Last month, I presented the covers of the May 1963 and I am glad to see it was received very well.
(You can find it here: https://captaincomics.ning.com/forum/topics/50-years-ago-this-month )
So, now let's look at 50 years ago this month -- June 196
Read more…Arcana Studio suspends successful ongoing series to distribute next arc in “The Steam Engines of Oz” through Kickstarter.
(Los Angeles, California May 6, 2013) Arcana Studio has launched a revolutionary new campaign through KickStarter, the worl
Read more…I suspect there won't be a lot of call for this thread. That it can even exist boggles the mind. But my favorite TV critic, Alan Sepinwall, just dropped a Mopee reference into a review of tonight's Community.
Just when I thought I'd seen everything.
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Given how easily he walks out of Arkham was there ever a story where Batman asked Superman to throw him into the Phantom Zone?
Read more…BATMAN ‘66: Although I plan to try the upcoming new Superman/Batman title, I am currently not reading any regular DC comics. This one has potential, though (either to be really good or really bad). Mike Allred is doing the cover; if he were doing the
Read more…These were the comics dated May 1963. (I realize they would have been on the newsstand maybe two months earlier, but let's not nitpick.)
A-B:
Action Comics 300
Adventure Comics 308
Adventures Into the Unknown 140
The Atom 6
Baby Huey
Read more…I've been going through some of my old black-and-white comics and it occurred to me the three of them really did a good job of transitioning from one medium to another. Or two of them did I mentioned Conan here because he did sort of jump from color
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2000 AD’s Deadly Duo Finally Comes to America!
San Diego, CA (May 24, 2013) –It was announced today that the exploits of 2000 AD’s Finnigan "Finny" Sinister and Ramone "Ray" Dexter will be hitting American shores when the long-runni
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INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED GRAPHIC NOVEL THE LEANING GIRL
Launches in the United States Via Kickstarter
Chicago, IL - May 25, 2013 – After over a decade, the world-renowned, multi award-winning graphic novel series, Les Cités Obscures
Maybe I was just too young but I don't remember being as blown away by this cover as the editor seemed to think I would be. I thought it was a good cover, but I can't even remember reading the editorial.
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ALL OR NOTHING – Only 4 Weeks Until AGE OF ULTRON #10!
To save the Marvel Universe, Earth’s Mightiest made the most controversial decision of their lives resulting a disaster unlike any they’ve seen before. But with one final shot to
I've started this thread for issue reviews of comics from the Silver and Bronze Ages that were by published companies other than Marvel and DC. Comics I currently have in mind to write about include issues of Charlton's Blue Beetle (pre-Ditko) and So
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GODZILLA Sets His Eyes on North American Retailers with Help from Diamond
(BALTIMORE, MD) — (May 16, 2013) —Toho Company, Ltd. the producer of twenty-eight GODZILLA motion pictures, and Diamond Comic Distributors, the world’s largest
Read more…Last Thursday was the last day of school, and I received a few comic-book related gifts, including an old issue of X-Factor (which I'm going to frame--I like the looks of old comics in frames, and this one means something to me now), and a Superman b
Read more…I visited my friendly neighborhood library and picked up several items, including Ultimate Spider-Man: Death of Spider-Man Prelude. (Yeah, it happened a while ago, but any story you haven't read yet is new to you, right?)
This one includes Ultimate S
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