Fist off great cover, a tribute to D&D artist David Trampier http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/03/david-a-trampier-obituary The main story has all of the characters in the element. They are all having the time of their lives, despite the antagonism betw
Read more…So there's not a whole lot about Marvel or DC that I enjoy now, except I have found this weird little batch of books that I've really enjoyed recently. It started with Hawkeye, then in the horribly-named but massively entertaining Superior Foes Of S
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In some ways this reminds me of the JLU show and the aftermath of the Cadmus attack. The most puzzling about the issue though is a two page splash page that never happened during the entire FE storyline.
It's a lot of recap and basically gettin
Read more…One of the things I do like about this book is the sharp contrast between the two main characters and how they can be traced to the differences of their fathers. Helena (in her case her mother as well) is subtle and moves about in costume, hugging
Read more…I don't know much about Adam Strange but last I looked he knew all about alien worlds. Did I miss part of the reboot?
This was a get together issue with Stargirl (in a new costume I think) and Animal man being asked by Adam Strange to help him with
From the looks of Previews this looks darn interesting. I'd always pick up a Groo issue anyway.
Read more…Al Feldstein, the writer/editor who helmed EC's famous horror titles and took MAD magazines to its greatest circulation, has died at age 88. A titan has passed.
HERE'S a brief obit from ICv2.com.
Read more…Not a lot of interest (to me) this month.
MARVEL MASTERWORKS: They’ve solicited a volume of Ms. Marvel for October release. There are a whole lot of volumes of current series I’d rather see than jumping so far into the seventies.
IDW ARTIST’S EDITION
Read more…I rather liked it. The personalities are not exactly the same as the were, Tina seems a bit more mature and Gold a lot more pushy, Lead a little slower, Iron more agressive, but Mercury and Tin were pretty much as I remembered them from the last t
Read more…Got it and it wasn't really that bad, but not spectacular either. I felt like I did when I watched Justice League Doom and All Star Superman. They are good, they just don't strike me as great. They are in many ways just upgraded JL episodes to me. Ma
Read more…Welcome back, Legionnaires, for another exciting episode of "Comics Guide!"
Let's try a couple of different things this week.
One, I'm going to go with plain, old bold with my comments, instead of the bold blue I have used to date. For one thing, I
Read more…With the coming of another Silver Surfer title this week, I have to ask the question: Why? Do we consider the Sentinel of the Starways a relevant character or the product of a by gone age? Can he be a believable protagonist or simply Marvel's most ha
Read more…Local started out as a collection of twelve done-in-one short stories, each set in a different North American city, and featuring a young woman named Megan McKeenan. It was planned to come out once a month for a year, but wound up taking over two
Read more…Above is a link to the appropriate page of the site of ADBUSTERS magazine .
The point is , here , that they used pseudo-Marvel Comics early 70s cover design on their latest " ish " which you should see upon following the
Read more…I ask because as I read some of the older stuff they were never really shown as bad as the rest of the Brotherhood, did Stan always mean to make them heroes later on?
Read more…THE CAPTAIN'S COMMENTS
While the big publishers offer their usual avalanche of a books, t's a light week for some publishers. There are no books at all from from Action Lab or Archie,and only one from Valiant. Even "Other Publishers" feels a bit ligh
Read more…Fatale Vol. 1 (Collecting issues #1-5 from Image)
First, I should mention that you aren't going to get an unbiased opinion from me on this book, as I have read, and enjoyed every issue of every comic the Brubaker/Phillips team has done. Second, thi
Read more…THE CAPTAIN'S COMMENTS
Marvel keeps canceling and rebooting its titles in a seemingly meaningless fashion. That's pretty irritating for long-time fans, completists and serious collectors. But don't let that stop you from enjoying two first issues thi
Read more…We were talking about Johnny and Sue in the FF thread and I thought about Wanda and Pietro and the difference between them. Sue was protective of Johnny sometimes, but she never considered him her property as I often felt that Peitro did with Wand
Read more…Welcome to another Comics Guide! I am your humble narrator and tour guide, Captain Comics. After my "Captain's Comments" and you're into the Guide proper, my comments will be in blue. Meanwhile, The Baron has dropped by the Cave again, and in an unre
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