughing Fish”
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… Romance, by Priya Sridhar
– Batman #339 “A Sweet Kiss of Poison”
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… Poison Ivy, by Philippe Leblanc
– Detective Comics #404 “Who I Am, How I Came To Be”
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… Joe Chill, by Gregory Paul Silber
– Batman: White Knight #8
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… The Joker, by Caitlin Rosberg
– Batman #405 “Who I Am, How I Came To Be”
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… Gotham City, by Mo Ali
– Batman #454 “Dark Knight, Dark City”
Batman’s Greatest Enemy is… Barbathos, by Lachan R.
Giant Days Year Three (Annotations)
– Giant Days #19 “Summer Musical Festival” by Steve Morris
– The Giant Days 2016 Holiday Special by Tim Maytom
– “How The Fishman Despoiled Christmas” by Tim Maytom
– Giant Days #20 “IKEA”
– Giant Days #21 “The Break In”
– Giant Days #22 “Ingrid”
– Giant Days #23 “A Dinner Party”
– Giant Days #24 “Big Geoff”
– Giant Days #25 “Susan’s Christmas Miracle”
– Giant Days #26: Dean’s Wedding
– Giant Days #27 “Protest!”
– Giant Days #28 “Secrets of the Garage”
– Giant Days #29 “Ed’s Date”
– Giant Days #30 “Yoko”
by Steve Morris
– The Giant Days 2017 Holiday Special by Ned Barnett
X-Men Roulette by Steve Morris (Essays)
– Uncanny X-Men #501 “All Tomorrow’s Parties”
– Uncanny X-Men #42 “If I Should Die…!”
– Uncanny X-Men #543 “Fear Itself, Part Four”
– Uncanny X-Men #15 “Prisoners of the Mysterious Master Mold”
– Uncanny X-Men #391 “Dad”
– Uncanny X-Men #9 “Enter The Avengers”
– Uncanny X-Men #227 “The Belly of the Beast”
– Uncanny X-Men #420 “Dominant Species – Conclusion”
– Uncanny X-Men #337 “Know Thy Enemy”
– Uncanny X-Men #309 “…When the Tigers Come at Night!”
– Uncanny X-Men #499 “X-Men Divided, Part Four”
– Uncanny X-Men #201 “Duel”
– Uncanny X-Men #377 “The End of the World as We Know It”
The Infinite Infinite Crisis
Shelfdust are exploring Infinite Crisis! Catch up on our long-running, exhaustive investigation here!
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Recent Pieces:
– Ultimates v2 #8 “The Survivors”
How to Have Your Cosmic Cake and Eat It, by Zoe Tunnell
– Black Panther #13 “Avengers of The New World”
The Power of Belief, by Jude Jones
– FF #17 “The Roommate Experiment”
Crashing Through The Closet, by Caitlin Rosberg
– Doctor Who Magazine #139 “Culture Shock!”
That Sad Skeleton, by Sean Dillon
– Scooby Apocalypse #36
Ruh Roh!, by Graeme McMillan
– Green Lantern #75 “The Golden Obelisk of Qward!”
The Legacy of John Broome, by Ritesh Babu
– The Tammy & Jinty Special 2020
Classic Comics for Girls are Back! by Kayleigh Hearn
– Usagi Yojimbo #92 “Chanoyu”
The Things That Are Hidden, by Mark Turetsky
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The Shelf:
– 2000AD Prog #444 “Love Story”
Unhorny On Main: Asexuality in Judge Dredd, by Tom Shapira
– 2000AD Prog 460 “Letter From A Democrat”
Democracy Is Not For The People, by Tom Shapira
– Action Comics #15 “Evil’s Earliest Days”
Looking Back at The “Angry” Superman, by august (in the wake of) dawn
Amazing Spider-Man Roulette by Steve Morris
Find every issue of Amazing Spider-Man covered by Shelfdust here!
– Animal Man #5 “The Coyote Gospel”
A Gospel According to Grant Morrison, by Gregory Silber
– Assassin Nation #1
The Power of Listicles, by Steve Morris
Astro City: A Year in the Big City by Charlotte Finn
Charlotte Finn wrote about every issue of Astro City’s run at Vertigo Comics! Click here to find all her essays!
– Avengers Assemble #15.AU “Submit, Britannia!”
Complex Feelings About National Identity, by Kieran Shiach
– Batman Vol. 1 #35 “Dinosaur Island!”
How Batman Got His Dinosaur, by Steve Morris
– Batman Vol 2 #1 “Knife Trick”
Out With The Old, by Steve Morris
– Batman Vol 3 #24 “Every Epilogue is a Prelude”
The Man Behind The Bat, by Terrence Sage
Batman Eternal (Recaps)
– You can find the entire 52-issue run of Batman Eternal as recapped on Shelfdust by Steve Morris right here!
Batman: The Long Halloween by Steve Morris
– The Long Halloween #1 “Halloween”
– The Long Halloween #2 “Thanksgiving”
– The Long Halloween #3 “Christmas”
– The Long Halloween #4 “New Year’s Eve”
– The Long Halloween #5 “Valentine’s Day”
– The Long Halloween #6 “St. Patrick’s Day”
– The Long Halloween #7 “April Fool’s Day”
– The Long Halloween #8 “Mothers Day”
– The Long Halloween #9 “Father’s Day”
– The Long Halloween #10 “Independence Day”
– The Long Halloween #11 “Roman Holiday”
– The Long Halloween #12 “Labor Day”
– The Long Halloween #13 “Halloween (Again)”
– Bitch Planet #3 “Too Big To Fail”
The Radical Fatness of Penny Rolle, by Samantha Puc
– Boba Fett: Bounty on Bar-Kooda
The OG Mandalorian, or, How I Almost Learned To Love Boba Fett, by Dylan Todd
– Bone #10 “The Great Cow Race”
The Finest Cow-Centric Chase in Comics, by Al Kennedy
– Casanova: Avaritia #2 “What If It’s Never Enough?”
Casanova Is A F***ity Comic, by Daniel Elkin
The Champions by Steve Morris (Recaps)
– The Champions #1 “The World Still Needs… The Champions!”
– The Champions #2 “Whom The Gods Would Join…”
– The Champions #3 “Assault on Olympus!”
– The Champions #4 “Murder At Malibu!”
– The Champions #5 “Murder Is A Man Called… RAMPAGE!”
– The Champions #6 “Mad Dogs and Businessmen”
– The Champions #7 “The Man Who Created the Black Widow!”
– Christmas With The Super Heroes #2
Heroes for the Holidays, by Seb Patrick
– Civil War: The Confession
Was It Worth It? by Matt O’Keefe
Steve Makes People Read Darkstar Comics
– X-Men Unlimited #28″ A Plague Among Us”
The Darkest Star is Exposition, by Adam P. Knave
– Captain America #352 “Refuge”
Who is Darkstar, and Why Does Anyone Like Her? by Gregory Paul Silber
– The Incredible Hulk #259 “The Family That Dies Together”
Who Do You Think You Are, Darkstar? by Graeme McMillan
Dawn of X, by Steve Morris
We’ve covered a lot of Dawn of X on the site! Find all our posts on our page here!
– Detective Comics #574: My Beginning… and My Probable End
by august (in the wake of) dawn
– Die #1
Building the Deck, by Christian Hoffer
Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor by Steve Morris (Recaps)
– Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor #1 “The Pictures of Josephine Day”
– Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor #2 “Music of the Spherions”
– Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor #3 “The Silvering”
– Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor #4 “Briarwood”
– Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor #5 “A Matter of Life and Death”
– Doom Patrol #63: Empire of Chairs
There Is A Better World, by Charlotte Finn
– Eightball #23: The Death Ray
by Rob Clough
– Female Furies #1: Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Bleeding
Darkseid Is… Just Another Man, by Steve Morris
– FF #23: Run
Franklin Richards’ Rules for Reality, by Tiffany Babb
Giant Days Year One by Claire Napier (Annotations)
– Giant Days (Year One) #1
– Giant Days (Year One) #2
– Giant Days (Year One) #3
Giant Days Year Two (Annotations)
– Giant Days #1: Fresher’s Week
by Steve Morris with El Anderson and Clark Burscough
– Giant Days #2: Fresher’s Flu
by Steve Morris with Clark Burscough
– Giant Days #3: Bantserve
by Steve Morris with Clark Burscough
– Giant Days #4: Daisy’s Birthday
by Steve Morris with Clark Burscough
– Giant Days #5: Christmas Ball
by Clark Burscough
– Giant Days #6: Northampton
by Steve Morris with Clark Burscough
– Giant Days #7: First Year Exams
by Steve Morris with Clark Burscough
– Giant Days #8: Friday Night Lights
by Steve Morris with Clark Burscough
– Giant Days #9: Ed Vs The Student President
by Steve Morris with Clark Burscough
– Giant Days #10: Big Lindsay
by Steve Morris with Clark Burscough
– Giant Days #11: Election Day
by Steve Morris with Clark Burscough
– Giant Days #12: Camping Trip
by Steve Morris with Clark Burscough
– Giant Days #13: Esther Goes Home
by Claire Napier
– Giant Days #14: House Hunting
by Claire Napier
– Giant Days #15: Sheffield Film Festival
by Claire Napier
– Giant Days #16: Susan’s Day of Dates
by Claire Napier
– Giant Days #17: The Archaeology Dig
by Claire Napier
– Giant Days #18: End of First Year
by Claire Napier and Kieron Gillen
– Giant-Size X-Men #1 “Deadly Genesis!”
A New Generation Take the Lead, by David Canham
Gotham Central by Steve Morris (Essays)
– Gotham Central #12 “Soft Targets Part 1”
– Gotham Central #13 “Soft Targets Part 2”
– Gotham Central #14 “Soft Targets Part 3”
– Gotham Central #15 “Soft Targets Part 4”
The Annotated Gwenpool Strikes Back
– Gwenpool Strikes Back #1
The Pervert’s Guide, by Chloe Maveal
– Gwenpool Strikes Back #2
The Pervert’s Guide, by Avery Kaplan
– Gwenpool Strikes Back #3
The Pervert’s Guide, by Chloe Maveal
– Gwenpool Strikes Back #4
The Pervert’s Guide, by Avery Kaplan
– Gwenpool Strikes Back #5
The Gentleman’s Guide, by Steve Morris with Avery Kaplan and Chloe Maveal
– Hawkeye #3: Cherry
How Clothes Maketh the Hawkeyes, by Holly Raidl
– Hellboy #6 “The Corpse”
Stolen Babies and Lost Histories, by Tom Shapira
House of M by Steve Morris (Recaps)
– House of M #1
– House of M #2
– House of M #3
– House of M #4
– House of M #5
– House of M #6
– House of M #7
– House of M #8
House of X / Powers of X by Steve Morris
– House of X #1: The House That Charles Xavier Built
– Powers of X #1: The Last Dream of Professor X
– House of X #2: The Uncanny Life of Moira X
– Powers of X #2: We Are Together Now, You and I
– Powers of X #3: This Is What You Do
– House of X #3: Once More Unto the Breach
– House of X #4: It Will Be Done
– Powers of X #4: Something Sinister
– House of X #5: Society
– Powers of X #5: For The Children
– House of X #6: I Am Not Ashamed
– Powers of X #6: House of X
– Howard The Duck Vol 1 #24 “Where Do You Go — What Do You Do — The Night After You Saved The Universe?”
WAUGH and On And On: Synecducky in Howard the Duck #24, by Osvaldo Oyola
Iceman
– Iceman #6
– Iceman #7
by Darkstar
– The Immortal Iron Fist #9
The Undefeated Fat Cobra, by Steve Morris
– Impulse #3: How to Win Friends and Influence People
Impulse Saves The DC Universe, by Steve Morris
– The Invisibles #12 “Best Man Fall”
Fall of the Working Man, by Steve Morris
– Jessica Jones #7
The Jessica Jones Family Fun Hour, by Steve Morris
Journey Into Mystery by Steve Morris (Essays)
– Journey Into Mystery #622: Journey Into Mystery
– Journey Into Mystery #623: Too Much Light Makes The Loki Go Blind
– Journey Into Mystery #624: Feeling Hela Good
– Journey Into Mystery #625: Bad Romance
– Journey Into Mystery #626: How Low Can You Go?
– Journey Into Mystery #626.1: A Penny Dreadful for Your Thoughts
– Journey Into Mystery #627: So The Devil Walks Into A Bar….
– Journey Into Mystery #628: Operation: Asgardian Storm
– Journey Into Mystery #629: The Walls Come Tumbling Down…
– Journey Into Mystery #630: The True Story of Fear Itself
– Journey Into Mystery #631: Fear Itself: Aftermath
– Journey Into Mystery #632: Hot Dogs!
– Journey Into Mystery #633: The Terrorism Myth, Part One
– Journey Into Mystery #634: The Terrorism Myth, Part Two
– Journey Into Mystery #635: The Terrorism Myth, Part Three
– Journey Into Mystery #636: The Terrorism Myth, Conclusion
– Justice League #1 “Born Again”
Justice League International is the Comic We Need!, by Chloe Maveal
Justice League: No Justice by Steve Morris (recaps)
– Justice League: No Justice #1
– Justice League: No Justice #2
– Justice League: No Justice #3
– Justice League: No Justice #4
– Justice League of America #123: Where On Earth Am I?
by Graeme McMillan
– Locke & Key: Keys To The Kingdom #3
The Clockwork Construction of Locke & Key, by Avery Kaplan
The Manhattan Projects by Steve Morris (Essays)
– The Manhattan Projects #1 “Infinite Oppenheimers”
– The Manhattan Projects #2 “Rocket Man”
– The Manhattan Projects #3 “The Bomb”
– Marvel Two-In-One Annual #2 “Death Watch!”
by Steve Morris
– Mockingbird #1
Opening The Puzzle Box, by Steve Morris
– Monstress #1
Monstress Holds A Mirror To Our Worst Selves, by Laura Stump
– The Multiversity #2 “Superjudge”
The Triumph of Captain Carrot, by Steve Morris
New Warroulette by Al Kennedy
– New Warriors #17 “Sore Winners”
Taking Down Terrax
– New Warriors #13 “A World for The Winning”
Night Thrasher Vs The Sphinx
– New Warriors #36 “The Scales of Justice”
Vance Astrovik – Dawn of Justice
– New Warriors #4 “Genetech Potential”
Psionex Pstrike
– No Mercy #9
A Stone In The Gut, by Nola Pfau
– OMAC #1 “Brother Eye And Buddy Blank”
OMAC Warned Us Of The World That’s Coming, by Graeme McMillan
– Omega The Unknown #1
The World May Confuse You, by Osvaldo Oyola
Original Sin by Steve Morris (Recaps)
– Original Sin #0: Who Is The Watcher?
– Original Sin #1: Who Shot The Watcher?
– Original Sin #2: Who Holds The Eye?
– Original Sin #3: Answers At All Costs!
– Original Sin #4: Trust No One!
– Original Sin #5: What is The Unseen?
– Original Sin #6: Who Pulled The Trigger?
– Original Sin #7: The Last Battleground
– Original Sin #8: The Final Judgement!
Out Cold: Iceman’s History in the Closet
– The New Defenders #136 “Bodies and Souls!”
Iceman’s Time in the New Defenders, by Sara Century
– Uncanny X-Men #319 “Untapped Potential”
Iceman’s Family Reunion, by Tim Maytom
– X-Men #7 “The Return of The Blob!”
“If You Twist My Arm”, by Murphy Leigh
– Uncanny X-Men #415 “Secrets”
Iceman, Northstar, and Chuck Austen, by Steve Foxe
– Paper Girls #7
Time Travel and Catharsis in Paper Girls #7, by Masha Zhdanova
The Reapers: Revisiting Pretty Deadly Vol 1
– Pretty Deadly #1
by Nola Pfau
– Pretty Deadly #2
by Ashley Leckwold
– Pretty Deadly #3
by Kat Overland
– Pretty Deadly #4
by august (in the wake of) dawn
– Pretty Deadly #5
by Samantha Puc
– Prez #1 “Oh Say Does That Star Spangled Banner Yet Wave?”
Land of the (Eagle) Free, by James Leask
– Punisher Vol 7 #28 “The Slavers”
Getting In The Guts of Exploitation, by Kelly Kanayama
– Royals #1 “Another Future Song”
By Steve Morris
– Sandman #17 “Calliope”
Sandman’s “Calliope” in the #MeToo Era, by Kayleigh Hearn
– Sandman #31 “Three Septembers and a January”
Revisiting Sandman #31, by Kayleigh Hearn
– Secret Origins #40 “The Origin of Detective Chimp”
The Secret Origin of Detective Chimp, by Steve Morris
– Seven Little Sons of the Dragon “Wolves Don’t Lie”
Son, You’re a Werewolf, by William Moo
Seven Critics of Victory
Our thirty-part series on Seven Soldiers of Victory featured eight amazing comics critics! You can find all our coverage here!
– Sex Criminals #10 “Alone Together”
On Feeling Seen in Unexpected Moments, by Samantha Puc
Spawn de Replay by Steve Morris
– Spawn #1 “Questions Pt. 1”
Looking Back At Spawn #1
– Spawn #2 “Questions Pt. 2”
What the Hell is a “Violator” Anyway?
– Spawn #3 “Questions Pt. 3”
Moving on from Marvel
– The Spirit “The Last Trolley”
Eisner’s Radical Noirish Style, by Colin Smith
– Star Wars Age of Resistance: General Hux #1
Not Weak, but Patient, by Jennifer de Guzman
– Superman #76 “The Mightiest Team on Earth!”
by Steve Morris
– Superman #400 “The Living Legends of Superman”
by Seb Patrick
– Teen Titans #10 “The Secret Lives of Parents”
Gay or At-lan-tean? DC Needs to Get Their Aqualad Straight, by Justin Carter
– The Mighty Thor #337 “DOOM”
All Hail Our Hunky Horse Hero, by Caitlin Rosberg
– Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #1 “How To Say Goodbye and Mean It”
by Steve Morris
– Ultimate Nightmare #5
The Ultimate Universe’s Ultimate Decompression, by Steve Morris
– The Unbelievable Gwenpool #3
Batroc The Leaper: Your Favourite B-Lister, by Steve Morris
– Uncanny X-Men #346 “The Story of the Year”
J. Jonah Jameson and the Mutants
– Uncanny X-Men #428 “The Draco, Part 1”
How Did We Get Here? by Steve Morris
– The Vision #1 “Visions of the Future”
R U NORMAL? On the Attempt to Normalize the Outsider, by Tiffany Babb
Watchmen
– Watchmen #1: At Midnight, All The Agents…
by Priya Sridhar
– Watchmen #2: Absent Friends
by Rosie Knight
– Watchmen #3: The Judge of All The Earth
by Chloe Maveal
– Watchmen #4: Watchmaker
by Suzette Chan
– Watchmen #5: Fearful Symmetry
by Sasha Fraze
– Watchmen #6: The Abyss Gazes Also
by Kelly Kanayama
– Watchmen #7: A Brother To Dragons
by Nola Pfau
– Watchmen #8: Old Ghosts
by Charlotte Finn
– Watchmen #9: The Darkness of Mere Being
by Samantha Puc
– Watchmen #10: Two Riders Were Approaching
by Kayleigh Hearn
– Watchmen #11: Look On My Works, Ye Mighty
by Tiffany Babb
– Watchmen #12: A Stronger Loving World
by Sara Century
We3
– We3 #1
From a Dog Owner’s Perspective, by Chase Magnett
– We3 #2
From a Cat Owner’s Perspective, by J. A. Micheline
– We3 #3
From a Rabbit Owner’s Perspective, by Emma Lawson
– The Wicked + The Divine #13 “Commercial Suicide”
Seeing My Story Retold, by Muireann McGlynn
Wolverine Vol 3
– Wolverine #1: Brotherhood, Part 1
by Gary Moloney
Wolverine Vol 4 by Steve Morris (Recaps)
– Wolverine: The Road to Hell
– Wolverine #1: Wolverine Goes To Hell Part One
– Wolverine #2: Wolverine Goes To Hell Part Two
– Wolverine #3: Wolverine Goes To Hell Part Three
– Wolverine #4: Wolverine Goes To Hell Part Four
– Wolverine #5: Wolverine Goes To Hell Part Five
– Wonder Woman #225 “Nothing Finished, Only Abandoned”
Faith in the Face of Failure, by Ritesh Babu
– WWE: Then. Now. Forever
by Steve Morris
– X-Factor Vol 1 #85 “Snikts and Bones”
Remember that Awesome Cable Fight?
– X-Factor Vol 1 #87 “X-Aminations”
A Modern Day Cross X-Amination, by Dan Grote
– X-Men #1 “Rubicon”
The Fittest Comic Book Of All Time, by Claire Napier
