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Marvel's Forgiven return, two Image previews, 'I Hate This Place' finale, more

IN THIS POST

• The Forgiven return in Marvel's Unforgiven: Spider-Man #1
• Preview: Image's I Hate This Place #5
• Image announces Dark Ride #1
• Marvel announces X-Men: Hellfire Confessionals #1 (digital only)
• Marvel announces X-Men Unlimited #50 (digital

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The List of Superhuman Characters who Merge Together

This began as a question about if Firestorm was the first superhuman to merge multiple people into one physical body, but now I'm turning it into a list. 

* I'm not counting things like combining mechs as the driver's bodies did not become one.

The

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

When I first saw Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the theater I decided two things: 1) I wanted to listen to the soundtrack album on CD, and 2) I wanted to read the series of novels upon which the movie was based. The first goal was easy to achieve,

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An announcement from George Pérez

Sad news from George Pérez. 

Posted on "The Art of George Pérez" Facebook page, here:

George Pérez said:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE :

To all my fans, friends and extended family,

It’s rather hard to believe that it’s been almost three years since I formal

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New Reckless book, 'Thunderbolts,' 'Death of Superman' special lead this week's announcements

Let's try something new!

Included in this post are all the major press releases I received this week. Scroll through and check out the ones that interest you (if any). Let me know in the comments if you prefer this to my previous  method of saving th

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Comics shipping Nov. 30-Dec. 1, 2021

BOOM! STUDIOS

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #32

DARK BLOOD #5 (OF 6)

DUNE HOUSE ATREIDES #12 (OF 12)

FIREFLY #34

MAGIC MASTER OF METAL #1 ONE-SHOT

BOOM! Studios | 48 pages | $8.99

Story: Mairghread Scott | Art: Jorge Coehlo, French Carlomagno, Jacques Sa

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Cross Cultural Dyslexia

I've been working my way through Lone Wolf & Cub for the past couple of weeks. I'm about a third of the way through now, and I have some observations about manga in general which won't really fit "What Comics Have You Read Today?" When Dark Horse fir

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Full list of comics on sale Aug. 17-18, 2021

BOOM! STUDIOS

EAT THE RICH #1 (OF 5)

FIREFLY: BRAND NEW VERSE #6 (OF 6)

LUMBERJANES VOL 19 TPB

POWER RANGERS #10

POWER RANGERS VOL 2 TPB

SAVE YOURSELF #3 (OF 4)

 

DARK HORSE COMICS

AVATAR: NEXT SHADOW TPB

BLACK HAMMER VISIONS #7 (OF 8)

CASTLEVANIA: A

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FCBD 2021: Full list for Aug. 14, 2021

DC COMICS

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BATMAN FCBD SPECIAL EDITION

DC Comics | 32 pages| Preview Material

Writers: John Ridley, James Tynion IV | Art:

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British Royal Mail to issue X-Men stamps

Britain's Royal Mail service will be issuing assorted special stamps and collectibles to celebrate 60 years of Marvel's mutant super-heroes.  They will be available from 16th February, but can be pre-ordered now.

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A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics

My recent discussions of Seduction of the Innocent and All In Color For a Dime have drawn some comments and some views, and it has been suggested that I move on to The Comic-Book Book next. While I am waiting for my copy to arrive in the mail, I thou

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How old is Alfred Pennyworth?

Just a thought that struck me: how old is Alfred Pennyworth?

My personal current headcanon is that he's about 25 years older than Bruce (I cannot imagine hkm having been the Wayne's butler earlier than the age of 30, especially since he's supposedly

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Yet Another Kryptonian Question

Do kryptonians under a yellow sun need to eat?

Do they metabolize food in the same way as humans?

Is it possible for a Kryptonian -- excluding red kryptonite effects -- to get fat or develop an eating disorder like anorexia nervosa?

Presumably the

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Is the Silver Age holding Superman back? A CBR writer thinks so

CBR's Timothy Donohoo penned a story with the headline Did the Silver Age Ruin Superman? And it's got a point, in that any time the character moves beyond his Silver Age/Superman: The Movie presentation a lot of fans howl, even though that doesn't se

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Time Travel Comics

I am currently working my way through Aztec Ace (1984) for the first time thanks to the recent collected edition. I am enjoying it a great deal, but it's proving to take longer than I had anticipated to finish. I am already looking forward to other,

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"Samaritan" on Amazon Prime - have you seen it?

Being a fan of super hero movies, and especially good ones, when I heard of "Samaritan", I thought I ought to give it a viewing, and I did.

SPOILER: This is NOT about Astro City's Samaritan. Save for the name, it's an all new story and concept - and

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Marvel's Netease variants, new Spider-characters, 'Afterschool' #3 preview

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• J. Scott Campbell Luke Cage cover
• New Spider-characters in Edge of Spider-Verse conclusion
• Marvel's Netease variant covers
• Mark Waid, David Lapham on Bad Idea's First Supper
• Secret Origin of Batwheels and new Teen Titans Go!
• Kids' Comic

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Superman & Lois

Who else watched the pilot?

I liked its tributes to the history of the character, particularly in the opening, and I thought it balanced the real-world and TV-soap elements with the superheroics reasonably well. The show's creators understand the cha

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DC solicitations for July 2022

BATMAN #125

Written by CHIP ZDARSKY

Art and cover by JORGE JIMENEZ

Backup art by BELÉN ORTEGA

Variant covers by JIM LEE, SCOTT WILLIAMS,

GABRIELE DELL’OTTO, INHYUK LEE, and FRANCESCO MATTINA

Acetate variant cover by SIMONE DI MEO A

1:25 wraparound va

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This Week in Comics: Feb. 22-28, 2021, Part I

GENRE TV

Snowpiercer, "Keep Hope Alive" (TNT, Feb. 22)

Black Lightning, "The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Three" (CW, Feb. 22)

Superman & Lois, season 1 premiere, "Pilot" (CW, Feb. 23)

Superman & Lois, "Heritage" (CW, Feb. 23)

This two-episode pre

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