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The Abomination

TALES TO ASTONISH #90-91:

Emil Blonsky has led a tragic and convoluted live every since the spy mission he undertook in the Spring of 1967 to steal secrets from General Ross's missile base to sell behind the "Bamboo Curtain." First he tried three se

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Watching "Unaging" Comics Characters "Move Past" Historical Events

Elsewhere, some  of us were talking about the Silver Samurai, which led me to think of the time he fought John Belushi, which led me to think that the Peter Parker of 2023 cannot be the same Peter Parker that met the Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time Players

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Supergirl Archives, Volumes One and Two (SPOILERS)

Our recent discussions of Supergirl have made me want to re-read these. i'm not as good at this sort of thing as Jeff is, but I'll try my best.

We start with Volume One:

The cover art isn't bad, but I have to say that Miller isn't who i would pick t

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Buying EVERYTHING!

When I was heavily ordering books going through the monthly Previews, my brother admonished me one day and said that I can't buy EVERYTHING! 

I retorted that he had no idea what EVERYTHING meant! 

I started reading comics in the winter of 1972/73 and

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The Most Widely-Known Super-Hero for Each Letter of the Alphabet

These are my best guesses.  There are some that I think  are pretty much inarguable  There's a number of the others that I'm uncertain about, myself, though.

(Side Note: When I make these kinds of lists, I really miss Randy.  He always had something

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Marvel variant covers in May

• There's a ton of 'em, so I split 'em off into their own thread. Enjoy!

MARVEL COMICS: AAPI HERITAGE COVERS IN MAY

This May, Marvel Comics is proud to honor Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with variant covers highlighting some of its most pro

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Marvel Comics in November 2022

A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY

A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY OMEGA #1

KIERON GILLEN (W) • GUIU VILANOVA (A) • COVER BY PASQUAL FERRY • Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO • Variant cover by ALAN DAVIS • VARIANT COVER BY ALEXANDER LOZANO

THE FALLOUT OF JUDGMENT DAY IS FELT!

A

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So, Apparently, This is a Thing That's Happening

Bets as to how long this will last?

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The Lonely War of Capt Willy Schultz

Some time back (I can't find the thread) some of us discussed the Twomorrows publication Our Artists at War, which is a comprehensive (AFAIK) collection of commentary on the war comics of the 60s and 70s. One of the highlights of this genre was the

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DC Comics 1958-61: Questions about the early Silver Age

Luke Blanchard brought up some interesting ideas in the "Silver Age Superman" thread, and I didn't want to thread-jack it. So I'm following up on his ideas in this thread.

Luke said:

DC's line was shaken up coming into the 1960s in multiple ways. It

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The Archies as Indian Musical

This could be interesting. I wonder how the characters will be adapted.

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Senorita Rio artist dies at 101

We were just discussing Lily Renee over in the Comics You Have Read Lately thread a few weeks ago. I did not know then that she was still alive! But she was, and now she's not.

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Monica 'Photon' Rambeau stars in first solo series

IN THIS POST

• 'Radio Apocalypse' hiatus
• Insights from Japan
• Ethan Hawke on 'Batwheels'
• 'Spider-Man' #1 trailer
• 'Spider-Man Blue' Gallery Edition
• Kevin Smith's 'Quick Stops'
• 'Photon' solo series
• Scout's 'Killchella'
• 'Sins of Sinister' teaser
• Marvel Ma

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Watchmen after Nexus

I was re-reading the original Nexus series over the weekend and was reminded of Watchmen. 

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Marvel solicitations for July 2022

AVENGERS: 1,000,000 B.C. #1

JASON AARON (W) • KEV WALKER (A) • Cover by ED McGUINNESS

VARIANT COVER BY ALEX HORLEY

PREHISTORIC HOMAGE VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN

VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG

THE SECRET ORIGIN OF THOR – REVEALED!

They are the defe

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How Many GLs Did Hal Jordan Kill?

This topic has come up, again, on a recent discussion. We have some current members who weren't around when this topic was originally posted on the old board, so I thought I'd "bump it up" as it were.

Yesterday you [addressing Captain Comics] sugges

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"MAD" Legend Al Jaffee Dead at 102

Story  What's to say?  Another of the Great Ones of my youth, the invertor of the MAD Fold-In, has died.

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This Week in Comics: March 1-7, 2021

Good afternoon, culture vultures! Here's an overview of the week to come in comics and related pop culture. It's a little late — I usually post on Sunday — but as you can see, we're trying something new.

For the record, in the outside world the Johns

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Celebrity Mastermind - "The History of DC Comics"

Mastermind is a British TV quiz show where members of the public are subjected to two rounds of questions against the clock.  The first round is one and a half minutes long on a specialist subject of their choice.  The second, general knowledge round

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The Greatest Comic Book of All Time

As I was flipping through Tony Isabella's 1000 Comic Books You Must Read (as I am wont to do from time to time), my attention was drawn by the section titled "The Greatest Comic Book of All Time!" (which he identified as Fantastic Four Annual #1). I

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