45 years ago someone gave me a copy of Cheyenne Kid #72. I discovered comics and amassed a collection that was at one point nearly 3000 books. I still have the Cheyenne Kid other comics I have kept. I sold others to get me more, or lost some in movi
Read more…I just saw this on Facebook:
I’m posting today with a heavy heart. The extraordinary Ernie Colón passed away yesterday afternoon in his home at the age of 88, surrounded by family, after over a year battling — and I mean
I just learned that Titan Comics is putting out new collections of Max Allen Collins & Terry Beatty's Ms. Tree comics, with the first volume, One Mean Mother, coming out later this month. It'll be part of their Hard Case Crime line, which makes sense
Read more…NAMOR (2003):
By "recent" I mean "2003." I've led a discussion of this series once before, when it was new. I hate to repeat myself, but those posts are no longer accessible. Also, with the upcoming release of Bill Evertt's Sub-Mariner (not to mentio
Read more…Finally got around to seeing AVENGERS: ENDGAME last night, and mostly enjoyed it (like almost all the Marvel movies, I loved the early scenes and the character bits, was bored to tears by the big, endless fight at the end). It got me to thinking thou
Read more…I'm volunteering again at this year's Heroes Convention in lovely Charlotte, NC. They are calling us Sidekicks this year, complete with badges and yellow t-shirts. It's a good idea: makes the volunteers easy to spot on the floor, and helps when you'r
Read more…What about the often-told ~ favle?? ~ of comics shops that deal with not wanting to order something little-known by simply teeling you that something that is published and available is not available, does not exist? Has anyone here ever run into thii
Read more…Has anybody read any of the "American Comic Book Chronicles" by TwoMorrows?
If you're unfamiliar, it's billed as a historical look at the history of American comic books by decade -- although some decades are split in two. So far they've published 19
Read more…Starting with a 2-issue miniseries, DC Millennium, which walks the reader through 1,000 years, ending at the Legion's doorstep. Millennium is by Brian Bendis and a variety of artists (one for each time period), and the Legion proper will by by Bendis
I’ve probably mentioned on more than one occasion that Jonathan Hickman is one of my favorite writers. I consider his runs on Avengers and Fantastic Four to be among the best ever for those titles. So I was happy to hear about his new X-Men project.
Read more…I usually only post in the Mr. Silver Age Forum, so a lot of you fine folks probably don't even recognize my name, but I was in the CBGxtra forum for years and years, and have hovered over the Mr. Age section since it was launched. Anyways, I wanted
Read more…I begin with my traditional spoiler space picture of someone who has nothing to do with the topic at hand:
Alan Hale Sr. & Jr. (To quote Russell Johnson: "At one point, the two men looked almost exactly alike."
Issue #1 covers from the beginning o
Read more…Justice League of America Annual #2 (12/84)
Writer - Gerry Conway Editor - Alan Gold
Penciller - Chuck Patton Inker - Dave Hunt
Cover Art – Chuck Patton & Dick Giordano
“... The END of the Justice League!"
Lets deal with that cover first.
I love it!
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I have wanted to start a thread like this for a long time, but I am now getting around to it. This thread is not only for the official Elseworlds books, but also for books not in continuity, like unofficial entries into the Imaginary Stories category
Read more…Did you just pick up a new title at the comic shop and want to let people know about it? Here's a thread to tout your new faves.
I picked up two new #1s this week.
The first, Fairlady, was a book I'd been looking forward to for a while. Written b
Read more…Surprisingly, I search on this website reveals no talk of Robert Loren Fleming and Trevor Von Eeden's Thriller. I discovered these in a box of mine last weekend, still in their individual bags and still marked .50 each! I noticed Trevor Von Eeden's n
Read more…From CBR: "Harsh Realm and Espers Creator, James Hudnall, Passes Away"
The news was announced on Facebook by his friend Matt Cossin.
He started out at Eclipse after time in the Air Force, and also worked for Marvel and DC. I best remember his graphic
Read more…Can someone tell me if an Aquaman Archives Volume 2 exists? A national book chain has such a book listed on it's website, complete with ISBN number. Everytime I look it up it is listed as "out of stock, unavailable". I find no trace of it anywhere e
Read more…I don't know anything about Vault's Heathen, but apparently it's going to become a movie. I've seen stories about that movie finding a director at Variety, Hollywood Reporter and this press release:
Twilight Director Catherine Hardwicke Signs on to
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