I just thought I would start up a personal column where I can reflect on different things about comics of the past.
First off, what a neurotic life that boy sidekicks led.
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May 2013, with the explosion of the mobile Tablet market, the digital comic book revolution has been steadily increasing its exodus away from the hardcopy paper format at a rapid rate and for obvious reasons. Comic fans love being able
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NOTHING LASTS FOREVER – Marvel Unveils INFINITY #3 Cover
This September, the Marvel Universe fights for survival in the biggest battle it’s ever faced – but first, Marvel is proud to unveil the jaw dropping main cover to Infinity #3
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Amigo Comics is proud with the instant sell-out for ROGUES! #1 and #2. Only a few copies remain at the Amigo-office for personal use and just maybe a comic book store made a good investment, not to mention a good judgement call and th
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IGN is reporting that October will see the debut of a new Superman/Wonder Woman ongoing by Charles Soule and Tony Daniel.
I'm of two minds about this. On one hand, Soule is a good writer (or at least, I like his Swamp Thing), and Daniel has greatly i
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MINI-COMIC, MAXIMUM HEART
So Buttons #5 relaunches
(May 9th, 2013- New York, NY) Graphic Storyteller Jonathan Baylis announced today a relaunch of his websitewww.sobuttons.com to help promote his latest book, So Buttons #5.
His title ma
Anyone else pick this up? Aside from the gags there is a strip that details Sergio's taking Bill Gaines and the staff from Mad to Mexico. Sergio gets into some really good memories with both fun and nostalgia.
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The Biggest New Heroine In Comics, Redesigned For Her Marvel Universe Debut!
New York, NY (May 9th, 2013)—She’s one of the biggest new characters to debut in the Marvel Universe in over 20 years, and today Marvel is proud to unveil y
Read more…Just in case anyone missed it, after the bombing I thought that they had canceled it but they've moved it to another location and put it in August. http://www.bostoncomiccon.com/
Read more…I've been at HeroesCon all weekend (Fri - Sun). I've usually posted about it day by day, but this year I thought I'd just give a little summary. The poster that comes with the three-day pass was The Goon by Eric Powell, a nice change from the usual M
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Nothing Lasts Forever – The New Avengers Head Into INFINITY!
New York, NY—May 10th, 2012— This August, superstar writer Jonathan Hickman is joined by fan-favorite artist Mike Deodato to pit the Illuminati against their biggest threat
Read more…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
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