Guitar solos, Superwoman, etc., etc.

Extreme’s Nuno Bettencourt makes the case for heroic guitar solos. He also nerds out about Van Halen and Queen and Supertramp.

Defining what exactly is a “hair metal” band is tricky on its own. Rolling Stone gave it a shot and then put together a list of the 50 greatest hair metal albums of all time. Not the list I would have made (Faster Pussycat’s second album should be on this list!), but some good picks in here all the same.

A Superwoman that almost was.

Sometimes comic books influence movies, and then those movies influence comic books.

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