I've been contemplating selling off large chunks of my collection in pre-weeded long-box form. I've got something like six long boxes of stuff that I can do without, but now I don't know what to do with it.
I'm figuring the best approach is probably e
"Brave & Bold" #35 features the team-up of the Legion of Substitute Heroes and the Inferior 5 which is inspired madness. The Inferior 5 were created in 1966's "Showcase" #62 as children of retired super-heroes, the Freedom Brigade who were based on r
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JMS is doing a complete timeline reboot/overhaul, as announced at The Source. There's a more in-depth interview at CBR.
I was planning to drop the book at 600, but I have to admit I'm intrigued.
In "Amazing Spider-Man" #630-632 AKA "Shed", Curt Connors is completely engulfed by the Lizard inside him. The Lizard has mutated, becoming stronger, smarter and able to cause people to regress to their primitive instincts. The Lizard wins because he
Read more…There are lots of Marvel TPBs at $3-$4 at Barnes and Noble.
We've only seen it be "put on" and fly so far, but what do you think?
Personally, I'm somewhat torn. I like the recent iterations which are a tad bulkier and more armor-like, and I think the last version which matched up with the movie suit fairl
Read more…I live with Holly, my wife of 13 years, and my three 7 year old daughters. Given that they live with me...comics are always around. Holly cut her comics teeth on the same books many of us did...Disney, Mad magazine, comic strip reprint books of Gar
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Felicia Henderson (Everybody Hates Chris, Fringe) will be the writer...no artist announced yet.
Read more…At the lovely Comic Store West, the wife, daughter and I picked up:
HeroClix War Machine -- Nice, and a powerful playing piece to boot!
FCBD Iron Man -- Daughter selected this.
FCBD DC Kids -- Daughter selected this.
FCBD Bongo Comics -- Both my daughter
I took Green Lantern: Emerald Dawn out of the library the other week. What a mistake. It wasn't so much a mistake to take the book out of the library; I'm glad that I was able to sample the story without paying for it. But it was definitely a mistake
Read more…My Iron Man collection is pretty much limited to the first Michelinie era - I have all but a handful of IM 116-154. Other than that, almost nothing. I recently browsed through an Iron Man index, released no doubt to coincide with the recent movie. It
Read more…So far, Aquaman is my favorite character to follow in Brightest Day.
Brian Cronin over at Comics Should Be Good is compiling lists of the greatest stories ever for characters and writers. You can check out the details here http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2010/04/25/the-greatest-_____-stories-ever-told/
The vo
Read more…Annnnd today was the day I stopped reading super-hero comics. One that I won't name finally broke me. Collection stops as of now. No joke.
He said it was just the last book in a long line of disappointing ones...
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What do you think? I've read all but the Crumb version of Genesis. The nine I've read are all amazing works of art and should be in every library.
Read more…I am a fan of Marvel’s “cosmic” characters but I haven’t been following them for some years now (not since 2004, I reckon). I’ve tried to keep my mind in over the years [including Thunderbolts #100 (2006), the Civil War: The Return one-shot (2007) an
Read more…Sad to say, the history of comics has more than one story of creators being treated badly, or editors and other company suit types behaving badly in general. I'm sure we can all think of some examples we've read about, or heard about at cons or where
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