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Found: a Beano and Fred .
I found a copy , for $5 , of the 1982 " Beano Book " , the annual of The Beano , one of the two ( I believe by now . ) " traditional " UK market anthologies of kid's material . ( " THe Dandy " is the other one . )
I presume that this came out in th
Read more…The Empty Man
The Empty Man
Created & written by Cullen Bunn; illustrated by Vanesa R. Del Rey; colors by Michael Garland
Boom! Studios, 2015
Horror writer Cullen Bunn has been so prolific that I completely missed this one. The Empty Man is a disease with bizarre (
Read more…Lucifer Vol. 1: The Infernal Comedy
Lucifer Vol. 1: The Infernal Comedy
Written by Dan Watters; illustrated by Max Fiumara & Sebastian Fiumara; colors by Dave McCaig
DCVertigo, 2019
I had high hopes for the new Lucifer: I'm a long-time fan. I thought the Mike Carey Vertigo series was fa
Read more…The Clans & Houses of Krypton
What are the different Clans (Houses) of the planet Krypton?
I see:
-El
-Van
-Ur
-Ak
-Var
-Zee
-Zor
-Wah
-Zod
-Lar
-Gand
-IL
Tomb of Dracula help
First off, hello hello to everyone! It's been a long time since I posted!
So, with the upcoming release of the Marvel Horror Omnibus I've decided to pursue an old goal of mine: owning all of the 1970s Marvel horror output featuring continuing charact
Read more…Disneyland's Marvel-themed park a go for 2020
At the D23 Expo, Disney has outlined the specifics of its Avengers Themed Park, which it announced some time ago. The addition to the California park will open in 2020, and similar operations will open elsewhere in the world. The Avengers will have t
Read more…Am I the Only One?
Am I the only comics fan who's NOT all that worked up over the MCU? I've seen at most a third of the MCU pictures and have no real great desire to see any of the rest of them, (I haven't seen any DC movies either, not since the Batman one that kill
Read more…The Mindset List for 2023
Once again, friends, it's time for the latest guidance from Marist College, which has inherited the Mindset List from Beloit College.
See the 2022 list here, the 2021 list here, the 2020 list here, and the 2019 list here.
The drill is the same as it
2019 Hugo Awards
The 2019 World Science Fiction Convention took place in Dublin, Ireland, from 15th to 19th August. Each year, the Worldcon announces the Hugo Awards for the best Science Fiction of the previous year, as chosen by the members of the convention. Thi
Read more…Star Trek: The Next Generation
I started watching Star Trek: The Next Generation over the weekend. By the time the show premiered in 1987, I had already been anticipating it for at least 10 years, ever since the rumors of a Star Trek II TV series (which eventually became Star Trek
Read more…My 1st Comic Book
45 years ago someone gave me a copy of Cheyenne Kid #72. I discovered comics and amassed a collection that was at one point nearly 3000 books. I still have the Cheyenne Kid other comics I have kept. I sold others to get me more, or lost some in movi
Read more…Wonder Woman wins Retro Hugo award
Each year, the World Science Fiction Convention announces the Hugo Awards for the best Science Fiction of the previous year in various categories. In years when no Hugo Awards were made 25, 50 or 75 years ago, the convention may give Retrospective H
Read more…So you think you know the X-Men? New reboot upends status quo
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Marvel Comics made a big announcement about the X-Men at San Diego’s Comic-Con last month, which was – ironically – buried under Marvel Cinematic Universe news. But now that it’s underway, the X-Men re-launc
Read more…STAR TREK - the James Blish novelizations
Recently, I bought a 70s printing of the very first STAR TTEK book - the first of the Bantam mass-market novelizations by James Blish of all 79 of ST's episodes in short-story form
This was an 18th printing, from the 70s - Obviously, it sold A LOT.
Read more…The Dreaming Vol. 1: Pathways and Emanations
The Dreaming Vol. 1: Pathways and Emanations
Simon Spurrier, writer; Bilquis Evely, art; Mat Lopes, colors
DC Vertigo, 2019
The first collection of the new titles in The Sandman Universe series. In addition to creating the characters these stories are
Read more…Books of Magic Vol. 1: Moveable Type
Books of Magic Vol. 1: Moveable Type
Kat Howard, writer; Tom Fowler, illustrator; Jordan Boyd, colors
DC Vertigo, 2019
This one opens with a brief history of Tim Hunter's initiation into the world of magic by the Trenchcoat Brigade in the original The
Read more…R.I.P. Ernie Colón
I just saw this on Facebook:
I’m posting today with a heavy heart. The extraordinary Ernie Colón passed away yesterday afternoon in his home at the age of 88, surrounded by family, after over a year battling — and I mean
'The Boys' grow up a little with transition to TV
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
You might have noticed that it’s hard to find heroes in Amazon Prime’s new series, The Boys, which dropped July 26. A look at the source material shows that this is by design.
The Boys began as a comic book s
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