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
Read more…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
Read more…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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'Batman
Read more…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
Read more…Hypothetically, you're approached by someone who's never read a comic book before. They're interested in the Teen Titans. What single issue or story would you recommend to them?
The Titans are difficult because the team and tone of the book has chan
Read more…BOOM! STUDIOS
Basilisk #3
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #28
Expanse TPB
Magic the Gathering #5
Seven Secrets #11
Wynd #9
DARK HORSE COMICS
BPRD Hell on Earth Vol 2 TPB
Cyberpunk 2077: You Have My Word #2 (of 4)
Golem Walks Among Us #1 (of 2)
Jenny Zero
Read more…MEET THE G.O.D.S.
Ahead of the series’ launch, fans can get their first glimpse at the characte
Read more…THE TOP FIVE
Amazing Fantasy #1 (of 5)
Marvel | $4.99
Writer/Art/Cover A-B: Kaare Andrews | Cover C Handbook variant: David Baldeon
Red Room Black Widow, teenage Spider-Man, World War II Captain America — the most iconic versions of your favorite Mar
Read more…BATMAN #126
Written by CHIP ZDARSKY
Art and cover by JORGE JIMENEZ
Backup art by BELÉN ORTEGA
Variant covers by ALEX GARNER and GUILLEM MARCH
Swimsuit variant cover by MIKEL JANÍN
1:25 variant cover by INHYUK LEE
1:50 variant cover by JOCK
1:100 vari
Read more…This week in Distribution Survivor, it looks like Diamond has been thrown off the island -- again. This week it's Image doing the honors, according to ICv2.com:
Image goes exclusive with Lunar for direct market distribution
The tl;dr is that Image
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DC's "mistake" (I have oft heard opined) is that they rebooted some series post-Crisis but not all. I disagree with that assertion (for a couple of reasons), not the least of which is I don't believe the way they handled it was a mistake. Before I s
Read more…Here's the press information I've received. For a comprehensive list, go to the FCBD 2023 website.
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2023: AVENGERS/X-MEN #1 [GOLD TITLE]
Written By Gerry Duggan & Jonathan Hickman | Art By Joshua Cassara, Javier Garrón & Valerio
*** THEY'RE ALL TERRIBLE #1 ***
Written by MATT KINDT
Art & Covers by RAMON VILLALOBOS
Color Art by TAMRA BONVILLAIN
PLUS: An All-New BAD IDEA B-SIDE
FOUR ISSUES IN TWO PARTS | BI-MONTHLY
$7.99 EACH | 32 PGS. | NO ADS | BEGINNING December 14, 2
Read more…I just learned that comic book artist Jason Pearson has passed away at the age of 52. I was always a huge fan of his work. Whether it was from his work from the Legion on Super-heroes to his creator owned stuff like Body Bags. I actually had the plea
Read more…Did you ever think about what life must be like for Bruce Banner? Imagine and endless stream of "rude awakenings"... on a missile headed toward Manhattan... in the hold of a sinking ship filling with water... on a sacrificial alter with a knife raise
Read more…TALES TO ASTONISH #90-91:
Emil Blonsky has led a tragic and convoluted live every since the spy mission he undertook in the Spring of 1967 to steal secrets from General Ross's missile base to sell behind the "Bamboo Curtain." First he tried three se
Read more…Elsewhere, some of us were talking about the Silver Samurai, which led me to think of the time he fought John Belushi, which led me to think that the Peter Parker of 2023 cannot be the same Peter Parker that met the Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time Players
Read more…Our recent discussions of Supergirl have made me want to re-read these. i'm not as good at this sort of thing as Jeff is, but I'll try my best.
We start with Volume One:
The cover art isn't bad, but I have to say that Miller isn't who i would pick t
Read more…When I was heavily ordering books going through the monthly Previews, my brother admonished me one day and said that I can't buy EVERYTHING!
I retorted that he had no idea what EVERYTHING meant!
I started reading comics in the winter of 1972/73 and
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