Deus ex Comica

Parts 1 ("Gateway Drugs") and 2 ("Judging a Book by its Cover") of Deus ex Comica, my series of essays looking at the impact of comic book pop culture on a personal level, are up over at Field's Edge. Over the course of these installments, I'll be exploring how the Marvel stable of titles influenced my mid-'80s preteen and early teen years, the friendships formed around them, as well as topics like what it means as an adult to have disposable income and a collector's completist mentality.