The Business Year(Second Quarter - 1985)
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
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