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Brian Cronin-

Brian Cronin

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About Brian Cronin

CBR Senior Writer Brian Cronin has been writing professionally about comic books for over fifteen years now at CBR (primarily with his “Comics Should Be Good” series of columns, including Comic Book Legends Revealed). He has written two books about comics for Penguin-Random House – Was Superman a Spy? And Other Comic Book Legends Revealed and Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent? And Other Amazing Comic Book Trivia! and one book, 100 Things X-Men Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, from Triumph Books. His writing has been featured at ESPN.com, the Los Angeles Times, About.com, the Huffington Post, Vulture and Gizmodo. He features legends about entertainment and sports at his website, Legends Revealed and other pop culture features at Pop Culture References. Follow him on Twitter at @Brian_Cronin and feel free to e-mail him suggestions for stories about comic books that you'd like to see featured at brianc@cbr.com!

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When Jim Starlin and Friends Mocked The Cat on the Pages of The Cat

In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, see how Jim Starlin and friends used the pages of The Cat #4 to mock the comic as they drew it

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What Was Mary Jane Watson Doing With John Travolta and Woody Allen?

In their continued look at Mary Jane Watson's comic book history, CSBG examines a particularly notable daydream Mary Jane had about her acting career

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That Time Stan Lee Botched an Amazing Spider-Man Storyline

In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, see the problems that arose when Stan Lee completely misread Steve Ditko's plot for a Spider-Man issue

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When DC Wouldn't Allow Marvel to Do a Weirdworld Comic Book

In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, see how DC wouldn't allow Marvel to come out with a Weirdworld comic book series in the late 1970s

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New Avengers Inc. Series From Al Ewing Sees the Wasp Solving Mysteries

Marvel announces a new Avengers spinoff series, Avengers Inc., by Al Ewing and Leonard Kirk, that has the Wasp solving mysteries around the globe

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Capturing the Unmatched Power of a New Issue of Spawn to a Kid in 1992

In his new autobiographical comic book series, Maple Terrace, Noah Van Sciver explores the power of new issues of Spawn to pre-teens in 1992

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Marvel Is Launching a Brand-New Ultimate Universe Comics Line

Marvel announces that it will be debuting a brand-new Ultimate Universe comic book line spinning out of Ultimate Invasion

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How Snoopy Celebrated D-Day in Peanuts

Starting 30 years ago today, Charles Schulz used Snoopy to celebrate D-Day in the comic strip, Peanuts

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Line it is Drawn: New Spider-Men From Across the Spider-Verse

In this week's Line it is Drawn, in honor of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, our artists drew your ideas for new Multiversal Spider-Men

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How a Weirdworld Story Came to be Drawn by Two Iconic Marvel Artists

In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, see why dozens of pages of a classic Weirdworld story were drawn by both Mike Ploog and John Buscema

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How JLA/Avengers' Batman/Punisher Fight Came to Be

In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, see how the Punisher/Batman fight in JLA/Avengers came to be

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Spider-Man: How the Multiverse Resurrected Miles Morales' Mother

See how the Multiverse helped reunite Miles Morales with his mother after she was tragically killed in an earlier storyline

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A Controversial Marvel Graphic Novel Was Originally Written as a Hawkman Revamp

In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, learn how a controversial Marvel graphic novel was originally written as a Hawkman revamp

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When Tina Turner Became a British Comic Strip Character

In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, see how Tina Turner once officially became part of the cast of a long-running British comic strip

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75 Years Ago, Marvel Tried a New Approach By Launching a Line of Female Superheroes

A look back to 75 years ago, when Marvel tried out a new approach by launching some female superheroes

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50 Years Ago, Archie Made a Giant Change to the Comic Industry With a Tiny Comic

A look back to 50 years ago, when Archie Comics debuted the very first Archie Comics Digest.

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25 Years Ago, Frank Miller First Had The 300 March For Sparta

A look back to 25 years ago, when Frank Miller and Lynn Varley launched their epic miniseries about the Spartan warriors, 300

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Danny Masterson Convicted on Two Counts of Rape With Possible 30 Year Sentence

Former That 70s Show star, Danny Masterson, has been convicted on two counts of forcible rape, with a possible 30-year prison sentence

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Line it is Drawn: In Honor The Little Mermaid, Superheroes Celebrate MerMay

In this week's Line it is Drawn, in honor of The Little Mermaid, our artists drew superheroes celebrating MerMay!

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Who Was the Batman Rogue, Anarky, Really Based Upon?

In the latest Comic Book Legends Revealed, see the surprisingly complex answer as to who Alan Grant based the Batman rogue, Anarky, upon

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