Bill Adler's Funniest Fan Letters to Batman
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A five-volume series reprinting The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire, a landmark 1960s science fiction series which rivalled Game of Thrones in popularity and was the precursor to every mythic sci-fi adventure to come! Under the leadership of Trigo
Read more…Jeff of Earth-J has a lively discussion going on in "The Silver Age Superman", regarding Supergirl and how Superman did and perhaps alternatively should have handled the Girl of Steel when the 15 year old arrived on Earth. Obviously, Superman created
Read more…Once upon a time, I used the Diamond website (previewsworld.com) as the spine for my Comics Guide. Diamond listed seven publishers separately (BOOM, DC, Dark Horse, Dynamite, IDW, Image, Marvel) and all the other publishers under a lump heading ("Com
Read more…When I was young, I had always heard that the prerequisite for comic book fandom was owning a complete set of All Star Comics featuring the JSA, and that for second generation fandom it was Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents. Because we now live in t
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I posted this back on July 2 of this year.
Jeff of Earth-J said:
Read more…THE BATMAN FAMILY: In anticipation of the upcoming release of the Silver Age Batman Omnibus, I gathered together from various sources (Batman in the Fifties, Batman: the Annuals v2, Ba
Match the city with the character.
CITIES:
1. Blue Valley
2. Calvin City
3. Central City
4. Civic City
5. Cloister
6. Coast City
7. Dos Rios
8. Elmond
9. Evergreen City
10 .Fairfax
11. Farmville
12. Happy Harbor
13. Houma
14. Hub City
15. Ivy Town
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Read more…The Seven Soldiers of Victory were re-formed "to come together when needed", whatever that means. The line-up will be::
Steve Skeates, Longtime Comic Writer and Hawk & Dove Co-Creator, Dies at 80
Steve Skeates, one of the first members of the so-called "second generation" of comic book writers, who had a long and distinguished comic book writing career at DC, Marvel,
Read more…Story I'm not a business expert, but this doesn't sound good.
Read more…I haven't seen this reported anywhere else, but CBR.com has laid off its editor-in-chief, senior news editor and feature editor because of "culture and performance" issues.
From Popverse: "CBR Is Going Through a Major Overhaul Due to 'Culture and Per
Read more…Lately, whenever I visit Comic Book Resources, one of three things happens.
I can either access the site with no problem. A banner blocks the screen requesting that I disable my Ad Blocker, although I can click the "Continue without disabling" option
Read more…ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN: JON KENT #1
Written by TOM TAYLOR
Art and cover by CLAYTON HENRY
Variant covers by ZU ORZU, RAFAEL SARMENTO, YASMIN FLORES MONTANEZ, A.L. KAPLAN, CLAYTON HENRY, and MEGAN HUANG
1:25 variant cover by JORDI TARRAGONA
1:50 foil
Read more…As always, here's a picture for SPOILER SPACE
Here are the current alternate universes as presented in today's Dark Crisis: Big Bang
(KEY: "SAM" will stand for "Same As in Morrison's The Multiversity Guidebook")
The July solicitations for Archie Comics are out, with only five titles -- four digests and one $3.99 book. That makes me sad.
Lots of superheroes, both "real" (Mr. Justice, Darkling) and parody (Superteen). That's interesting.
On Sale Date: 7/5
BET
Read more…I've heard all my life that Superman has two weaknesses: kryptonite and magic.
As a radioactive piece of rock from Superman's home planet, kryptonite having an effect makes a reasonable amount of sense, at least as a basic concept (I won't go in to
Read more…Story So Ike Pearlmother Perlmutter is out, Marvel Entertainment is to be folded into larger Disney business units, and I don't know what it all means! Is it the real-life Marvel "Endgame"? Is it just a reorganization? Will worlds live? Will worl
Read more…Joe Giella died on March 21, 2023, at the age of 94. He received the Inkpot Award in 1996. In 2016, he received the Hero Initiative Lifetime Achievement Award at the Harvey Awards. In 2017, Giella was the Guest of Honor at the 2017 Inkwell Awards cer
Read more…The Batguys Return, a couple of 90's DC Comics Batman editors made this podcast sample. I'm sharing it because if they get enough positive responses they'll launch it as a regular show.
Read more…It has been six months since I last rocked the boat of "Common Knowledge" so I figure I'm about due. I was raised to "question authority" so, whenever I encounter a "fact" that "everybody knows" I keep it in the back of my mind until such a time I ca
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