Story I expect that a lot of people will, as I did myself, remember him as Apollo Creed, but he was in a bunch of other stuff. and directed a bunch of stuff, too.
Read more…GENERATIONS: AN IMAGINARY TALE:
Generations is John Byrne's take on the concept "What if Superman and Batman debuted in 1938 and 1939 respectively, then aged in real time?" The first series starts in 1939, then each chapter jumps a decade, reflecting
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #254 FACSIMILE EDITION is another early black costume appearance.
BEWARE THE PLANET OF THE APES #3 (OF 4)
Story: Marc Guggenheim | Art: Alvaro Lopez | Cover: Taurin Clarke | Teen+ | $3.99
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Read more…On Facebook, I mentioned the John Travolta TV movie "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble" (1976) made during his Welcome Back Kotter fame but before Saturday Night Fever. It will be shown this Friday 3/22/24 on TCM at 10PM.
It co-stars Robert Reed and Diana
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #46
CABLE #3
DAREDEVIL #7
DEADPOOL VS WOLVERINE TP
EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE #2
GHOST RIDER VOL 4: RITE OF PASSAGE TP
GODS #6
IMMORTAL X-MEN BY KIERON GILLEN VOL 4 TP
INCREDIBLE HULK #10
JACKPOT AND BLACK CA
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What's Marvel's so-called "lost generation"? It's John Byrne (plotter/artist) and Roger Stern's (plotter/scripter) version of the Marvel Universe which occurred between 1955 and 1961 (in real time), and I'll tell you right up front: it's one big, 12-
Read more…Two articles about sci-fi movies appeared in my news feed which I found interesting -- and, of course, wanted to argue about. Who better to argue with than my fellow Legionnaires?
The first story was 10 Black And White Sci-Fi Movies That Completely
Read more…Probably for most of you, "meh." But indulge me.
Marvel announced some of its post-Krakoa plans for the X-Men at SXSW, which promptly made it all over the Internet. Here's a Bleeding Cool article about it, from which I'm going to liberally swipe.
I'l
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #254 FACSIMILE EDITION
ASTONISHING X-MEN MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECTION VOL 1: GIFTED TP
BEWARE THE PLANET OF THE APES #3
BLACK PANTHER #10
BLADE #9
CAPTAIN AMERICA OMNIBUS VOL 4 HC
CAPTAIN MARVEL #6
CARNAG
Read more…VOLUME 3: Journey into Mystery #111-120 & Annual #1:
"Thor" really begins for me circa #112-113. The first volume of Marvel Masterworks Thor was a real slog to get through, largely becuse of too much non-Kirby art and lackluster plots; volume two was
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I'm sure that I'm not the first person that has thought of this, but it just occurred to me that the "Earth-616" version of Gwen Stacy first appeared in a comic cover-dated December 1965, and was "killed" in a comic cover-dated June 1973, whereas
Read more…Continuing our discussion of the book Octopussy, an anthology published posthumously with four short stories. This is the fourth.
THE BOOK: OCTOPUSSY
The story: "007 IN NEW YORK"
The Year: 1966
The Author: Ian Fleming
THE PLOT
James Bond arrives in
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BLACK WIDOW AND HAWKEYE #1
Story: Stephanie Phillips | Art: Paolo Villanelli | Cover: Stephen Segovia | Variant: Artgerm | Teen+ | $4.99
THE EYES OF A HAWK AND THE VENOM OF A WIDOW!
Even when Black Widow and Hawkeye ha
Read more…Who put the bomp (in the bomp bomp, bomp)?
Read more…I put in as many as I could think of and find information about. I'm sure that I missed a few obvious ones, so feel free to suggest ones if you don't find them. I usually went with the broadcast date of the first episode. For the ones set in other t
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ALIEN: BLACK WHITE BLOOD #2
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #45
AVENGERS TWILIGHT #2 2ND PTG ALEX ROSS VAR
AVENGERS TWILIGHT #4
BLACK WIDOW AND HAWKEYE #1
BLOOD HUNT DIARIES [BUNDLES OF 20] PI
CARNAGE #5
DEAD X-MEN #3
DEADPOOL-VERSE
Read more…Story One of the all-time great manga creators. I really enjoyed his stuff. There won't be another like him anytime soon.
Read more…Continuing our discussion of the book OCTOPUSSY, an anthology with four short stories published posthumously. This is the third.
THE BOOK: OCTOPUSSY
The Story: "THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS"
The Year: 1966
The Author: Ian Fleming
THE PLOT
Bond is assigned sn
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The story: "OCTOPUSSY"
The Year: 1966
The Author: Ian Fleming
THE PLOT
A British officer murders a German civilian at the end of World War II after using him to find some Nazi gold, and retires comfortably to Jamaica. James Bond a
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I pretty much ignored the "Marvel Knights" version of Daredevil, which lasted 119 issues. Honestly, I had been "pretty much ignoring" Daredevil since Frank Miller left (the second time). The longer I stay away from a series the less likely it is for
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