General Comics Discussions (6913)
We're Baaaaaaaack: Comic Book Issues Rise From The Dead.
It is one thing to bring fictional characters back from the dead. But an entire comic book title?! What are your opinions on DC comics looking to bring one-shots of previously cancelled series? Here is past information on the topic: http://www.comic
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Star Trek: Nero #3
I don't know what I was expecting to happen in this series, but it wasn't for Captain Nero and the crew of the Narada to encounter V'Ger and go through basically the same steps (albiet much more quickly) that Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterpri
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Todd Klein's in-depth study of the Legion logos
http://kleinletters.com/Blog/ Hokey smokes! If you're a Legion fan, take a gander!
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Spider-Man 4 and Bruce Campbell...
I may have missed a discussion on this somewhere, but couldn't find it if I did. Dated info, but interesting. http://www.accesshollywood.com/bruce-campbell-spider-man-4-shooting-in-january-villainous-role-in-the-works_article_22863
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The Official Cappies 2009 Nomination Thread
Yes, we're doing the Cappies again this year. And yes, I said I would post the thread some time next week but I had time this weekend so here it is. Here are the rules: There are 23 categories. Each member may nominate up to two (2) nominees for eac
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Laird talks about Nick buying the Turtles
http://plairdblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/musings-about-sale.html The black-and-white glut of the 80s had two giant success stories...the TMNT and the Tick...am I missing any?
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DC Universe Halloween Special '09
Overall: Meh. The most amusing bit was a Bizarro take on Halloween. I was particularly amused by the Bizarro's notion of a Halloween prank: mowing someone's lawn! Guy Gardner is back with Ice again? Wasn't she dead? Huh? Roy Raymond, Jr., is Owlma
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Underused Batman villains
If the usual suspects are overexposed, who would you like to see used? Just off the top of my head, I'd like to see Hugo Strange, Killer Moth, Cavalier, the female Spellbinder, the new female Crazy Quilt (according to wiki, she only appeared in Infin
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Comic pages that got to you...
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DC Backups: Which will go? Which will Stay?
A couple times now (most recently in today's 10 Answers at Newsarama), Dan Didio has mentioned one of the co-features will be cycling out, making way for a new feature starring a some young magic-oriented characters. My speculation is it's the Ravag
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Who's Going to San Diego 2011?
Plan ahead, cause the 2010 show is already sold out.
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The Book of Genesis, Illustrated by R. Crumb
Jeff P. piqued my interest in this, so I took a look at it. I found it quite interesting. Though not a believer himself, Crumb is quite respectful of and faithful to the original text. There's a certain amount of nudity and sex and violence in it, bu
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Cap attacked by tcj.com writer
Go here: http://www.tcj.com/?p=1069 Really nice. I daresay our Captain has done more for sharing a love of comics with the masses than this pretentious, elitist, pompous windbag, Heidi MacDonald at The Beat linked to it by saying "Now that's more l
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N.Y. Times Article on Auction of 50 Years of Joe Kubert's Artwork
Excerpt: Joe Kubert, a comic book artist since 1938, has little interest in the accumulated work of his last seven decades; his focus is on new projects, he said recently. But comic book fans who feel differently about this celebrated illustrator wi
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Top 100 Comic Book Storylines
In the top ten, I think Born Again is my favorite. http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/12/17/top-100-comic-book-storylines-3/ Here's the whole list save for #1-2 http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2009/11/27/top-100-comic-book-stor
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Asgardians and Inhumans
Two collections I’ve always wanted to own are the complete “Tales of Asgard” series by Lee and Kirby and the “Inhumans” backup that replaced it. Today, the sixth and final issue reprinting the complete “Tales of Asgard” feature (soon to be released i
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Ben Grimm receives a very special holiday gift
http://marvel.com/digitalcomics/titles/marvel_digital_holiday_special.2008.2 Check out the preview for Stan Lee's first digital FF story.
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Infinity War, Infinity Gauntlet, ad infinitum
These are the type of epic, multi-crossover events that drove me from comics in the mid-1980s, but when I stumbled upon the complete six issue run of "Infinity War" for 25 cents each I couldn't resist. And while I probably wouldn't read it again, I r
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