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The Captain Comics Round Table is a comics-oriented website with news, blogs, videos, art and the smartest and most polite discussion board on the Web. Rule No. One: No personal attacks.

Our regular bloggers are:

Andrew Smith, nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, journalism professor, contributor to the Comics Buyer's Guide, 30-year newspaperman and 45-year comics collector

CBG columnist, author of Baby Boomer Comics and Silver Age expert Craig Shutt

Silver Age expert and U.S. Navy Commander (RET) Adam Benson

Bronze and Modern Age expert and ordained minister Chris Fluit

Latest Activity

Figserello replied to The Baron's discussion Doctor Who Reactions: "The Green Death" (SPOILERS)

"This is the one story of their era which was deliberately designed to convey a "message" in this case concerning pollution. I haven't seen this story, but I'm guessing the message wasn't "w\Well, since we all…"

2 hours ago

Captain Comics replied to Captain Comics's discussion DC Comics solicitations for August 2012 (Part Two)

"Batman statue. Want. "

4 hours ago

Captain Comics replied to Captain Comics's discussion Warner Bros. Consumer Products announces Watchmen toaster

"I think a Rorschach toaster ought to put random impressions in the bread, so if you poured honey or melted butter on it, they'd form different shapes for each breakfaster."

5 hours ago

Figserello replied to Captain Comics's discussion Warner Bros. Consumer Products announces Watchmen toaster

"The Watchmen toaster seems to have been photographed in the world's most boring office... Figures."

5 hours ago

Philip Portelli replied to Captain Comics's discussion Warner Bros. Consumer Products announces Watchmen toaster

"A Watchmen toaster!!! Ridiculous!! Now a sugar bowl or wall-clock, that would work!"

6 hours ago

Luke Blanchard replied to Luke Blanchard's discussion Painting of the Day

"Detail from Rassegna Medica by Giorgio Gondoni, used as the cover of Lambda I and Other Stories ed. John Carnell. I couldn't find an image of the original work, or in fact any information about the painter. Apparently the title…"

6 hours ago

Philip Portelli replied to Philip Portelli's discussion DCnU: Reading Them Again

"Green Arrow-- Since others have commented on whether to buy this one a lot, I reread #1-9. First off, like Superman and Wonder Woman, this is an entirely new Oliver Queen. ("Alas, poor Ollie. I knew him, Horatio, a man of infinite agita!"…"

6 hours ago

Emerkeith Davyjack commented on Captain Comics's video

Superman vs. The Elite clip #1

"...That's not Craig Ferguson's voice - IS it ?????????"

10 hours ago

Emerkeith Davyjack replied to Captain Comics's discussion Warner Bros. Consumer Products announces Watchmen toaster

"...Would there be a setting to burn a Rorschach-like face/graphic upon the piece of bread ? Would there be a tie-in Lollipop Line and " Lions 7 tigers !!! " a Friends Of Toastiness tie-in for the Oz one ???????"

10 hours ago

The Baron posted discussions

11 hours ago

Horn'd One commented on PowerBook Pete (aka Tim Cousar)'s blog post Comics for 23 May 2012

"I'll have to check DARK HORSE PRESENTS #12, see if this is the start of the Aliens stories. "

11 hours ago

Lee Houston, Junior replied to Captain Comics's discussion Warner Bros. Consumer Products announces Watchmen toaster

"WITH EXTREME APOLOGIES TO ALAN MOORE! From Rorschach's Journal: "I followed my nose. The smell of burnt wheat was quite pungent, even through the fibrous boundary of my mask. The tell tale odor let me to a gruesome discovery. Old…"

14 hours ago

The Baron replied to The Baron's discussion How Many Books Will I Read in the Next 365 Days?

"Updated again."

15 hours ago

The Baron replied to Captain Comics's discussion Warner Bros. Consumer Products announces Watchmen toaster

"Wow, you just can't make this (expletive deleted) up, can you?"

15 hours ago

John Dunbar commented on PowerBook Pete (aka Tim Cousar)'s blog post Comics for 23 May 2012

"ALL STAR WESTERN #9 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #686 AQUAMAN #9 BATMAN INCORPORATED #1 CAPTAIN AMERICA #12 FANTASTIC FOUR #606 HULK #52 JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #638 JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #9 MIGHTY THOR #14 MIGHTY THOR BY MATT FRACTION TP VOL 01 SUPERMAN #9 "

19 hours ago

Luke Blanchard replied to Luke Blanchard's discussion Painting of the Day

"This page has an image of and some worthwhile comments on Kelly Freas's cover for Astounding Science Fiction, Feb. 1959. The Pirates of Ersatz can be found under that name at Project Gutenberg; the book was published by Ace as…"

22 hours ago

Coming in July

Here are the July solicitations (at least the big ones).

For DC's New 52 titles, collections and DC Comics, go HERE! For Vertigo and DC Direct, go HERE!
For Dark Horse, go HERE!
For Image Comics, go HERE!
For Marvel Comics, go HERE (for regular comics) and HERE (for collections).

Coming in June

Here are the June solicitations (at least the big ones).

For DC Entertainment, go HERE! (That includes DC Universe, DC KIDS, Vertigo and DC Direct.)
For Dark Horse, go HERE!
For Image Comics, go HERE!
For Marvel Comics, go HERE (for regular comics) and HERE (for collections).