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Marshall Rogers Detective Comics issues with original logo
This is cool: A graphic designer reworked the Marshall Rogers issues of Detective Comics, putting in the classic Golden Age logo.
From the 13th Dimension blog: "More Classic MARSHALL ROGERS Covers Get Glorious Golden Age Revamp"
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This Week in Comics: Jan. 18-24, 2021
GENRE TV
Justice League (movie, Cartoon Network, 6 p.m. ET/PT, Jan. 18)
The Expanse, "Hard Vacuum" (Amazon Prime, Jan. 20)
Riverdale, season 5 premiere, "Chapter Seventy-Seven: Climax" (CW, Jan. 20)
The Stand, "The Vigil" (CBS All Access, Jan. 21)
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Walt Simonson's Thor
This will be a discussion of Walt Simonson’s run on Thor. I’ll be covering issues of Thor from 337-382, as well as the Balder the Brave mini-series.
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This Week in Comics: Feb. 8-14, 2021
GENRE TV
Snowpiercer, "A Great Odyssey" (TNT, Feb. 8)
Black Lightning, season 4 premiere, "The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter One" (CW, Feb. 8)
As CK says, watching this show feels like homework. The lives and experiences of Black people need more e
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Johnny Thunder
(A while back, Jeff Of EarthJ started doing retrospectives of various JSA members., and I wanted to continue this with my own musings on a couple of my favorite characters).
Johnny Thunder was born the 7th son of a seventh son at 7am on A Saturday,
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Black Lightning
Inspired by the excellent The OTHER HISTORY of the DC Universe, I decided to re-read some of my Black Lightning comics. (I don't have that many so this won't take long.) I haven't read any of his original series, and passed on the tpb which reprinted
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The Wrath of the Spectre "Omni-Plus"
This hefty tome can be broken into three sections (the 1960s, the 1970s and the 1980s), and that's how I'm going to handle it. the introduction by Peter J. Sanderson is dated 2005 and was obviously originally written for an earlier collection of the
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1001 Uses for a Power Ring
Back when Kyle Rayner was Green Lantern, editorial edict had it that he never use his ring the same way twice. Because he was an artist, it was decided that his imagination be used to create all manner of light constructs. Ironically, Kyle Rayner bec
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This Week in Comics: Oct 12-18, 2020
OCT 12-18
Genre TV
Next, "File #2" (Fox, Oct. 13)
Archer, "The Double Date" (FX, Oct. 14)
Star Trek: Discovery, season 3 premiere (CBS All Access, Oct. 15)
Helstrom, season 1 (Hulu, Oct. 16)
Lovecraft Country, season 1 finale, "Full Circle" (HBO, Oct
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This Week in Comics: March 8-14, 2021
Welcome, everyone, to This Week in Comics, or as I call it, Captain Comics' Random Thoughts About Comics and Stuff. I hope someone brought snacks.
GENRE MOVIES & TV
It's a quiet week on screens. There are no new fantasy/sci-fi movies and no genre TV
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This Week in Comics: Nov. 23-29, 2020
GENRE TV
His Dark Materials, "The Cave" (HBO, Nov. 23)
Next, "File #8" (Fox, Nov. 24)
Star Trek: Discovery, "Unification III" (CBS All Access, Nov. 26)
The Mandalorian, "Chapter 13" (Disney+, Nov. 27)
Pandora, "Tell Me That It Isn't True" (Fox, Nov.
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This Week in Comics: Aug. 24-30, 2020
GENRE TV
Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Moist Vessel" (CBS All Access, Aug. 27)
Wynonna Earp, "Holy War Part Two" (Syfy, Aug. 30)
Lovecraft Country, "Holy Ghost" (HBO, Aug. 30)
MOVIES
The New Mutants (Aug. 28)
ONLINE
Marvel Storyboards, Episode 6 featuri
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This Week in Comics: Sept. 14-20, 2020
Genre TV
Archer, season 11 premiere, "The Orpheus Gambit" (FX, Sept. 16)
Archer, "Bloodsmoosh" (FX, Sept. 16)
Star Trek: Lower Decks, "Much Ado About Boimer" (CBS All Access, Sept. 17)
Raised by Wolves, "Lost Paradise" (HBO Max, Sept. 17)
Raised by W
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This Week in Comics: March 29-April 4, 2021
GENRE TV
Snowpiercer runs two episodes this week back to back as the season 2 finale. "The Show Must Go On" and "Into the White" run on TNT on March 29. The show skipped last week, which is how we get two episodes this week, but it's been tough on v
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This Week in Comics: July 6-12, full list
THE FULL LIST
BOOM! STUDIOS
BASILISK #2
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #27
FIREFLY: BLUE SUN RISING LIMIMTED EDITION HC
MAGIC THE GATHERING #4
MAMO #1 (of 5)
WWE NEW DAY POWER OF POSITIVITY #1 (of 2)
WYND #8
DARK HORSE COMICS
BANDETTE VOL 4: SIX-FINGER S
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Richard Donner, R.I.P.
Director Richard Donner has died. He was 91 years old.
Most people here will know Donner for directing Superman (1978), the film that proved a big-budget superhero movie could reach the adults as well as the kids, and for his involvement with t
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This Week in Comics: Dec. 21-27, 2020, Part II
See Part I for Genre TV, Digital Comics and Major Publishers
DEC. 21-27, 2020
Other Publishers
2000 Ad July 2020 Prog Pack
A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night #2
Alone GN Vol 11 Nailers In Night
Animosity TPB Vol 06
Apocalypse Girl TPB
Archie Milestone
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Wendy's Makes Bizarre "Watchmen" Tweet
Looks like the comics world is getting drawn into the Burger Wars. I'm guessing that Alan Moore would not be amused.
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