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Marvel Epic Collections

We have a good discussion on this board of DC Finest collections (updated and maintained by Rob Staeger), but not one for the similar Marvel Epic Collections. The line began in 2013, so it's past time we had one (although I'm not going to commit to p

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Comics for April 15, 2026

 

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WONDER WOMAN #32

(W) Tom King (A/CA) Daniel Sampere

THE WONDER WAR CONTINUES! ALL HAIL THE MATRIARCH! After a disastrous attempt at stopping the Matriarch, she has risen more powerful than ever. Now it's up to Tri

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Lone Wolf & Cub (Deluxe Edition)

Lone Wolf & Cub was the first manga I ever read. (I didn't read Akira until years after it was first released in America.) Those First Comics issues had their flaws (skipped stories, uncompleted series, "flipped" artwork, published out of order, infe

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Comics for April 8, 2026

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FURY OF FIRESTORM #1 (OF 6)

(W) Jeff Lemire (A/CA) Rafael De Latorre

THE NUCLEAR MAN GOES NEXT LEVEL WITH JEFF LEMIRE AND RAFAEL DE LATORRE! The community of Bedford, Colorado, is a sleepy small town. The people say

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Quote RED RAVEN, Never More!

I realized that I had access to all of RED RAVEN's Golden, Silver and Bronze Age appearances, few as they are and thought I would focus on this anomaly of Timely Comics. I will be going in publishing order because that's easier and will hightlight ce

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War Comics

BATTLEFIELD:

I'm not a big fan of war comics. I have read all of Frontline Combat and Two-Fisted Tales, but when it comes to Sgt. Rock or Sgt. Fury, I've never been able to get more than a Marvel Masterworks or DC Archives volume in before losing inte

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The End of a Long Time Collector - Bye bye?

Hey guys! I've kinda given up collecting comics - too expensive and too confusing. But I want to go out on something intriguing* and to me, Stargirl and Justice Society kinda look like it. Is it worth quitting after getting these two TPB's or is ther

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Comics for April 1, 2026

There are press releases for a lot of this material in Comics for April 2026.

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BIZARRO: YEAR NONE #1 (OF 4)

(W) Kevin Smith, Eric Carrasco (A/CA) Nick Pitarra

KEVIN SMITH, ERIC CARRASCO, AND NICK PITARRA TELL THE INDEFI

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William Burnside, Captain America*

*(a.k.a. "The Captain America of the 1950s," a.k.a. "The Other Steve Rogers"; this post largely transcribed from George Olshevsky's The Marvel Comics Index v1 #8A).

Captain America and Bucky returned to comics in the middle 1950s when stories of Marve

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Comics for March 25, 2026

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DC/MARVEL: SUPERMAN/SPIDER-MAN #1 (ONE SHOT): Sure, I'll get this book. How can I not?

There have been approximately 5,000 variant covers released for this book. I have dutifully posted them in Coming Comics, so you ca

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Ship Carrying Fantagraphics Books Struck by Iranian Missile In Straits of Hormuz

Story  Books affected include Bitchy!, by Roberta Gregory, and Atlas Comics Library No. 9.

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Comics for March 18, 2026

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BATWOMAN #1

(W) Greg Rucka (A/CA) DaNi

EISNER AWARD-WINNER GREG RUCKA AND VISIONARY ARTIST DANI BRING ON THE NEXT LEVEL FOR BATWOMAN! Batwoman. Daughter. Sister. Soldier. Hero. But since she was 10 years old, Kate Kan

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Does Continuity Still Matter?

I direct your attention to the article which appeared in this week's Comic Shop News, #2012, March 11, 2026. It's not available online, so those of you who still read comics will have to pick it up at your LCS. The folks who publish CSN these days ar

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William Naslund, Captain America

Since Jeff is doing yeoman work on Steve Rogers and Jeff Mace, I thought I'd help out with William Naslund. I cobbled together a list of likely appearances, and lifted, wrote or re-wrote summaries from online. This is a quick and dirty summary assemb

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Comics for March 11, 2026

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DC FINEST: THE FLASH — THE FASTEST MAN DEAD TP

(W) Robert Kanigher, Cary Bates, Various (A) Irv Novick, Dick Giordano, Various (CA) Dick Giordano

CAN THE SCARLET SPEEDSTER OUTRUN DEATH? Barry Allen races toward his lan

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Dark Horse Entertainment pushes out founder Mike Richardson

From The Hollywood Reporter: "Mike Richardson Out as CEO of Dark Horse Entertainment After 40 Years"

"Publisher and producer Mike Richardson is out as CEO of Dark Horse Comics, the media company he built up from a comic book store business.

"In his ste

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Comics for March 4, 2026

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JSA #17

(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Gavin Guidry (CA) Dave Johnson

A MAJOR THREAT STARES DOWN GOTHAM CITY!

The heroes have assembled, but can they work together long enough to face down this existential threat to the citizens

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RIP Tatjana Wood

Anthony Tollin has posted the below on Facebook. Haven't seen anything about it elsewhere yet.

"RIP legendary DC Comics colorist TATJANA WOOD who just passed away at age 99. Tatjana had decades long runs on OUR AT WAR/SGT. ROCK and SWAMP THING, and in

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Golden Age Captain America Stories

Recently, over in the JSA" thread, we've been discussing Golden Age stories vs. modern retellings citing Adventure Comics/Sandman Mystery Theatre and Captain America Comics/Invaders as examples of comic book stories that "really happened." In it, Cap

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The Five Green Lanterns (Alan Scott)

1. Pre-Crisis
2. Post-Crisis
3. Sentinel
4. New 52
5. Current

Alan Scott first appeared in All-America Comics #16 in 1940 as a construction engineer (although he later switched professions and became a radio engineer). As Green Lantern, he was a founding member of the J

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