This doesn't happen very often, but Fantastic Four Omnibus Vol. 6 (which ships today) corresponds exactly to Marvel Masterworks Fantastic Four Vols. 16-18; specifically, they both reprint Fantastic Four #164-203, Annuals #11-13, plus assorted other o
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Okay, time for another Supergirl discussion.
This one follows...
Before this volume was even officially solicited, I predicted it would become my favorite release of 2025. A brief perusal of the "Your Favorite Things of the Year" discussion proves that assertion to be true, at least so far. I have been reading it
Read more…I was reading Action Comics #398 (March 1971) this morning, in which Clark Kent covers the Seaside Folk-Rock Festival and I thought it might be fun to cite some lyrics from rock songs as written by the "hep" writers of '60s and '70s era comic book wr
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NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
ANNIHILATION MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECTION VOL 1: ANNIHILATION TP ($44.99)
AVENGERS ACADEMY #1 ($5.99)
DEADPOOL KILLS MARVEL U ONE LAST TIME #3 (OF 5, $3.99)
DEADPOOL / WOLVERINE #6 ($3.99)
DEATH OF THE SILVER SU
(You may consider this another Peter David tribute post if you like.)
Shortly after updating Aquaman's origin story in the Aquaman: Time & Tide limited series (colloquially known as "AT&T"), Peter David was given an Aquaman ongoing series. In the firs
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I have been bellyachin' about DC not releasing '70s era Superman for so long now that if I didn't buy this volume on the day it was released I could be classified a hypocrite. In point of fact, DC did release some of this material (Supe
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This is my second (or third depending on how you count) attempt to make my way through all of Master of Kung Fu. MoKF is one of several Marvel series I did not read in the seventies, but has attained nigh-legendary status among its fans, two of the o
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NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
ALIEN: GALAXY OF NIGHTMARES TP ($44.99)
ALL- NEW VENOM #7 ($4.99)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #5 ($4.99)
DAREDEVIL #22 ($4.99)
DOCTOR STRANGE OF ASGARD #4 (OF 5, $3.99)
FANTASTIC FOUR BY MORRISON & LEE 1234 TP ($17.99)
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The Stern/Buscema Avengers stands among John Byrne's Fantastic Four, Walt Simonson's Thor and Frank Miller's Daredevil as the best Marvel comics of the '80s. Roger Stern had been writing The Avengers since #227, but I had no advance notice that John
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This is the one I was indifferent about pre-ordering when it was first solicited, but Rob's enthusiasm convinced me to buy it. I remember when the Superman vs. Spider-Man treasury edition first came out in 1976. I was intrigued, but not particularly
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I found out just yesterday (along with the rest of you) that Peter David died. When prominent comic book creators pass away, I like to pay tribute to them by reading their works. Not that I'm looking to make a "discusussion" of this, but "Supergirl"
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NO. 1 MARVEL COMICS
CABLE: LOVE AND CHROME #5 (OF 5, $3.99)
DAREDEVIL: COLD DAY IN HELL #2 (OF 3, $6.99
DEADPOOL / WOLVERINE #5 ($3.99)
DOOM’S DIVISION #3 (OF 5, $3.99)
EDDIE BROCK: CARNAGE #4 ($3.99)
GIANT-SIZE MARVEL OMNIBUS ($15
This shipped today...
But how does it compare to the Epic Collection "Freedom"?
The Epic Collection contains...
Unconventional storytelling. Not for everyone. Recommended.
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NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #4 ($4.99)
CAPTAIN AMERICA BY STRACZYNSKI VOL 3: BROXTON RISING TP ($15.99)
DAREDEVIL: UNLEASH HELL RED BAND #5 (OF 5, POLYBAG, $4.99)
DEADPOOL BY CODY ZIGLAR VOL 2: THE DEATH OF WADE WILSON T
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I've incorporated the information from Q1 2025. Titan has fallen out of the Top 10, and been replaced by Kodansha.
NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE: THE SERPENT SCENARIO TP ($17.99)
DAREDEVIL #21 ($4.99)
DOCTOR STRANGE OF ASGA
Let's get right into it. To begin, these are the "three worlds" in question...
EARTH-1:
EARTH-247:
EARTH-PRIME:
To further set them apart, each of these Legions is closely associated with a different inspiration...
EARTH-1 - (Clark Kent):
EARTH-247 (Conn
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NO. 1: MARVEL
ALL NEW VENOM #6 ($4.99)
AMADEUS CHO: 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 ($5.99)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #3 ($4.99)
ANNIHILATION OMNIBUS HC ($125.00)
AVENGERS BY JED MACKAY VOL 4: STORM TP ($24.99)
AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION VOL 12:
Story Another guy that while I knew that he'd done a lot, I was still astonished at the wide range of things that he'd done.
