Once again, friends, it is time for the Summer Olympic Games (officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and officially branded as Paris 2024). It is held this year in Paris, marking the 100th anniversary since the last time it did so, in 1924.
In a
Read more…I was a big fan of Ultraman when I was a kid. In the early ‘90s I discovered there was a new “Ultraman” show, but unfortunately I was more interested in acquiring episodes of the old show on VHS than I was episodes of the new one. Somewhat later I di
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"Blood Hunt" Week 14:
BLOOD HUNT #5 (OF 5) All three of the press releases I got on this issue tout the "heavy price" that must be paid to beat the vampires. I think we explored this last week, and my guess then was that the "heavy pric
Read more…Ok, how about this for an idea. We take it in turns to post a favourite (British spelling) comic cover every day. This went really well on the comic fan website that I used to frequent. What we tried to do was find a theme or subject and follow th
Read more…I was looking through some old comics when I thought of a new game. I call it Three of a Kind. Here's my first entry.
Hoy
This omnibus was released last year and contains virtually every piece Arthur Adams did for Marvel Comics, both published and unpublished, between the years 1982 and 1999 inclusive. It is divided into sections, the first of whcih is...
EARLY WORK - 19
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Last night I was flippping through Marvel 80 for 80. If tou are unfamiliar with it, it is a book, released in late 2019 for Marvel's 80th anniversary, which chooses a single comic book or story to represent the company for every year of its existance
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In 1976, Marvel entered into an agreement with MGM to produce an adaptation of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in "Treasury Edition" format. An original ongoing series sprung from that, and Jack Kirby wrote and drew both the adaptation and th
Read more…So - I know I've only been here a week, but I thought I might be able to brighten up everyone's lives a little with a new thread devoted to comical cartoons based around superheroes. I have loads of funny material that I've picked up over the years.
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MUREWA AYODELE (W) • LUCAS WERNECK (A)
Cover by MATEUS MANHANINI
VARIANT COVER BY ALEXANDER LOZANO
VARIANT COVER BY JEEHYUNG LEE • VIRGN VARIANT COVER BY JEEHYUNG LEE
VARIANT COVER BY LUCAS WERNECK • VARIANT COVER BY JOËLLE JONES
DOOM VARIAN
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"Gang War"
DAREDEVIL: GANG WAR #1 (OF 4)
Written by Erica Schultz | Art and Cover by Sergio Davila
GANG WAR TIE-IN!
Elektra Natchios, former assassin turned Daredevil, has been recruited by Spider-Man to stop New York
Read more…I just reread the Squadron Supreme maxiseries from 1985-86 and it got me thinking of its ramifications, origins and possible agenda.
I decided to go through their earlier appearances in Avengers, Thor and Defenders and see how they evolved.
I also deci
Read more…It looks like DC Comics are using the Omnibus format as their current way to collect classic material in chronological order. In the past, there have been the Archives series (hardcover, full color), the Showcase Presents series (softcover, black an
Read more…I’d like to start this continuation of the Dark Shadows discussion from the old board with a look at some of the new and upcoming Dark Shadows audio stories from Big Finish Productions. There aren’t nearly as many Dark Shadows audio adventures as the
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #54
ANNIHILATION 2099 #5
BLACK WIDOW: VENOMOUS #1
BLOOD HUNT #5 (OF 5)
BLOOD HUNT RED BAND #5 (OF 5)
CAPTAIN MARVEL #10
DEADPOOL/WOLVERINE: WWIII #2 2ND PTG ADAM KUBER VARIANT
DOCTOR STRANGE BY MARK WAI
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This is it! The final chapter of the Cursed Library is here. Will Jinx assume her rightful role on Satan’s throne? Can the unlikely duo of Danni and Madam Satan save her? It’s going to take a hell of a lot to set
Oni Press's new "EC" imprint first came to my attention when my retailer gave me a double-sided promotional poster (because I buy all those archival EC reprints published by Dark Horse and Fantagraphics and IDW). I thought it was a good sign that the
Read more…Nexus: the Newspaper Strips, Vol. 1 - "The Coming of Gourmando
I haven't read this yet. But I've got so much to say about it that I wanted to get the other stuff off my chest first. In 2016, Baron & Rude launched a HUGE (think Marvel "MONSTER"-size)
Read more…Every week, one item or another in my pull and hold stands out for me above the rest in one way or another. Sometimes it’s a periodical, sometimes a graphic novel, sometimes a collection. Does that happen to you? If so, let’s hear about it here. It c
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