“Hey, True Believer! Remember how great the Captain America comic-strip was that ran nationally back in the 1940s that — what’s that? You never heard of it? Well, allow us to take you back through the mists of time when the USA was on the verge of wa
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In this first article, he discusses the Golden Age through Claremont's Uncanny X-Men...the second part will begin with Alan Moore's Swamp Thing.
Read more…Hey, kids, welcome to Brightest Day! Can't wait for that parent to come into the shop with a seven year old looking for comics starring that cool Green Arrow from the Brave and the Bold cartoon!
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Major, major flashbacks...
Read more…I took yesterday off to give myself and extended Memorial Day weekend, in addition to going to see Iron Man 2 I made it to Lone Star Comics for the first time in years (really to buy some dice). I did find a couple of deals there that I just couldn't
Read more…What the heck, I'm on a roll:
On Monday (4/19) I'm interviewing Andy Diggle, co-creator and writer of Vertigo's The Losers, which will premier as a major motion picture on Friday (4/23). This is for the newspaper column. Anything you folks would like
Archie #609 - Wow, the for-now ending to Archie and Val's romance was very well done and implies that she, not Betty or Veronica, could be Archie's true love. Nice.
Secret Avengers - Gave it chance because of Brubaker and Hank McCoy and really, re
Read more…Kevin will be a new student introduced in the Veronica title according to artist Dan Parent. Veronica really likes him, but can't understand why he isn't gaga over her. Jughead knows, but he cautions Kevin not to tell Veronica...primarily because h
Read more…I think that pretty much says what this thread is about.
Hey, gang!
I'm supposed to interview Paul Levitz about his upcoming Legion of Super-Heroes run (his third -- and the second time he's followed Jim Shooter!) for Comics Buyer's Guide. So what should I ask him?
In other interviews he's stated that he's p
Here's the fun article of the day. Newsarama asks the questions, which fictional pilots would have the best shot at flying through the volcanic ash currently obscuring air traffic over the North Atlantic? Their answers (and their reasons) can be foun
Read more…For the past few years I have been one of the more vocal supporters of Avengers the Initiative. A series that came out of the Marvel Civil War. A few weeks ago the series that I love ended. I've decided to go back and read the series from the beginni
Read more…Despite changing the last "Iron Man" title to "War Machine" which led to its cancellation, it seemed that "Invincilbe Iron Man" would be the main Iron-title. But now there's "Iron Man:Legacy" (IM:L) which appears to portray Tony Stark as he is in the
Read more…It seems that with every new writer, heroes get a new supporting cast. (If they get one at all, that is; too many heroes only know other heroes these days.)
Who are some of your favorites who haven't been seen in a while?
Name Five Past Or Present Comics Titles You Think Should Always Be Published, Just Because It Would Please You To See Them On The Stands:
Read more…Bill DuBay died recently. An article here has an account of his career. Rest in peace.
Read more…[Note: I accidentally posted this under the "Newsboy" login I use for PR, so I'm re-posting under my correct name. I've also added the one response before I caught the error, from Luke Blanchard. Mea culpa!]
Hail, Legionnaires! The Emergency Signal sh
It had to happen.
Anita is big enough that it's time for her to have her own room. Her room, though, was the comicbook room. Oh, what to do? What to DO?
An insulated shed would be nice but I don't have the thousands of dollars for that. I thought of r
