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ARTIFACTS #18

AVENGERS ACADEMY #31 AVX

AVENGERS BLACK WIDOW STRIKES #3 (OF 3)

AVENGERS VS X-MEN #5 (OF 12) AVX

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BATWING #10

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BLEEDING…

DC surprises on Free Comic Book Day 

May 27, 2012 -- I was pleased to see that DC Comics: The New 52 FCBD Special Edition #1, one of DC's two offering for Free Comic  Book Day (the other being a children's book) had some actual meat in it. I wanted to point out what I noticed, and see if you Legionnaires had any other suggestions or ideas. 

Here we go:…

Andrew A. Smith

Special to The Nashua Telegraph

May 15, 2012 -- DC has begun its “Second Wave” of six new series, following “The New 52” titles launched last September.  The first four are already out, and successfully upgrade concepts that will make older fans nod their heads in approval.

The first two titles, Earth 2 and Worlds’ Finest, re-introduces what used to be called Earth-Two. Earth-Two came into being…

As you’ll remember from where I left off last time, the television division of United Artists now had a product for syndication---Ultraman, which had been a phenomenal hit in Japan.  Thanks to the dialogue direction of Peter Fernandez, the series was ready for airing on American stations.  Now, UA-TV had to find buyers.  Here, it got an unintended boost from the…

Andrew A. Smith

Scripps Howard News Service

May 22, 2012: Wonder Woman and Green Lantern are two of DC Entertainment’s oldest characters. But collections of their newly re-launched titles bring some surprising changes.

For example, we learned in 1942 that the child who would grow up to become Wonder Woman…

AIRBOY DEADEYE #2 (OF 5)

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ANGEL & FAITH #10

ANIMAL MAN ANNUAL #1

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BATMAN ANNUAL #1 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)

BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #4

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BATMAN PREY TP

BIONIC WOMAN #2

BLOODSTRIKE #28

BOMB QUEEN VII QUEENS WORLD…

Andrew A. Smith

Scripps Howard News Service

It’s Scott Snyder’s world, and we’re just reading about it.

Snyder is a published author (Voodoo Heart) and has an MFA from Columbia University, where he also teaches writing. He’s in this column for writing comics, of course – a lot of comics, where everything he’s touched has turned to gold.

Two of those treasures were released this week in hardback…

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ABSOLUTE BATMAN DARK VICTORY HC

ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN ARCHIVES HC V1

ADVENTURES OF DOG MENDONCA PIZZABOY TP

ALL STAR WESTERN #9 (NIGHT OF THE OWLS)

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #686 ENDS

ANDREW LOOMIS SUCCESFUL DRAWING HC

AQUAMAN #9

ARCHIE #633

ARTIFACTS ORIGINS FIRST BORN TP

ASTONISHING X-MEN #50

AVENGERS CONTEST TP

BART SIMPSON COMICS #71

BATMAN INCORPORATED #1

BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP NEW ED V2…

Andrew A. Smith

Scripps Howard News Service

Nay 8, 2012 -- When DC Comics re-launched its entire superhero line last September as “The New 52,” it put its best foot forward with Justice League #1. Now they’re doing it again with the first “New 52” collections, beginning with Justice League Vol. 1: The Origin ($24.99).

Origin collects the first six issues of Justice League, set five years ago…

The genesis of this column began a couple of years ago when I compiled a list of the 100 greatest characters of the past 20 years. Since then, I’ve worked my way back through the decades two at a time, presenting a new list every six months or so. Now, I’ve finally arrived at the beginning. Comic books were created as a format in the 1930s, though their artistic roots go back…

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ARE YOU MY MOTHER A COMIC DRAMA HC

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AVENGERS #26 AVX

AVENGERS ACADEMY #30 AVX

AVENGERS ACADEMY HC SECOND SEMESTER

AVENGERS BLACK WIDOW STRIKES #2 (OF 3)

AVENGERS CONTEST TP

AVENGERS…

As I’ve mentioned before, the Silver Age was not limited just to comic books.  Super-heroes made their way to television, as well.  And this time around, we’re going to look at one of the more popular examples, one that travelled over six thousand miles to reach the homes of American viewers.

In earlier entries, I’ve discussed the phenomenal popularity of the…

Another Legionnaire makes good

Chuck Miller one of the 'Essentials'

  From long-time Legionnaire Chuck Miller:

  New Pulp originator and guru BARRY REESE lists 8 essential books that anyone Interested in New Pulp should read.(By the way, one of them is by me!)…

From comics to the big screen

Assembling the Avengers

By Andrew A. Smith

Contributing Editor

Avenger fans assemble! It’s the best year ever for “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes”!

Marvel’s premier super-team stars in more than a dozen titles in April, including the…

For fans of my questionable movie reviews, I now have two new books out in Kindle editions (and remember, Amazon offers a free Kindle app allowing you to read these on your PC if you don't have the device). The first, 66.6 Absurd Movies About the Devil, covers movies in the vein of The Exorcist or The Omen, and the second,…

2000 AD #1776 (NOTE PRICE)

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2000 AD #1778

ACOLYTE CHRONICLES #1

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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PARALLEL LIVES #1

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN SECRET ORIGINS TP

ANNE RICE SERVANT OF THE BONES HC

ARTIFACTS #17

ASTONISHING X-MEN TP VOL 07 MONSTROUS

ATOMIC ROBO TP VOL 06 GHOST OF STATION X

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #3

AVENGERS CROSSING OMNIBUS HC DEODATO DM VAR ED

AVENGERS KREE SKRULL WAR HC

AVENGERS MOVIE CAPTAIN…

Andrew A. Smith

Scripps Howard News Service

A learner's guide to 'Avengers' the movie

Avengers Assemble!

Those outside the comics world may not be familiar with that battle cry, but they will be after May 4, when The Avengers premieres in the U.S. According to reports, nobody actually shouts “Avengers Assemble” in the movie,…