I've been thinking for a while of doing some reviews of pre-Silver Age features, covering their whole runs or periods within their runs. "Pre-Silver Age Reviews" reviews would be a clumsy title for a thread, so I've titled it "Golden Age Reviews" ins
Read more…... is Brightest Day #14.
I'm not kidding. I'm not exaggerating. I don't mean "this week" or "this month." This comic was so dramatic, so emotional, so life-affirming.
(spoilers)
Boston Brand has spent this series trying to find "the chosen one" a
I didn't want to completely threadjack Figserello's JLA retrospective so I decided to move part of the discussion over here.
I'm still surprised that that period of 'reconstruction' wasn't a high-selling point for comics. Just cause I was buyin
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I'm considering picking up Tomb of Dracula in trades at some point. It might not be soon, but I at least want to add it to my wish list. Should I get the Essential Tomb of Draculas in black and white, or the color trades that are coming
Read more…OK, Scott's plan to make vampire Wolerine his secret weapon was great, but having a priest bless Iceman, creating a holy water superhero? Genius!
Read more…They're one of the "big five" now. Here are the March comics from IDW
Read more…Trashed, traded, lost or sold - I was thinking of items I have collected through the years that for one reason or another are no longer in my possession but wish they were -
- a nearly complete set of Batman and Detective Comics 1964 - 1966, covering
Read more…With his return in Chaos War: Dead Avengers, the Swordsman has reappeared in the Marvel Universe after thirty-five years. His death was the first true Avenger fatality and one that had, until now, stuck. The French Fencer debuted in Avengers #19 (Au'
Read more…For a long time — I wanna say at least as far back as immediately post-Crisis; I'm not sure how actively it was stated before then — it was more-or-less established canon that the start of the superhero age (the appearances of Superman and Batman & e
Read more…What's behind door number two. It's DC Comics solicitations for March.
Read more…With the January 2011 releases, most DC Comic books are now at $2.99; a 32 page, full cover book with only 20 pages of story/art instead of 22 of the last decade +.
At first I thought the two pages would revert back to advertising, but according to a
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I think it’s fascinating when good writers seemingly have the same idea at the same time. In comics’ past we have Man-Thing/Swamp Thing and X-Men/Doom Patrol being developed and published almost at the same time with the creative teams havin
Read more…A thorough examination of 39 major events which have shaken the Marvel Universe in years past, plus an appendix which lists with dozens more. I'm not inclined to read the entire thing at this time, but this is an excellent reference work. I love this
Read more…It's that fun time again. Solicitations are out for March, starting with Dark Horse
Read more…... in an old Answer Man column, and the kick-off point for a fun post by Snell at his blog, Slay, Monstrobot of the Deep!
http://slaymonstrobot.blogspot.com/2011/01/quien-es-mas-macho.html
Read more…As I was researching my theory on Green Arrow's attitude (see my JLA/JSA Team-Ups thread), I was going over new JLA members and I recalled a poll taken to decide the next one. Since my JLA collection is here and not in storage, a little rummaging fou
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Having won the Commander's recent quiz, I thought I should do the next one. The following questions all relate to pre-Crisis DC/National or All-American comics. The rules are as follows:
-You don’t have to answer all the questions at once.
-You ca
Read more…I would, one day, like to see the following:
1) A new, vital and innovative reimagining of Superman that really is new, vital and innovative.
2) A well-thought out Tarzan book that keeps him in the early 20th century with a good dose of fantasy.
3) A
Read more…From Captain America: Patriot #4
This story is set in 1950. While the middle school concept had been created by then ( the very first middle school in the United States was designated that very year), it would be many years before it caught on thro
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