By Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
If you thought Hollywood strip-mined comic books for movie ideas in 2011, you ain’t seen nuttin’ yet.
Which is not to say that all you’re going to see is superhero movies. Actually, so many genres, media and themes repeat this year that it makes me wonder if Hollywood screenwriters all get drunk in the same bar. I mean, do we really need two movies about riots on an orbiting space…
ContinueAdded by Captain Comics on January 28, 2012 at 9:30pm — 15 Comments
Yes, you read it right -- "Relocating the Marvel Universe" is back and we've continued our trip down the Atlantic Coast to North Carolina, the home of a great college basketball program and a whole lot of lighthouses.
But writing this entry proved to be a bit more difficult than I first expected. You see North Carolina just isn't very conducive to superheroing.…
ContinueAdded by Lumbering Jack (M'odd-R8-Tr) on January 27, 2012 at 1:50pm — No Comments
A decade later, Grant Morrison’s tenure on New X-Men remains one of the most hotly disputed eras for Marvel’s band of mutants. There are runs that pretty much everyone agrees are great: Claremont and the combination of Cockrum, Byrne, Smith or Romita, or more recently, Whedon and Cassaday. And there are runs that are widely considered to be inferior: Claremont’s…
Added by Chris Fluit on January 26, 2012 at 6:30pm — 34 Comments
“In Mortal Combat with . . . Sub-Mariner!”
Editor: Stan Lee Writer: Stan Lee Art: Wally Wood
When fans discuss the classic titles put out by Marvel Comics during the Silver Age, Daredevil seldom comes up. For one thing, the lead character lacked the flashy super-powers of Spider-Man or the Fantastic…
ContinueAdded by Commander Benson on January 26, 2012 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments
ACTION COMICS #6
ACTION MYSTERY THRILLS COVERS SC
ALPHA GIRL #1 (MR)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #679
AMERICAN VAMPIRE HC VOL 03 (MR)
ANIMAL MAN #6
ANNE RICE SERVANT OF THE BONES #6 (OF 6)
ARCHIE ARCHIVES HC VOL 04
ART OF CARBON GREY HC
AVENGERS ACADEMY #25
AVENGERS HAWKEYE TP
AVENGERS X-SANCTION #3 (OF 4)
BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM TP
BATWING #6
BETRAYAL O/T PLANET O/T APES #4 (OF 4)
BOYS #63 (MR)
BRIMSTONE #7 (OF…
Added by PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod on January 26, 2012 at 1:42pm — 8 Comments
Batgirl 5: One of my favorite new titles. I love the combination of action and introspection. I like Barbara’s combination of confidence and fragility- “I know how to do this, but I haven’t done this in a long time.” I like that Gail Simone is trying to give Batgirl a Rogues Gallery of her own (The Mirror in the first arc, Gretel in this issue). And, oh yeah, I…
Added by Chris Fluit on January 22, 2012 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment
Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
The Golden Age of radio is a nearly forgotten era, which makes it all the cooler that writer/artist Ernie Colón has brought it back in graphic novel form.
Inner Sanctum: Tales of Mystery, Horror and Suspense (NBM, $16.99) is a collection of stories adapted from…
Added by Captain Comics on January 20, 2012 at 11:09pm — 1 Comment
30 DAYS OF NIGHT ONGOING #4
ABSOLUTE KINGDOM COME EDITION HC NEW PTG
ADD HC (MR)
ALL STAR WESTERN #5
ALPHA FLIGHT #8
AMERICAN VAMPIRE #23 (MR)
ANGEL & FAITH #6
APPLE SELECTION SC VOL 01
AQUAMAN #5
ARCHIE #629
ART OF THE DRAGON SC
ARTIFACTS ORIGINS ONE SHOT
ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN AND WOLVERINE TP
ASTONISHING X-MEN #46
AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 01 PROMISE PART 1
AVENGERS SOLO #4 (OF 5)
BART…
ContinueAdded by PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod on January 18, 2012 at 8:53pm — 10 Comments
Here’s a quick quiz to start things off:
Which one of the following individuals did not visit the planet Krypton during the Silver Age (which I demark as 1956-68)?
A. Superman
B. Jimmy Olsen
C. Supergirl
D. Professor Amos Dunn
E. Lex Luthor
F. Batman
G. Lois…
ContinueAdded by Commander Benson on January 18, 2012 at 2:00am — 6 Comments
I’ve been reading Jay Faerber’s new crime noir series, Near Death. (Full disclosure: I’m a big Jay Faerber fan from his earlier series Noble Causes and Dynamo 5.) The premise is that a killer for hire named Markham has a change of heart after a vision in which he sees all of his previous victims. He doesn’t suddenly become an altruistic do-gooder or a pacifist. Rather, he…
Added by Chris Fluit on January 16, 2012 at 8:53pm — 13 Comments
By Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
My introduction to Lee Falk’s “The Phantom” was in comic books, not the syndicated comic strip. Thanks to Hermes Press, you can experience both at the same time.
“The Phantom” is the great grand-daddy of costumed heroes, first appearing as a newspaper comic strip in…
Added by Captain Comics on January 13, 2012 at 6:10pm — 30 Comments
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #678
AVENGERS #21
AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #3
BACK ISSUE #54
BATMAN #5
BATMAN ODYSSEY VOL 2 #4 (OF 7)
BIRDS OF PREY #5
BLUE BEETLE #5
BOMB QUEEN VII QUEENS WORLD #2 (OF 4) (MR)
CAPTAIN ATOM #5
CATWOMAN #5
CHARISMAGIC #4
CHEW #23
CLASSIC JURASSIC PARK TP VOL 04
COBRA ONGOING #9
CONAN ROAD OF KINGS #12
CROSSED PSYCHOPATH #7 (OF 7) (RES) (MR)
DAKEN X-23 COLLISION TP
DANGER…
Added by PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod on January 12, 2012 at 1:48pm — 11 Comments
By Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
Ever since Neil Gaiman’s astonishingly literate Sandman series ran from 1989 to 1996, I’ve wanted someone to point out the cool stuff I missed. And now, with DC/Vertigo’s lavish The Annotated Sandman Volume One ($49.99), that project has begun.
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Added by Captain Comics on January 7, 2012 at 11:44pm — 2 Comments
7 WARRIORS #3 (OF 3) (MR)
ACTIVITY #2
ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN HC
ALL NEW BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #15
ALPHA FLIGHT BY PAK AND VAN LENTE PREM HC VOL 01
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #677
ARCHIE BEST OF DAN DECARLO HC VOL 03
AVENGERS 1959 #5 (OF 5)
AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS TP VOL…
Added by Doc Beechler (mod-MD) on January 6, 2012 at 4:29pm — 14 Comments
“You’re right, Cap! I see the fuse! It’s gonna blow!”
These were the last words Bucky Barnes, Captain America’s boy partner, ever spoke in the Silver Age. One panel later, he was dead, blown to pieces by a booby-trapped drone plane, and a mere three panels after his Silver-Age introduction in The Avengers # 4 (Mar., 1964).
I’m…
ContinueAdded by Commander Benson on January 6, 2012 at 8:30am — 15 Comments
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