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'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' brings The Inhumans to the screen ahead of movies

In the episode “What They Become,” Cal (Kyle MacLachlan, left) tells his daughter Skye (Chloe Bennet) that her real name is Daisy.  (ABC/Kelsey McNeal)

S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Bobby “Mockingbird” Morse (Adrianne Palicki, left) is keeping a big secret fro

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Telling truth to power: The new Clark Kent is as much a hero as Superman

By Andrew A. Smith

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Sept. 4, 2014 -- Thanks to the Superman radio and TV show intros, everybody knows that Clark Kent has always been “a mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper.” But ongoing events in DC Comi

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Geek-friendly presents made easy by the Captain Comics Gift Guide

By Andrew A. Smith

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Dec. 4, 2014 -- Need a gift for the Nerd or Nerdette in your family, but every store clerk tell you these aren’t the droids you’re looking for? Then shop like Captain Comics, using his handy-dandy Holiday Gif

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'Agent Carter' is new to comics fans, too

1. Lyndsy Fonseca plays Angie Martinelli (left) a sunny character that plays well off the darker Agent Carter (Hayley Atwell). ABC/Bob D'Amico

2. James D’Arcy plays the always impeccable Edwin Jarvis, a sort of sidekick on “Agent Carter.” ABC/Kelsey

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It's full steam ahead on Archie (past, present and future)

By Andrew A. Smith

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Nov. 27, 2014 -- Archie Comics is experimenting with new books. It’s also experimenting with extra Archies – and extra Veronicas, Bettys, Jugheads and Sabrinas.

Recently, several different Archies have hit pr

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The Biggest Comics Story of 2014 Was on TV

Whether NBC will continue Constantine beyond its initial 13 episodes hasn’t been decided. Matt Ryan plays John Constantine. Quantrell Colbert/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Hayley Atwell goes undercover as a blonde in Marvel’s Agent Carter, airing J

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'Arrow,' 'Flash' TV shows mirror comics with crossover

By Andrew A. Smith

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Dec. 11, 2014 -- Comics characters are filling the airwaves, and they’re bringing more than costumes.

Take, for example, the concept of the crossover. That’s comic book terminology for a story that starts in

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'Art of Simon and Kirby' is the foundation of American comics

By Andrew A. Smith

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Dec. 25, 2014 -- With 2014 ending, it’s a good time to look back – way back, to some great comics from the past.

One new collection is not only a terrific book, but is a foundation for any discussion of pop c

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UDON brings manga touch to Western literary classics

By Andrew A. Smith

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Aug. 28, 2014 -- If anyone needs evidence that comics can tell any kind of story, adaptations of two Western literary classics by UDON should put the subject to rest.

UDON Entertainment (yes, named for the J

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Moorcock: New Elric GN is 'best graphic adaptation of story'

The Ruby Throne came out in September. Copyright Titan Comics

Battle scenes are appropriately bloody in this pre-industrial world. Copyright Titan Comics

The artists outdo themselves presenting the grandeur and awfulness of Melnibone. Copyright Tit

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'Constantine' rests on slim shoulders of series star

Like in the comics, it appears Constantine’s magic is minor, and his real “powers” are fast-talking and occult knowledge.  Quantrell Colbert/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

How Constantine behaves is up to the writers, but actor Matt Ryan certainly

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'Graveyard Book Volume 2' a satisfying finish

By Andrew A. Smith

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Neil Gaiman constantly surprises, and he’s done it again with The Graveyard Book Volume 2, the wrap-up of the novel’s adaptation to comics. What looked like a horror story, perhaps overlaid with a fable, to

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Scott Snyder's 'Wytches': Monsters in the woods, monsters in us

By Andrew A. Smith

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Oct. 21, 2014 -- The earliest promos for the horror series Wytches, which debuts Oct. 8, shows a misshapen finger with a monstrous fingernail scratching out the dictionary definition of “witches.”  That’s mo

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Emerald Archer returns, Scarlet Speedster debuts on The CW

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Stephen Arnell plays Starling City's heroic vigilante in Arrow, whose third season premieres Oct. 8.

Courtesy Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Marketing

Arsenal (Colton Haynes) becomes Arsenal in

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S.H.I.E.L.D.'s biggest question: Who is Mockingbird?

ABC/Florian Schneider

ABC's Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. stars B.J. Britt as Antoine Triplett, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Nick Blood as Lance Hu

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The comics provide hints about 'Gotham'

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Some of the players in Gotham include (from left) Oswald Cobblepot, Fish Mooney, Edward Nygma, Ivy Pepper (the future Poison Ivy, played by Clare Foley), Harvey Bullock, Jim Gordon, Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennywor

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Second "Sin City" plays mix 'n' match -- so, yes, Marv is still alive

By Andrew A. Smith

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Aug. 14, 2014 -- Marv is dead. Honestly.

You remember Marv. He was the one-man wrecking ball, played by Mickey Rourke in Sin City (2005), with an undisclosed mental “condition” that made him plenty dangerous

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Gaiman, Russell score again with 'The Graveyard Book Vol 1'

By Andrew A. Smith

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Aug. 7, 2014: We all know from Coraline, Murder Mysteries and Dream Hunters how good a writer Neil Gaiman is. We also know from the Coraline, Murder Mysteries and Dream Hunters graphic novels how good an ar

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Fall TV season looking like a comics spinner rack

By Andrew A. Smith

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July 31, 2014 -- The annual geekfest known as Comic-Con International: San Diego wrapped up July 28, and as usual there was plenty of eye-popping, head-bursting news about comics and movies. But what stood ou

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The Multiversity (annotated)

Welcome back, gang, for another stab at Grant Morrison's Multiversity. We had a thread about this title once before, but it petered out. Which was fine, until the second issue came out, which just begs for closer examination. So let's begin again. 

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