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Master of Kung Fu

This is my second (or third depending on how you count) attempt to make my way through all of Master of Kung Fu. MoKF is one of several Marvel series I did not read in the seventies, but has attained nigh-legendary status among its fans, two of the o

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Comics list for week of June 2, 2025

TOP 10 PUBLISHERS

NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
ALIEN: GALAXY OF NIGHTMARES TP ($44.99)
ALL- NEW VENOM #7 ($4.99)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #5 ($4.99)
DAREDEVIL #22 ($4.99)
DOCTOR STRANGE OF ASGARD #4 (OF 5, $3.99)
FANTASTIC FOUR BY MORRISON & LEE 1234 TP ($17.99)
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MMW Vol. 379 (Avengers Vol. 25)

The Stern/Buscema Avengers stands among John Byrne's Fantastic Four, Walt Simonson's Thor and Frank Miller's Daredevil as the best Marvel comics of the '80s. Roger Stern had been writing The Avengers since #227, but I had no advance notice that John

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Superman vs. Shazam

This is the one I was indifferent about pre-ordering when it was first solicited, but Rob's enthusiasm convinced me to buy it. I remember when the Superman vs. Spider-Man treasury edition first came out in 1976. I was intrigued, but not particularly

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PAD Supergirl

I found out just yesterday (along with the rest of you) that Peter David died. When prominent comic book creators pass away, I like to pay tribute to them by reading their works. Not that I'm looking to make a "discusussion" of this, but "Supergirl"

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Comics List for week of May 26, 2025

TOP 10 PUBLISHERS

NO. 1 MARVEL COMICS
CABLE: LOVE AND CHROME #5 (OF 5, $3.99)
DAREDEVIL: COLD DAY IN HELL #2 (OF 3, $6.99
DEADPOOL / WOLVERINE #5 ($3.99)
DOOM’S DIVISION #3 (OF 5, $3.99)
EDDIE BROCK: CARNAGE #4 ($3.99)
GIANT-SIZE MARVEL OMNIBUS ($15

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Silver Surfer: Return to the Spaceways (Plus)

This shipped today...

But how does it compare to the Epic Collection "Freedom"?

The Epic Collection contains...

• "The Answer" from Epic Illustrated #1
• Silver Surfer (one-shot, 1982)
• Silver Surfer (1987) #1-14
• Super-Villain Classics (Galactus) #1 
• Marvel Fanf

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Superman: Up in the Sky

Unconventional storytelling. Not for everyone. Recommended.

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Comics list for week of May 19, 2025

TOP 10 PUBLISHERS

NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #4 ($4.99)
CAPTAIN AMERICA BY STRACZYNSKI VOL 3: BROXTON RISING TP ($15.99)
DAREDEVIL: UNLEASH HELL RED BAND #5 (OF 5, POLYBAG, $4.99)
DEADPOOL BY CODY ZIGLAR VOL 2: THE DEATH OF WADE WILSON T

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Comics list for week of May 12, 2025

TOP 10 PUBLISHERS

I've incorporated the information from Q1 2025. Titan has fallen out of the Top 10, and been replaced by Kodansha.

NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE: THE SERPENT SCENARIO TP ($17.99)
DAREDEVIL #21 ($4.99)
DOCTOR STRANGE OF ASGA

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Legion of Three Worlds (or "Which Universe Are We in Now?")

Let's get right into it. To begin, these are the "three worlds" in question...

EARTH-1:

 

EARTH-247:

 

EARTH-PRIME:

To further set them apart, each of these Legions is closely associated with a different inspiration...

EARTH-1 - (Clark Kent):

EARTH-247 (Conn

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Comics shipping week of May 7, 2025

TOP 10 PUBLISHERS

NO. 1: MARVEL
ALL NEW VENOM #6 ($4.99)
AMADEUS CHO: 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL #1 ($5.99)
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #3 ($4.99)
ANNIHILATION OMNIBUS HC ($125.00)
AVENGERS BY JED MACKAY VOL 4: STORM TP ($24.99)
AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION VOL 12:

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RIP Jackson "Butch" Guice

Story  Another guy that while I knew that he'd done a lot, I was still astonished at the wide range of things that he'd done.

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Jay Disbrow - "Aroc of Zenith"

I am currently reading Jay Disbrow's Monster Invasion.

Last night I was reading Tom Peyer's editorial in Howl #4, in which he had this to say about Disbrow:

Lately I've been learning about one I'd been only dimly aware of: Jay Disbrow. During the time

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What should be collected next?

I'll start.

1. The Complete Steve Ditko's Mr. A - I have some of this stuff but not all, and not in a consistent format on high-quality paper. (I wouldn't mind seeing a nice collection of Static, either.)
2. Jack Kirby's 2001: A Space Odyssey - Start with th

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List of comics shipping week of April 28, 2025

TOP 10 PUBLISHERS

NO. 1: MARVEL
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECTION: COMING HOME TP ($44.99)
DOOM ACADEMY #3 (OF 5, $3.99)
DOOM’S DIVISION #2 (OF 5, $3.99
EARTH X TP ($44.99)
FANTASTIC FOUR #31 ($3.99)
FANTASTIC FOUR VS. GALACTUS TP ($17.99

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DC Finest - Superman Family

I haven't been looking forward to this collection quite as much as the upcoming Superboy one, but still I'll likely get around to reading it sooner rather than later, hence the stub. (If anyone else wants to delve into it ahead of me, please feel fre

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Comics shipping week of April 21, 2025

TOP 10 PUBLISHERS

NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #2 ($4.99)
AVENGERS #25 ($4.99)
COSMIC X-MEN OMNIBUS HC ($125.00)
DEADPOOL TEAM-UP TP BY ROB LIEFELD: BLOOD OF THE DRAGON ($17.99)
DEADPOOL / WOLVERINE #4 ($3.99)
EDDIE BROCK: CARNAGE #3 ($3.9

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Summer of Superman

At some unspecified point in the future, Booster Gold is captured by the evil version of the LSH, minions of Darkseid, and sends Validus backward through time in hope of somehow alerting Superman that the future "is already lost." It not a very well-

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Comics shipping week of April 14, 2025

TOP 10 PUBLISHERS

NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
BLACK WIDOW MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECTION VOL 1: ITSY-BITSY SPIDER TP ($49.99)
CABLE: LOVE AND CHROME #4 (OF 5, $3.99)
DAREDEVIL: UNLEASH HELL RED BAND #4 (OF 5, POLYBAG, $4.99)
EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN #8 ($3.99)
FANTAST

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