Here's the press release
Landmark 1,000th Issue Features Jim Lee Cover Revealing New Costume
Brian Michael Bendis Debuts First Story for DC
DC Veteran Writer Marv Wolfman to Script Story Based On Unpublished Art by Golden and Silver Age Icon Curt Swa
The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors loses another one.
From The Hollywood Reporter: "Bradford Dillman, Actor in 'Compulsion' and 'The Way We Were,' Dies at 87"
I have to confess, I didn't know he was still around. He was one of thos
Read more…Every now and then I see comics analogies & references where I least expect them, and documenting them here seems like a good idea.
Here's one from a sports article on FiveThirtyEight.com -- "The Vikings Are Doom Dressed as Hope":
"Still more rare, t
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(Continued from The Heroic Age, Part Five)
THE HEROIC AGE, PART SIX (A.D. 1991 - A.D. 2000)
A.D. 1991:
Character Debuts:
Andrew A. Smith
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Marvel Films and Television has two sets of super-powered teenagers on TV, with a third coming next year on the big screen. Given how popular stories about teen-age angst are, the seeming redundancy should be n
Read more…Extremity Vol. 1: Artist
Daniel Warren Johnson: creator, writer, artist; Mike Spicer: colorist
Image Comics, 2017
It's been awhile since I started a new series created by a writer/artist, and they are quite uncommon outside of the "art comics" world
Read more…Among the things I tend to pick up on my back-issue dives are comics that came out in my “golden age” -- approx. 1976 to 1985 -- but that I either had no interest in or just didn’t have the money to buy at the time. DC was my favorite publisher as a
Read more…I was thinking recently about the Sandman, and his attempts to reform. Same for Emma Frost. Of course, they wee turned evil again, so that's not surprising.
That got me thinking: over the years, what comics characters that started out as villains an
Read more…Hugh Wilson, who created WKRP in Cincinnati and Frank's Place, and wrote and directed the first Police Academy movie, died at age 74.
From TV Club: "R.I.P. Hugh Wilson, creator of WKRP and director of Police Academy"
WKRP was never a breakout hit, bu
Read more…Curse Words Vol. 1: The Devil's Devil
Created by Charles Soule & Ryan Browne
Image Comics, 2017
The keywords on the back cover of this first collection of Soule and Browne's series (below "Mature Readers") are "Fantasy/Humor/Koalas," which summarize
Read more…Andrew A. Smith
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Runaways, the new Marvel Comics-based series premiering on Hulu Nov. 21, has a cast so large the viewer may need a scorecard. So let’s make one.
The clever conceit of Runaways is that at some point every teenage
Read more…I realized that this crossover covers all four CWDCTVU shows, so I've started a separate discussion. I hope that is okay.
Thoughts on Parts One and Two (with some spoilers):
The Big Day arrives for Barry and Iris. Several people encounter trouble g
Read more…Just for fun, I’ve decided to rank the Silver Age Legion of Super Heroes. This is my list, so if you disagree, please create your own. I’d love to see it.
Here are the guidelines I’ve set for myself for this list:
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An even dozen major superhero movies are scheduled for 2018. Let’s count down in reverse order of the Captain’s enthusiasm:
12. VENOM (Oct. 5): Sony Pictures is trying to jump-start a Spider-Man-villain univers
Read more…Story A man who spent a long time in his older brother's shadow, but ended up making a pretty good career for himself.
Read more…BLACK PANTHER – START HERE! A Free In-Store Sampler
New York, NY—January 5, 2018— Just in time for the leader of Wakanda to stage center stage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel is excited to announce the release of BLACK PANTHER – START HERE,
Read more…DOMINO Takes The Spotlight with a New Series by Gail Simone!
Marvel’s coolest mercenary arrives this spring!
New York, NY—January 5, 2018—Get ready for risqué, hardcore action -- the femme fatale of the Marvel Universe is BACK, and she’s ready to kic
