THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH:

A Periodical Column on the Avengers and comics in general
by Van Plexico

December 22, 2001:  The 'Nuff Said Experiment Gone Horribly Awry

June 15, 2000:  Evolution of the Annual, by  Mike McDermott.

May 5, 2000:  Buying Comics Today vs. Buying Comics in the "Good Old Days" by Van.

May 2, 2000:  AVENGERS 29, CAPTAIN MARVEL, and THUNDERBOLTS this month, overview by Van.

March 30, 2000:  The Thing Inside All of Us, by guest columnist Michael McClelland

February 8, 2000:  Bring Back the Solo Avengers! by guest columnist Mike McDermott.

January 24, 2000:  Thoughts on the Current Roster, by guest columnist Mike McDermott.

January 20, 2000:  Van's votes and commentary in the 2000 Jarvis-Heads Awards.

October 29, 1999:  Guest columnist Michael McClelland has been "Thinking Too Much About Comics," and it's worth reading.

August 5, 1999: Van's quick thoughts on KANG FOR-- errr, AVENGERS FOREVER #9.

August 3, 1999:  Van looks at some of this week's New Comics Releases.

June 18, 1999:  Guest columnist Mike Proctor discusses the momentous AVENGERS FOREVER #8 in the context of the comics industry today.

June 2, 1999: Van looks at Jerry Ordway's AVENGERS run (hey-- what happened to all the guest columnists?   We've only had one all year!)

May 6, 1999: Van Goes Ballistic on the Avengers Cartoon (or, Can you imagine DC doing this with JLA?)

April 7, 1999: Van's "Report Card" on current Marvel titles.

April 7, 1999:  Van's reaction to Captain America #17.

March 23, 1999:  Van presents his Personal Top 100 Comics of All Time.

February 12, 1999:  Van warns that the Vision is in need of help, fast!

February 10, 1999:  Van looks at AVENGERS #14, hot off the presses!

January 26, 1999:   Rumors about the Avengers Animated Series bring complaints from far and wide.

January 6, 1999:   Reprinting a great post from the Avengers Message Board:   "On the Problem of Thor as an Avenger," by Ian Watson.

December 30, 1998:   Van discusses the art of Mark "Thunderbolts" Bagley, and the "right artist for the right characters."

December 17, 1998:   Guest Columnist Ladd Everitt (a founding Jarvis-Head) expounds upon the age of the Marvel Universe-- is it seven years old, ten years old, thirty-five, or-- just how old is it?!

[No columns appeared in November due to technical difficulties.]

October 22, 1998: Guest Columnist Michael McClelland looks at Kurt Busiek vs John Byrne, and different methods of comics writing.

October 5, 1998: Van looks at a very special comic book: AVENGERS #10, page by page.

September 22, 1998: Guest Columnist Mark Bousquet eloquently expresses his views on Comics, Writers, and the Spirit of Baseball in "Hang Up the Webs."

August 24, 1998: Guest Columnist Sean McQuaid discusses possible changes upcoming in regards to HAWKEYE and the THUNDERBOLTS. Could it all be true??

August 9, 1998: Guest Columnist Jurmoon presents the Ten Most Momentous Moments in Avengers History

July 18, 1998: The Appeal of THUNDERBOLTS by Guest Columnist Michael McClelland.

July 12, 1998: Do we "grow out of comics?" by Guest Columnist Mark Bousquet.

June 1, 1998: A Review of AVENGERS (vol 3) #6, by Guest Columnist Michael McClelland (Spoilers for those who haven't read it yet!)

May 21, 1998: A Blasphemous (?) Look at the Scarlet Witch, by Guest Columnist Scott Harris.

April 30, 1998: AVENGERS #5, Page by Page (MAJOR Spoilers!!).

March 27, 1998: Gut Reactions to AVENGERS #4 (MAJOR SPOILERS!!)  

March 14, 1998: Van's thoughts on the direction of the new IRON MAN  

March 9, 1998: Guest Columnist Scott Harris guest-writes an editorial on RENUMBERING HEROES RETURN.

Feb. 28, 1998: Van's thoughts on AVENGERS #3