This is the third mini-series co-produced by Marvel Comics and Dynamite Entertainment (following Avengers/Invaders and The Torch) to feature Marvel’s retroactive WWII fighting team of the ‘70s, and if the fist issue is any indication, Invaders Now! w
Read more…I'm fortunate to be in an area where the libraries are good about building their graphic novel collections. However, after a few over-zealous library visits the past couple of weeks, I find myself with an embarrassment of riches — 36 graphic novels!
Read more…Saw this in my local grocery store. Obviously someone is a Dr. Who fan:
the ears are wrong, but still.....
I bought this one on a whim, but probably would have given it a pass if it had been the first issue of a new ongoing series. A quick flip-through told me two things: that Bryan Glass’s story was respectful of continuity and that the art and coloring
Read more…http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100802/ap_en_ot/us_spawn_lawsuit
In a nutshell, McFarlane didn't want to pay Gaiman any more for the characters of Medieval Spawn and Angela so he "created" near duplicates called "Dark Ages Spawn," "Domina," and "Tiffany"
Page 3, panel 1: That's Supergirl again. As I feared, they did not explain her prescence, now they do not explain her absence. Her sacrifice is not mentioned, the most public of Crisis' heroic deaths. Was she drawn in as a homage to her original sign
Read more…Braggadoom? Yes, Braggadoom.
He first (and last?) appeared in Marvel Two-In-One #13 (Ja'76) which featured The Thing teaming up with Luke Cage, Power Man. Luke debuted in 1972 in Hero For Hire #1 and in his first years integrated himself into the M
Read more…I've got a couple of new stories up on the BCP blog-- featuring the secret origin of the Black Centipede and a new Vionna Valis mystery! http://theblackcentipede.blogspot.com/2010/10/vionna-and-vampires-chapters-1-3_10.html http://theblackcentipede
Read more…This four-issue mini-series is about Jeff Mace, the third Captain America in revised Marvel continuity, one of my favorite subjects. In the original Golden Age stories, the Patriot didn’t have much of an origin. The character debuted as a text featur
Read more…Here is the report of a crime from the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
Thoughts?
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/425695_murder25.html
Read more…This is my first Legion "Fan of Bronze" piece so I'm a little nervous! And yes, I did read Marvel as a kid and am planning to cover some of those soon!
The Legion back-up in Superboy #195 (Ju'73) featured the first appearance of the first Bronze Ag
Read more…*I think that Michael Cera is this generation's John Cusack.
*Sex Bob-Omb is now my favorite fictional band.
*I still think they did a perfect job with casting.
I have a very understanding wife. I buy quite a few archival reprint collections, yet very seldom (if ever) am I called upon to justify my purchases, yet to my surprise, that very thing happened when I came home with the first volume of Archie: The C
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Take a look at the above promotion my comic shop sent me this week. I think the increase in single issue prices (even with the reductions from DC and Marvel last week)
Read more…Clark and I have started...anyone else pick it up?
Read more…Marvel Masterworks: Thor Vol. 9 presents a picture of a title in transition. It features (in order) five issues by Jack Kirby, one by John Buscema, another by Kirby, two by Neal Adams and two more by Buscema (issues #173-183). Inkers include Bill Eve
Read more…In honor of Mr.Silver Age entering this forum, I offer this topic.
As I was flipping through some "Showcase Presents" volumes, I got to "SP: Batman, Volume 2". With its artwork alternating from Carmine Infantino to *ahem* Bob Kane, it presented suc
Read more…Thinking about the comics that I read in the 70s (my Golden Age), certain characters stand out more that others. Surprisingly one is the Golem from "Strange Tales" #174 (Ju'75). I don't remember how I got that issue but it left an impact on me. He ha
Read more…DC ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES BI-COASTAL REALIGNMENT STRATEGY
MULTI-MEDIA AND DIGITAL BUSINESSES RELOCATE TO LOS ANGELES WHILE DC COMICS PUBLISHING TO REMAIN IN NEW YORK CITY
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