Matthew Peterson

    matthew.jpgMatthew Peterson
    Contributing Editor
    Major Spoilers

    Matthew was born very young.  This made a lot of people angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad move. Amongst the native people of the Plains, he is known as “He Who Walks The Night Wind,” and was reputed to have killed a man in Reno just for snorin’ too loud. In his career as “The Mighty King Cobra,” he was five-time WIBWF World Heavyweight Champion of the world, and later escaped from Fleurgendorff Prison with the help of rock singer Nick Rivers.

    Matthew enjoys comic books, the detritus of pop culture, them thar Intarwebs, professional wrestling, mid-70’s muscle cars, and has a special fondness for speaking in the third person.  He lives at home with his wife Stacy, and daughter Molly Elisabeth, who can now read (making the presence of certain adult publications dicey), can identify a couple dozen heroes, including Saturn Girl and The Question, and recently learned the lyrics to ‘The Music Meister.’  He both works at and purchases his comics from Gatekeeper Hobbies (Huntoon and Gage, Topeka!)the finest comic store extant in the wilds of Northeast Kansas.  (It should be noted that Matthew initially secured this job by listing “Knows The Legion Of Super-Heroes members in joining order, including real name and planet of origin” on his resume.)

    Matthew has enjoyed a career path that includes work in radio, television, telecommunications, government consulting, retailing, marketing, acting as a knife throwers’ target, bartending, and an ill-fated weekend as a male stripper, and is currently an ineffectual middle-management suckup at a local inbound call center. Having painlessly entered his forties, Matthew is still breathlessly awaiting the time when the career fairy will brain him with her wand and show him what he wants to be when he grows up. (Here’s hoping for “Secret Agent!”)

    Matthew would like to state unequivocally that he has no idea what happened to the woman, and does not know who threw her husband off the train near Cairo.

    Matthew has also been named an honorary Super Future Friend (Boy Version).

    MATTHEW’S PULL LIST (Subject to Change Without Notice)
    Adventure Comics
    Astro City
    Avengers
    Avengers Academy
    Birds Of Prey
    Booster Gold
    The Boys
    Buffy The Vampire Slayer
    Captain America
    Doctor Who
    Doom Patrol
    Dynamo 5
    The Flash
    Glamourpuss
    Green Hornet
    Green Lantern
    Hellblazer
    House of Mystery
    Incorruptible
    Irredeemable
    Invincible
    Invincible Iron Man
    Jonah Hex
    Justice League of America
    Justice League: Generation Lost
    Justice Society of America
    League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century
    Legion Of Super-Heroes
    New Avengers
    Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe
    Power Girl
    Powers
    Proof
    PS 238
    Secret Six
    The Twelve (hope springs eternal)
    Thunderbolts
    Wonder Woman
    Zatanna

     

    You can read all of Matthew’s articles here.