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.

Harley Quinn's Early (and Awkward) Team-Ups with the Animated Batman

This week at CBR, I revisit the first Harley spotlight tale from 1994. Then, a Batman Adventures story featuring the long-awaited (?) kiss between Harley and Batman.

Captain America Epic Collection: The Bloodstone Hunt, Part Five

CAPTAIN AMERICA #368 - Mar ’90. Amazing this isn’t the Epic reprint’s cover.

I wasn’t purchasing CAP regularly at this point; couldn’t afford every Marvel book I wanted.

But I made sure to pick these issues up. Classic example of an X tie-in drawing in an X-reader. Doesn’t feel gratuitous, though. Gru went through a period of using profanity symbols then dropped it. Now, we have dashes for swears.

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.