Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
Marvel Entertainment announced a new Captain Marvel at WonderCon March 17, a character with a lot of strikes against her. But most fans are cheering.
The major problem is that the character can be confusing. To most folks, “Captain Marvel” means an entirely different character from a different company: Billy Batson, the boy who shouts “SHAZAM!” to become a light-hearted adult…
ContinueAdded by Captain Comics on March 31, 2012 at 5:00pm — 18 Comments
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Volume One
by Don Rosa
(collecting Uncle Scrooge #285-290, 1994-95)
In the mid ‘90s, Don Rosa took up the monumental task of illustrating The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. He wrote a 12-issue epic that covered the pivotal moments from Scrooge’s younger days before he…
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30 DAYS OF NIGHT ONGOING #6
30 DAYS OF NIGHT ONGOING TP VOL 01
ACTION COMICS #8
ADVENTURE TIME #2 2ND PTG
AGE OF APOCALYPSE #2
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #683 ENDS
AMERICAN VAMPIRE #25 (MR)
ANIMAL MAN #8
ARCHIE MEETS KISS TP
AVENGERS ACADEMY #28
AVENGERS LEGION OF UNLIVING TP
BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #1 2ND PTG
BATMAN GOTHAM SHALL BE JUDGED TP
BATWING #8
BOYS #65 (MR)
BRILLIANT #3 (MR)
CARBON GREY ORIGINS…
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Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
Call it self-fulfilling prophecy, but I’ve read the first issues of two of DC’s four new Vertigo books, and I feel about them exactly as I expected to.
Fairest #1 ($2.99), which arrived March 7, was just as much fun as I’d hoped. For those who missed my previous column on this topic (and for shame!), Fairest is a spinoff from Vertigo’s popular and award-winning…
ContinueAdded by Captain Comics on March 22, 2012 at 11:00pm — 24 Comments
Wonder Woman Chronicles Volume Two
by William Moulton-Marston and Harry G. Peter
(collecting Wonder Woman #2-3, Sensation Comics #10-14 and Comic Cavalcade #1, 1942-43)
I have a confession to make: this was my first extended exploration of the Golden Age Wonder Woman. I’d read her first appearance and origin story in a couple of…
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2000 AD #1768
2000 AD #1769
ACTION COMICS #1 5TH PTG
ALL STAR WESTERN #7
ALPHA GIRL #2 (MR)
AMERICAN VAMPIRE #25 (MR)
ANGEL & FAITH #8 REBEKAH ISAACS VAR CVR
ANGEL & FAITH #8 STEVE MORRIS CVR
ANITA BLAKE VH CIRCUS DAMNED SCOUNDREL PREM HC BOOK 03 (MR)
ANITA BLAKE VH TP BOOK 02 CIRCUS OF DAMNED INGENUE (MR)
AQUAMAN #7
AQUAMAN #7 VAR ED
ARCHIE #631
ASTONISHING X-MEN #48
ATOMIC ROBO REAL SCIENCE ADV #1
AVENGERS…
Added by PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod on March 22, 2012 at 11:53am — 8 Comments
Kanjar Ro! The Demons Three! Despero! Starro the Conqueror! These were only some of the awesome threats to mankind that the Justice League of America vanquished during its illustrious Silver-Age career. Terrible forces of evil so powerful that it required the mighty champions…
Added by Commander Benson on March 20, 2012 at 2:00pm — 8 Comments
By Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
The comic-book series American Vampire started small, with just one bloodsucker in the Old West. But now, as is evidenced by the recently released third hardback collection, it has expanded to include a burgeoning cast, a vast back story and genuine historical sweep.
American Vampire is the brainchild of Scott Snyder, a writer whose credits include Batman…
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I have a problem. My wish list never gets shorter. I buy a bunch of back issues- maybe a complete run from eBay or an assortment of odds & ends from mycomicshop.com- and soon my wish list is just as long as it was before the purchase.
I guess the real problem is that I like comics. I like a lot of comics. And I like a lot of different comics. I like the…
Added by Chris Fluit on March 15, 2012 at 10:23pm — 2 Comments
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #682
ANITA BLAKE CIRCUS DAMNED SCOUNDREL #5 (OF 5) (MR)
ARMY OF DARKNESS ONGOING #2
ASTONISHING X-MEN WHEDON CASSADAY ULT COLL TP BOOK
AVENGERS ROAD TO MARVEL AVENGERS TP
AVENGERS WEST COAST LOST SPACE TIME PREM HC
AVENGERS X-SANCTION #4 (OF 4)
AXE COP TP VOL 03
BART SIMPSON COMICS #69
BATMAN #7
BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #2
BATMAN ODYSSEY VOL 2 #6 (OF 7)
BIG BOOK OF KOLCHAK NIGHT STALKER TP
BIRDS OF…
Added by PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod on March 15, 2012 at 6:27pm — 8 Comments
We read comics for the action- the fistfights and the big explosions. We read comics for the superheroes- the bright costumes and the capes. But we also read comics for the relationships- the romances, the mentors and students, the close-knit team. Over the years, comics have given us some great friendships. Here are ten of the best of them.
10. Gambit…
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Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
DC’s re-launch of its 52-title superhero line last September made explosive headlines, and now the publisher is upgrading its mature-reader line, Vertigo – albeit on a somewhat smaller scale.
Four new titles launch in March, three ongoing and one miniseries. DC recently published a preview, given away free at comic shops, with seven pages of each new series. That’s not enough to really…
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ACTIVITY #4
ADVENTURE TIME #2
ADVENTURE TIME #1 (3RD PTG)
ARCHIE THE MARRIED LIFE TP VOL 02
ART OF MOLLY CRABAPPLE SC V1 WEEK IN HELL
ART OF TARA MCPHERSON HC V3 BUNNY MOON
ARTIFACTS #15
ASTONISHING THOR TP
AVENGERS #24
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #1
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE HISTORY OF EARTHS GN
AVENGERS CHILDRENS CRUSADE HC
AVENGERS HERO 8-IN AF ASST
AVENGERS VS X-MEN BY KUBERT POSTER
BATGIRL #7
BATMAN AND ROBIN #7 …
Added by PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod on March 8, 2012 at 12:51pm — 13 Comments
Andrew A. Smith
Scripps Howard News Service
If you’re wondering who John Carter is, and why there’s a big, splashy movie about him premiering March 9, let me add two words that will make it all clear:
Of. Mars.
Does “John Carter of Mars” sound more familiar? It should, because he’s a character that’s been around for exactly a century. His first story began in 1912 in the pulp magazine The All-Story, and…
ContinueAdded by Captain Comics on March 7, 2012 at 11:00pm — 31 Comments
35 years after Luke Skywalker destroyed the Death Star, Star Wars is a multi-billion, multi-media empire. Cartoons, novels, video games and comic books stretch from the beginning of history to the distant future. They explore places and races that are both new and familiar. This year, Dark Horse is giving a big push to their line of Star Wars comics with new titles and…
Added by Chris Fluit on March 2, 2012 at 6:09am — 13 Comments
30 DAYS OF NIGHT ONGOING #5
68 TP V1 BETTER RUN THROUGH THE JUNGLE (MR)
ACTION COMICS #7
AGE OF APOCALYPSE #1
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #681
ANIMAL MAN #7
ASTONISHING THOR TP
AVENGERS 1959 TP
AVENGERS ACADEMY #27
AVENGERS CHILDRENS CRUSADE #9 (OF 9)
AVENGERS X-SANCTION #3 (OF 4) 2ND PTG
BATMAN BIRTH OF THE DEMON TP
BETTIE PAGE IN DANGER #2 (MR)
BEYOND THE FRINGE #1
BLUE HC (MR)
BOYS #64 (MR)
BOYS TP VOL 10…
Added by PowerBook Pete, the Mad Mod on March 1, 2012 at 1:57pm — 12 Comments
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