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
The Complete Steve Ditko's Mr. A - I have some of this stuff but not all, and not in a consistent format on high-quality paper. (I wouldn't mind seeing a nice collection of Static, either.)
Jack Kirby's 2001: A Space Odyssey - Start with th
I was reading Action Comics #398 (March 1971) this morning, in which Clark Kent covers the Seaside Folk-Rock Festival and I thought it might be fun to cite some lyrics from rock songs as written by the "hep" writers of '60s and '70s era comic book wr
This list assembled from Diamond Comic Distributors, Dark Horse Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, IDW Publishing, Lunar Distribution, Penguin Random House and Viz Media.
This doesn't happen very often, but Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 6 (which ships today) corresponds exactly to Marvel Masterworks Fantastic Four Vols. 16-18; specifically, they both reprint Fantastic Four #164-203, Annuals #11-13, plus assorted other o
Before this volume was even officially solicited, I predicted it would become my favorite release of 2025. A brief perusal of the "Your Favorite Things of the Year" discussion proves that assertion to be true, at least so far. I have been reading it
I have been bellyachin' about DC not releasing '70s era Superman for so long now that if I didn't buy this volume on the day it was released I could be classified a hypocrite. In point of fact, DC did release some of this material (Supe
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
The Stern/Buscema Avengers stands among John Byrne's Fantastic Four, Walt Simonson's Thor and Frank Miller's Daredevil as the best Marvel comics of the '80s. Roger Stern had been writing The Avengers since #227, but I had no advance notice that John
In response to my last Deck Log Entry, on the tortuous romance of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Girl, my pal, the Silver-Age Fogey, raised the question, “How old WERE Reed and Sue?” This invited a bit of discussion among the other respondents.
Alex Raymond drew the Flash Gordon Sunday page from 1934 through 1944. From 1990-1993, Kitchen Sink Press reprinted the entire series in six hardcover volumes, on slick paper, in horizontal format. From 2011-2014, IDW reprinted the series in four lar
NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS ANNIHILATION MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECTION VOL 1: ANNIHILATION TP ($44.99) AVENGERS ACADEMY #1 ($5.99) DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL U ONE LAST TIME #3 (OF 5, $3.99) DEADPOOL / WOLVERINE #6 ($3.99) DEATH OF THE SILVER SU
(You may consider this another Peter David tribute post if you like.)
Shortly after updating Aquaman's origin story in the Aquaman: Time & Tide limited series (colloquially known as "AT&T"), Peter David was given an Aquaman ongoing series. In the firs
As I recently mentioned elsewhere, the “A Cover a Day” and “A Cut From a Cover” discussions have reawakened my interest in DC Comics of the Silver Age. There’s no way I’m going to be able to acquire even a small number of the comics I’m looking for a
IMPERIAL #1 (OF 4, MARVEL, 48 PAGES, $6.99) is by Jonathan Hickman (Secret Wars, Ultimate Spider-Man), Federico Vicentini (Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Wolverine) and Iban Coello (Venom War, Fantastic Four). Hickman takes a crack at re
