General Comics Discussions (6775)
Who is Nightwing’s number one enemy?
I admit to not having read more than a few dozen issues of his series (due to one particular artist whose style I hated) but should have some idea, surely? Cos arch enemies tend to recur.
DC seem recently to have suggested Deathstroke the Tosser, b
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Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom (Dark Horse)
Jim Shooter has revamped Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom yet again in a new series from Dark Horse Comics. The first issue was intriguing, but how often can one reinvent the wheel? Shooter’s first revamp was so spot-on that comparisons of the two are i
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Midnight release for Scott Pilgrim #6
Bleeding cool has the story, and Dagwan's store get mentioned! http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/06/19/midnight-openings-planned-for-scott-pilgrim-vol-6/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BleedingCool+%28Bleeding+Cool+C
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Who Are The Seven Soldiers Of Victory NOW?
The original Seven Soldiers of Victory (7SV) appeared in "Leading Comics" #1-14 in the Golden Age. They were the Shining Knight, The Vigilante, the Green Arrow and Speedy, the Star Spangled Kid and (God help us all) Stripesy and the Crimson Avenger w
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How long has this info been out?
So, I was reading some Marvel promo thing for Spider-man's Grim Hunt thingie coming up. It has a history of Kraven the Hunter in it, and that is when I learned that he and the Chameleon are half-brothers. Has this always been the case, and I just nev
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Siege (spoilers)
And here's what you missed in the final issue of Siege...Siege!
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New Legion of Super-Heroes / Adventure Comics
Now that DC has finally decided which “Legion of Three Worlds” it is going to be following for the foreseeable future…
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Our turn now, I guess...
Today on his Facebook page, Kurt Busiek tells us the folks from Westboro Baptist "Church" (quote marks mine) will protest at the San Diego Comic Con on Thursday. I won't give these people the satisfaction of linking to their site, but it's there on
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Avengers Day 5-19-2010
http://www.downtowncomics.com/profiles/blogs/celebrate-avengers-day-with?xg_source=facebook
If you live around Indy...
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RIP Al Williamson
The great Al Williamson passed away recently. Obituaries can be found here
and here, as well as in many other places. Rest in Peace. Read more…
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Giant-Size X-Men Forever #1
X-Men Forever is the only X-title I currently read, but I have been considered dropping it at the end of volume one because I’d fallen behind, thus violating my first rule of comic collecting, “Don’t buy what you don’t read.” I caught up with the mos
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HOLY....
Not a dream, not a what if, not an imaginary story... http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/07/08/the-cover-to-action-comics-894-will-surprise-you/#more-9961
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Thoughts While Filling Out Previews
- Dang it. I lost my list of miniseries I had. Which is invaluable for the ones that aren't monthly.
- I LOVE that Dark Horse and Image are putting out $1 comic book samplers. There really should be somethign for everybody.
- The Terminator 1984 miniserie
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An Uncle Ben Question
I recently read the first trade of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man by Peter David & Mike Wieringo (Thank you Lone Star Comics).During the last story arc there was an Uncle Ben from another timeline introduced. In his time Aunt May died and he had li
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Scott Pilgrim
I know there are a lot of Scott Pilgrim fans on this board. Finally, I gave the series a shot. The movie trailer intrigued me and the concept of the series is one that I was pretty sure I'd like. I had flipped through the books before and it wasn't s
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A Thought on Comic Book Pricing
The jump from $2.99 to $3.99 is pretty substantial. First it was special issues with cardstock covers, then it was Marvel's most popular books, and then it was DC books (in the case of ongoing titles, they boosted value by adding backups, although so
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Avengers Masterworks Vol. 10 (The Kree/Skrull War)
When I was in the seventh grade I once used $35 of my paper route money to buy fifty issues of The Avengers between #9 and #104. In retrospect, it turned out to be one of the best comic book purchases of my life. Although the lot included all of the
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