One thing I have noticed in reading the issues from the 1970's into the 1980's is that the adds just aren't there today. The novelty adds, the back issue adds, the toys... just sort of faded away. Anyone know how much of a hit this caused financia
Read more…REBIRTH (DC COMICS)
It's getting to where the entire DC line has been Rebirthed. There are still the odd New 52 titles here and there (collections, Doctor Fate this week, etc.), but they're getting fewer and farther between. We're getting close to 10
Read more…There will be thirteen one-hour episodes, each being a full hour, not forty-five minutes. Netflix has been releasing entire seasons of their original programming on the same day and presumably they will do the same with Daredevil.
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4001 A.D. #4 (of 4)
Publisher: VALIANT COMICS
Written by MATT KINDT
Art by CLAYTON CRAIN
Cover A by CLAYTON CRAIN
Cover B by TULA LOTAY
Cover C by RYAN BODENHEIM
Cover D by PHILIP TAN
Character Design Variant by CLAYTON CRAIN
Interlocking Mega-Cover
Read more…In light of the national election in the USA, I was wondering just how many times an American president has been depicted in a comic book?
We're not talking a shadowy figure sillouetted in a window of the west wing from a distance...
I'm talking eith
Read more…I really DO fond my header a little amusin' , 'yknow , so I shall self-indulge/" hee hee " over it a bit - Now , maybe it's not that funny , if you thinkseth about it ( remember my " The Ethos Of Spoilers " post a ways back ) .
Anyway , I saw AMC
Read more…TCM is going to be showing a lot of Boris Karloff movies tomorrow, including the Mask of Fu Manchu which I think is the only time Karloff and Myrna Loy ever teamed up for a movie.
Read more…Alex + Ada Volume 3
Sarah Vaughn: story, script; Jonathan Luna: story, script assists, illustrations, letters, design
Image Comics, 2015
The final arc of this human/android love story begins with Alex and his android Ada trying to keep a low profil
Read more…Nick Clark (Frank Dillane) enjoys long walks in the desert, the color red and hanging with his peeps as they dine. Photo Credit: Richard Foreman/AMC
A flashback shows us Nick Clark (Frank Dillane) with his girlfriend Gloria (Lexi Johnson), who joi
ADAM WEST, BURT WARD & JULIE NEWMAR
PROVIDE VOICES OF BATMAN, ROBIN, CATWOMAN
FOR ALL-NEW ANIMATED ADVENTURE IN
WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT’S
BatmaN: return of the caped crusaders
FULL-LENGTH FEATURE FILM ARRIVES NOVEMBER 1, 2016
ON BLu-Ra
Read more…Steven Hill, best remembered as the often exasperated District Attorney Adam Schiff on Law & Order, dies at 94 of unspecified causes, reports Variety and others.
From Variety: "Steven Hill, D.A. Adam Schiff on ‘Law & Order,’ Dies at 94"
From The New
Read more…(I thought I’d have a shot at re-writing this into a more comprehensive form. This whole Earth-44 business grew out of an attempt to combine all of the various Superman continuities into one coherent timeline, that just sort of grew. Of course, it’
Read more…THE POWERPUFF GIRLS IS BACK IN SESSION WITH ALL-NEW EPISODES PREMIERING THURSDAY, SEPT. 1, ON CARTOON NETWORK
All-Star Labor Day Programming Lineup to Include New Episodes of The Amazing World of Gumball, Teen Titans Go! and We Bare Bears, Plus a S
Read more…Catching Up with Old Friends
I’ve used this analogy before: reading comics can be like catching up with old friends. My favorite comic book characters have been part of my life since I was 10 or 12 years old. That’s longer- way longe
Read more…CIVIL WAR II TIE-INS (Marvel Comics)
Five more Civil War II books this week, all with previews. I'm thankful for those, and The Baron's CW2 thread, so we can all keep up without going to the poorhouse!
CAPTAIN AMERICA: STEVE ROGERS #4
Writer: NICK SP
Morning Glories Volume 9: Assembly
Nick Spencer, words; Joe Eisma, art; Rodin Esquejo: covers
Image Comics, 2015
By now you're either reading this series or you're not. The layering of timelines has become hard to keep track of long ago, although
Read more…What with everyone reading the old comics and myself listening to the Thin Man while I drive I realized that we are seeing and hearing a lot of stuff that no one ever hears anymore. In the Thin Man people go to 'Speaks' and if someone is drunk they a
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How many of these DCU shows do you remember?
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So in the recent DC Rebirth thread, Cap mentioned that The Spectre might not want Dr. Manhattan to restore his years teamed up with Percival Popp, Super Cop. Which prompted me to wonder...
Who's more powerful, Dr. Manhattan or The Spectre?
Discuss!
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
DC Comics is in the middle of a massive “Rebirth” – and so far, the babies are in the pink, while the company is in the black.
The re-launching of the main DC superheroes under the Rebirth label began in Ju
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