Brian Cronin-Senior Staff Writer

Brian Cronin

Senior Staff Writer

May, 2006
20+ Years writing about Comics and Pop Culture
Movies, TV, comic books
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About Brian Cronin

CBR senior staff writer Brian Cronin has been writing professionally about comic books for twenty 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!

Industry Focus

Brian's work explores the history of comic books, movies, and TV shows, with behind-the-scenes aspects of comics, movies, and TV, and the creators behind them, as well as in-depth looks at the movie, comic and TV universes themselves, especially stories involving contintuity.

Author Details

Brian's background in English, History, and Law has provided him with the experience to be able to research a variety of historical topics and then boil the subjects down for the general public. 

Favorite Media

Brian's obsession with interest in all things pop culture makes it hard to pin down specific favorites, but the works of Bob Dylan, Grant Morrison, William Goldman, David E. Kelley, and Stephen Sondheim offer a reasonable snapshot of his favorites in music, comics, movies, TV, and theater.

Latest

Spider-Man lifts stuff
Marvel Finally Confirms the True Weight of Spider-Man's Responsibility

In an exclusive preview of next week's Amazing Spider-Man #33, see Spider-Man struggle with the new status quo between him and Aunt May

Gambit appears in Wolverine and Deadpool
Gambit's New Era Starts Before His X-Men '97 Return

In a CBR exclusive preview of Gambit: Wanted #1, see the Cajun X-Man in action in a lost story set after he first joined the X-Men

The Runaways in a What If...? comic
"I Could Write Them Forever" - Rainbow Rowell On Her Official Marvel Return to the Runaways

In a CBR exclusive interview with Rainbow Rowell, the longtime Runaways writers discusses returning to the characters for a What If...? special

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Agnes is the Borg Queen
Star Trek's 'Good' Borg Officially Reverts to Classic Villainous Behavior

In a CBR review of Star Trek: The Last Starship #7, see how the U.S.S. Omega's Borg ally tragically reverts to form

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Archie as a Teminator
The Terminator's Return Confirmed To Feature Wildest Pop Culture Crossover So Far

Dynamite Entertainment is shocking the world again with an outrageous combination of the worlds of Riverdale and the Terminator in a new crossover

A young woman reaches out of her house
Event Horizon Writer Officially Confirms His Approach for New Sci-Fi Horror Series

In a CBR exclusive interview with Christian Ward, learn about the Event Horizon writer's new sci-fi horror series, The Forever Home

Alex in front of the spaceships
The Last Starfighter Sequel's Writer Talks Time Jumps, Alex's New Journey And More

In a CBR exclusive interview with Ben Raab and Deric A. Hughes, the writers of The Last Starfighter sequel, learn how they chose to adapt the film

The Children's Adventure together
Writer Behind $2 Million Kickstarter Talks Bringing Beloved Podcast to Life as a Graphic Novel

In a CBR exclusive interview with Jadzia Axelrod, of the graphic novel adaptation of Worlds Beyond Number, see how the beloved podcast was adapted

Bambi gets the Absolute treatment
Absolute Universe Versions of Classic Cartoons

In a brand-new Line it is Drawn, in honor of Absolute Batman becoming a cartoon, check out these Absolute Universe version of classic cartoons

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Captain Kirk stares sternly in Star Trek TOS
Star Trek: The Last Starship Struggles With Captain Kirk Officially Giving Up All Hope

In a CBR review of Star Trek: The Last Starship #6, see what happens when Captain Kirk give up all hope

Hela meets Thor
Marvel Reveals Exclusive First Look at MCU Villain's Attack on Thor

In a CBR exclusive first look at Queen in Black: Thor #1, see Hela take on the Mortal Thor, while Beta Ray Bill battles Tyr

Punisher's mouth is webbed
Marvel Exclusively Previews Punisher Running Afoul of Spider-Man's Webbing

In a CBR exclusive preview of Punisher vs. Spider-Man, see Frank Castle deal with Spider-Man's webbing in a hilarious way

The Twin Flames are together
New Superhero Romance Series Generating Heat at Summit Comics

In a CBR exclusive interview with Summit Comics' Twin Flames' creator and its Eisner Award-nominated backup writer, learn about the superhero couple

A young man looks to the stsrs
Official Last Starfighter Sequel Confirms Brand-New Era With Intergalactic Threat

In a CBR review of The Last Starfighter #1, see how the iconic science fiction film's sequel brings in a new threat to the galaxy

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Milly Reading Supergirl
Supergirl Author Exclusively Previews New Archie Event

Superstar writer Tom King, co-creator of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, has a new Archie one-shot coming out, and CBR has an exclusive preview of it

Jonah Hex and woody together
Toy Story Characters Team Up With Comic Characters

In a brand-new Line it is Drawn, see the characters from Toy Story team up with comic characters

Psylocke with a blade
X-Men '97 Exclusively Reveals Psylocke Training Jubilee for X-Force

In a CBR excluive preview for X-Men '97 #2, see Psylocke train Jubilee and Sunspot for their new membership in X-Force

Rad rides a bike
'80s Cult Classic Rad Creators Reveal How They Reinvent Helltrack

In a CBR exclusive interview with the writer of the graphic novel sequel to the 1980s cult classic motocross film, Rad, see how Helltrack returns

Captain Comet makes his debut
75 Years Ago, DC Debuted Its First Superhero Since the Golden Age of Comics

In a look back to 1951, see how DC debuted its first superhero after the Golden Age of comics

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Doom leads the heroe into battle
The Ultimate Universe Reached Its Official End With a Striking Piece of Hope

In a CBR review of Ultimate Endgame #5, see how the end of the Ultimate Universe arrived with a surprising dose of hope

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