Soon after buying my first Hulk comics (Incredible Hulk #167 and Marvel Super-Heroes #38), I began collecting backissues of both series as well as any reprints I could find elsewhere. I eventually acquired reprints of those elusive first six issues
Read more…These days, archival collections of The Defenders are likely to lead off with the "Titans Three" story (from Sub-Mariner #34-35) or even the "Undying Ones" crossover trilogy (from Doctor Strange #183, Sub-Mariner #22 and Hulk #126), but I like to go
Read more…THE TOP 5
Four-Fisted Tales: Animals in Combat TPB
Dead Reckoning | $24.95
Story/Art: Ben Towle
In virtually every military conflict in recorded history animals have fought — and often died — alongside their human counterparts. While countless storie
Read more…A sad announcement on legendary comics inker Tom Palmer's Facebook page:
We are very sad to share the news that legendary comic book inker and artist Tom Palmer passed away on August 18, 2022 at the age of 81. He will be remembered fondly by his lov
CAP'S NOTE: It has finally happened: I've received waaay too much PR this week to include in a single post.
So I'm going to break it down into individual days. That's still only five posts total, so it won't drive all other posts off the front page,
Read more…COMICS RELATED
Wednesday, Dec. 8 (7 p.m. ET/PT) “A Holiday Story” — Santa Claus enlists Beast Boy's help in getting him back into the Holiday Mob, which is run by Baby New Year.
BOOM! STUDIOS
BASILISK #5
BUCKHEAD #1 (OF 5)
Story: Sho
BATMAN
ON SALE 10/4/22
BATMAN #128
Story: Chip Zdarsky | Art/Cover: Jorge Jiminez | Backup Art: Leonardo Romero | Variants: Gabriele Dell’otto, Francesco Mattina, Ryan Sook, Jock | 40 pages | $4.99 | Card Stock: $5.99
Failsafe has taken his family, h
Read more…Back in the early 2Ks, DC Comics released a total of 17 volumes collecting all of Jack Kirby's 1970s output for the company an a good chunk of the work he did with his partner Joe Simon in the 1940s. One thing DC didn't release was S&K's "Manhunter"
Read more…This could be fun:
RIVERDALE'S GIRL-NEXT-DOOR IS A NEW HORROR ICON!
The one-shot horror anthology BETTY: THE FINAL GIRL slashes into stores in February
November 18, 2022 — Archie Comics icon Betty Cooper -- known for 80 years as the girl next door w
BOOM! STUDIOS
LUMBERJANES VOL 20 TPB
MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS PART 1: NECESSARY EVIL DELUXE EDITION HC
PROCTOR VALLEY ROAD TPB
DARK HORSE COMICS
BEASTS OF BURDEN OCCUPIED TERRITORY HC
BLADE OF IMMORTAL VOL 4 DELUXE EDITION HC
BUCKAROO BANZAI AG
Read more…He's being replaced by a character who, at least by the illustration, appears to be either Asian or of Asian descent.
I'll be honest, I never was that into the character, so that if they replace him, it won't bother me. However, are there hardcore
Read more…THE TOP FIVE
BALLAD FOR SOPHIE GN
Top Shelf | 320 pages | Mature | $24.99 | Full-color softcover graphic novel with flaps
Story: Filipe Melo | Art: Juan Cavia
“I imagined what it would be like to play like him. To be like him. Sometimes, it felt like
Read more…When I was in college, one of my roommates ridiculed me for reading comics by assuming I read Baby Huey, apparently the only comic book with which he was familiar. (Ironically, I hadn't even heard of the character at that time.) I posted about that s
Read more…THE BIG STUFF
Batman: Reptilian #1 (of 6)
DC Comics | 32 pages | $4.99
Writer: Garth Ennis | Art/Cover: Liam Sharp | Variant: Cully Hamner
Gotham City is filled with murderous creatures who stalk the shadows — foul villains with murderous impulses wh
Read more…
Here's the way I remember it. The first time I encountered the work of Arthur Adams was the illustration of Snap Dragon he did for the cover of Marvel Fanfare #13, but he really came to my attention in the letters page of #15, in which a fan wrote to
Read more…Who in your mind are the most inspirational artists who have worked in American Comics?
In terms of inspirational I don't just mean good or being critical darlings, but which artists have obviously inspired many others?
No wrong answers here, BTW,
Read more…THE TOP 5
Ka-Zar: Lord of the Savage Land #1 (of 5)
Marvel | Teen+ | $3.99
Story: Zac Thompson | Art: Germán García | Colors: Mat Lopes | Cover: Jesús Saiz | Variant: Juann Cabal | Deadpool 30th Anniversary variant: Rob Lifeld | Variant: Peach Momok
Read more…The Barron's thread My "Defenders of the Earth" had me thinking, "what would a villain team like this look like?" Also, why would they come together? The more I thought about it, the more I realized they wouldn't necessarily protect the Earth, but th
Read more…Did the Trapster ever admire Spider-Man's webs? Did he ever look at them and say to himself, "why didn't I think of that?"
Read more…