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T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents

When I was young, I had always heard that the prerequisite for comic book fandom was owning a complete set of All Star Comics featuring the JSA, and that for second generation fandom it was Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents. Because we now live in t

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The Batman of Earth-233

I posted this back on July 2 of this year.

Jeff of Earth-J said:

THE BATMAN FAMILY: In anticipation of the upcoming release of the Silver Age Batman Omnibus, I gathered together from various sources (Batman in the Fifties, Batman: the Annuals v2, Ba

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Cities in the DCU - Matching

Match the city with the character.

CITIES:

1. Blue Valley

2. Calvin City

3. Central City

4. Civic City

5. Cloister

6. Coast City

7. Dos Rios

8. Elmond

9. Evergreen City

10 .Fairfax

11. Farmville

12. Happy Harbor

13. Houma

14. Hub City

15. Ivy Town

16

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The Aftermath of "Stargirl: The Lost Children" (SPOILERS)

The Seven Soldiers of Victory were re-formed "to come together when needed", whatever that means. The line-up will be::

 

1. The Crimson Avenger (Jill Carlyle)
2. The Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
3. The Red Arrow (Emiko Queen)
4. The Shining Knight (Sir Justin)
5. Stargirl

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Steve Skeates, 80, dies

Steve Skeates, Longtime Comic Writer and Hawk & Dove Co-Creator, Dies at 80

Steve Skeates, one of the first members of the so-called "second generation" of comic book writers, who had a long and distinguished comic book writing career at DC, Marvel,

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IDW De-Lists from NYSE

Story  I'm not a business expert, but this doesn't sound good.

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CBR.com cuts editor-in-chief, senior news editor, feature editor

I haven't seen this reported anywhere else, but CBR.com has laid off its editor-in-chief, senior news editor and feature editor because of "culture and performance" issues.

From Popverse: "CBR Is Going Through a Major Overhaul Due to 'Culture and Per

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Anyone Else Having Issues Accessing Comic Book Resources?

Lately, whenever I visit Comic Book Resources, one of three things happens.

I can either access the site with no problem. A banner blocks the screen requesting that I disable my Ad Blocker, although I can click the "Continue without disabling" option

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DC first issues for March

 ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: JON KENT #1

Written by TOM TAYLOR

Art and cover by CLAYTON HENRY

Variant covers by ZU ORZU, RAFAEL SARMENTO, YASMIN FLORES MONTANEZ, A.L. KAPLAN, CLAYTON HENRY, and MEGAN HUANG

1:25 variant cover by JORDI TARRAGONA

1:50 foil

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DC's Current Alternate Earths - SPOILERS for "Dark Crisis: Big Bang"

As always, here's a picture for SPOILER SPACE
Here are the current alternate universes as presented in today's Dark Crisis: Big Bang


(KEY: "SAM" will stand for "Same As in Morrison's The Multiversity Guidebook")

1. Earth-0: SAM  Current DCU
2. Earth-1: SA

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The Incredible Shrinking Comics Publisher!

The July solicitations for Archie Comics are out, with only five titles -- four digests and one $3.99 book. That makes me sad.

Lots of superheroes, both "real" (Mr. Justice, Darkling) and parody (Superteen). That's interesting.

On Sale Date: 7/5

BET

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Why does Magic Affect Superman?

I've heard all my life that Superman has two weaknesses: kryptonite and magic.

As a radioactive piece of rock from Superman's home planet, kryptonite having an effect makes a reasonable amount of sense, at least as a basic concept (I won't go in to

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Ike is Out, Marvel is Redundant and I Don't Know What It Means!

Story   So Ike Pearlmother Perlmutter is out, Marvel Entertainment is to be folded into larger Disney business units, and I don't know what it all means!  Is it the real-life Marvel "Endgame"?  Is it just a reorganization? Will worlds live? Will worl

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R.I.P. Joe Giella

Joe Giella died on March 21, 2023, at the age of 94. He received the Inkpot Award in 1996. In 2016, he received the Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award at the Harvey Awards. In 2017, Giella was the Guest of Honor at the 2017 Inkwell Awards cer

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New Podcast by former Batman Comics editors

The Batguys Return,  a couple of 90's DC Comics Batman editors made this podcast sample. I'm sharing it because if they get enough positive responses they'll launch it as a regular show. 

Apple link to the pod

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The Ages of Superman

It has been six months since I last rocked the boat of "Common Knowledge" so I figure I'm about due. I was raised to "question authority" so, whenever I encounter a "fact" that "everybody knows" I keep it in the back of my mind until such a time I ca

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James Gunn's DCU

James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker) and Peter Safran, who are the co-bosses of the not-yet-existent DCU movie/TV/games universe, released earlier this week the first 10 projects of that DCU. None of it will start until

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Sandman - (comics)

When Neil Gaiman's Sandman began in 1989, I made a conscious decision not to buy it. I wasn't looking to add any new titles to my pull & hold at the time; if anything, I was looking to cut back on a few. When I learned that the new Sandman would have

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Is Alfred back from the dead in 'Batman vs. Robin'?

IN THIS POST:

• Batman vs. Robin #1
• Sweetie Candy Vigilante #1
• Origin of Garbage Pail Kids #1
• Star Trek: Resurgence #1
• Bloodshot Unleashed #1
• Frank Miller's Fantastic Four #1 cover
• Marvel's X-Treme variants
• My Aunt Is a Monster GN
• Plush #1

 

'Batman

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Comics for Fun

Do you ever read comic books just for fun? (Not have you... do you?) There was a time, I think, I only used to read them for fun. There was a guy, used to be a regular on this board, who frequently said he read them for "Escape." (Escape from what, I

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