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The Skywarriors

I was flipping through the new Lost Marvels: Savage Tales collection when I came across a beautifully-rendered aerial battle drawn by an artist whose style I didn't recognize. Checking the credits, to my surprise the artist was Herb Trimpe! Editor La

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The World War II Career of Captain America

Inspired by Captain America #32 (2000), I wrote a letter to the Comics Buyer's Guide which was printed in #1362. In it, I traced Captain America's involvement in World War II solely through what was revealed in the comics themselves. What follows is

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Comics for Feb. 18, 2026

GoCollect.com pooped out on me this week. I was starting to feel confident in its list, and the separation by publisher was convenient. Since it's unavailable this week (and for all I know forever) I'm looking at other sites, which aren't quite as co

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Tortured Hearts

Tortured Hearts is the eighth in a series of EC-inspired comics following...

1. Epitaphs from the Abyss
2. Cruel Universe
3. Shiver SuspenStories
4. Cruel Kingdom
5. Blood Type
6. Catacomb of Torment
7. Outlaw Showdown

Just in time for Valentine's Day, stories include...

• "The Per

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Shilo Norman, the NEW Mister Miracle

Shilo Norman is the third escape artist to bill himself as "Mister Miracle"...

• Thaddeus Brown
• Scott Free
• Shilo Norman

Shilo first appeared in the 15th issue of the first series. 

Police Lieutenant Driver arrived with Shilo in tow while Mister Miracle Scot

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Comics for Feb. 11, 2026

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NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: TORN #5 (OF 5), $3.99: Discussion can be found HERE. 

CYCLOPS #1 (OF 5), $4.99:

Witer: Alex Paknadel
Penciller: Roge Antonio

CYCLOPS UNLEASHED! Scott Summers is a mutant who is always in near-to

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"I'm a travelin' man, made a lot of stops ... "

Hey, are any of you guys in the Boston/Providence, R.I. area? I'm going there for a conference during the week of February 15-21, and I'd like to connect with a fellow Legionnaire while I'm there.

In any event, I'm sure to be looking for some comics s

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Yarva Etrigan Daemonicus

• #1-2 - Origin: Etrigan, Merlin, Jason Blood; (Morgaine le Fey, Warly). Intro: Randu Singh, Harry Matthews, Glenda Mark.
• #3 - The Reincarnators
• #4-5 - Ugly Meg and the Iron Duke (Kamara, #4)
• #6 - The Howler
• #7 - Klarion the Witchboy (last Merlin)
• #8-10 - P

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Comics for Feb. 4, 2026

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NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS

GODZILLA: INFINITY ROAR #1 (OF 5), $5.99: I still have the last Marvel vs. Godzilla series of one-shots on my to-read pile. I think the novelty has worn off.

NOVA CENTURION #4, $3.99: I read the first three iss

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RIP Sal Buscema

Story  It's being reported that Sal Buscema has passed away. Damn, the big names from my younger days are getting pretty thin on the ground.

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Hermes Press holds a winter weather sale

Hermes says "Looks like the snow has us all stuck inside — and we thought, why not make the best of it?" Which sounds swell, but I don't know who they expect to deliver product to us. I haven't seen a car or truck -- certainly not UPS or DHL -- on my

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Comics for Jan. 28, 2026

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Previews and press releases for some titles posted in COMING COMICS: JANUARY 2026

 

NO. 1 MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1, $4.99: It's a first issue, of a sort. so heads up.

FANTASTIC FOUR #52 (FACSIMILE EDITION), $4.99:

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Comics for Jan. 21, 2026

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NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS 

IMPERIAL

As I said with Nova: Centurion last week, I'm on the fence on the titles emerging from Jonathan Hickman's "Imperial." In fact, I somehow missed Black Panther: Intergalactic #1 and Planet She-Hulk #2, a

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Batgirl, the Dominoed Daredoll

"Out of the super-star studded firmament of Gotham City, where Batman and Robin shine supreme as masked manhunters -- bursts a brand-new luminary -- Batgirl! And like that very Batman after whom she models herself -- she too battles crime and injusti

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Comics for Jan. 14, 2026

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MARVEL COMICS

AVENGERS #34, $7.99

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis, Jed Mackay
Penciller: Mark Bagley, Farid Karami
Cover Artist: Russell Dauterman

AVENGERS LEGACY ISSUE #800! EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES mark a critical MILESTONE with eig

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Anyone Heard of "Selling Superman"?

Has anyone heard of a show called Selling Superman? I'd never heard of it, but Jim Cornette discusses it here. (Language Warning) I hadn't heard of it, but apparently, it's about this guy who collected 300,000 comics - including some rare Golden and

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Superman & Spider-man - Marvel/DC TEs

I never buy comics out of a sense of nostalgia, but Superman vs. Spider-man is the exception that disproves the rule. Of this recent spate of '70s TE reprints, I buy only the ones I never had or those I somehow lost track of over the years. Yet I bou

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Comics for Jan. 7, 2026

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NO. 1 MARVEL COMICS

MARVEL RIVALS: THE CITIES OF HEAVEN #1, $5.99: Based on a video game, which is outside my parameters of interest. 

MARVEL/DC SPIDER-BOY TEAM-UP #1 (FACSIMILE EDITION), $4.99: It's a mashup of Kon-El and Peter Pa

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Comics shipping Dec. 31, 2025

TOP 10 PUBLISHERS

NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS

MARVEL KNIGHTS THE WORLD TO COME #5 (OF 6), $4.99: I haven't been following this. But if you have, you know how long this issue has been delayed. I have no idea when issue #6 will arrive. 

THE FATE OF MARVEL’S H

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The Transition from Newsstands to Comic Book Stores

Jim Cornette, of all people, was talking about the history of Diamond, and it got me to thinking that I don't remember the name of the first dedicated comic book store that I ever saw. I'm pretty sure that I saw my first one in the early 1980's, but

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