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Someone Asked Me For a Short Explanation of the Crisis on Infinite Earths...

This is what I gave:

"By the early 1980's, DC Comics continuity was somewhat tangled, with their characters existing on several different "Earths" (Earth-One for the Silver Age versions, Earth-Two for the Golden Age versions, Earth-Three as a sort "

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" Grease " is the word! Yo. Word to your mutha.

I am preparing to watch the Travolta%Newton-John movie of " Grease " full 

-through for the first time ever. I just never got around to watching it all before. I saw the original Broadway production as a teenager in the 70s, finally enough, but I don

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Book Nook

I'm going to start a thread here where we can find out about the availability of book editions and what's in them. Quite frankly, this would help me find out about the book availability of various stories, but I'm sure we can talk to each other. (We

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Mexico's 1970's Alternate History of Spider-Man

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'Avengers' #700 variant cover revealed

AVENGERS #700: Celebrate the Landmark Anniversary Issue with a Cover from David Finch!

New York, NY—October 2, 2018—There’s no rest for the heroes who protect Earth…not even when it comes to the Avengers! Earth’s Mightiest Heroes will find themselve

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Amalgam Comics Reading Project

So earlier this afternoon, I did finally come across my collection of Amalgam Comics, the Marvel/DC crossover where they literally combined the universes and characters into one world. It was from the late 90's, and it was a really awesome experience

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Avengers IV thread (No spoilers)

It's a couplish days till AVENGERS: ENDGAME fully opens in North America. To-day, there will be a stunt of a number of theaters running all 22 MCU movies in order in mega-MEGA-mega marathon...and, after it being announced as bring in only 3 theaters/

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Comics historian, restorer Greg Theakston dies

From Bleeding Cool: "Comics Archivist and Publisher Greg Theakston Has Died, Aged 65"

Before digital image manipulation (i.e., Photoshop), the prevailing method of creating images of old comics was "Theakstonization" -- soaking an old comic in a chem

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NYCC 2018: IDW leads with Star Trek crossover

Captain Kirk Crosses Paths With Fellow Captains Picard, Janeway, and Sisko in Star Trek: The Q Conflict

The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, and Voyager Collide for the First Time in Six-Issue Comic Book Crossover

SAN DIEGO, CA

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RIP Kazuo Koike

I've just read that Kazuo Koike passed away on Wednesday at the age of 82. He was best known for writing Lone Wolf and Cub and Crying Freeman, but he did write a couple of stories for Marvel, too.

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IDW for sale?

Here's a story from ICv2.com about IDW taking some steps to deal with their downward-spiraling situation.  (They lost $36 MILLION last year.)

It's likely it's for sale, although it's possible they're looking for a deep-pocket partner.

I haven't been

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The Wrong Earth

AHOY Comics's first publication is coming out today: The Wrong Earth #1, by Tom Peyer and Jamal Igle. It looks like an absolute blast: The Silver Age version of a character (Dragonflyman) is transported to the dark, grim-and-gritty world of a later i

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RIP Monkey Punch

Story Kazuhiko Katō, better known by his pseudonym "Monkey Punch", has passed away.  He was most famous for creating the manga Lupin III. I've never seen any of it, but I have seen references to it in many manga and anime that I have seen. One of the

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Marvel teases 'X-Men: The Exterminated'

A Death In The Family! X-MEN: THE EXTERMINATED #1

Featuring a special back-up story from Chris Claremont!

New York, NY—September 11, 2018—Cable has fallen, and the events of Extermination have left a hole in the X-Men family. What comes next??

In the

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Valiant's 'Faith: Dreamside' #1 preview

FAITH: DREAMSIDE #1 (of 4)

Written by JODY HOUSER

Art by MJ KIM

Colors by JORDIE BELLAIRE

Letters by DAVE SHARPE

Cover A by MARGUERITE SAUVAGE

Cover B by SIBYLLINE MEYNET

Variant Cover by ADAM POLLINA

Blank Cover Also Available

ALL-NEW SERIES! Faith

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Walmart 'Swamp Thing' one-shot preview

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BEN AND ALICA GRIMM MARRIAGE POST

Let's discuss the recent wedding of Been " The Thing " Grimm and Alicia Masters in the recent FANTASTIC FOUR #650 (old school numbering) and all that follows from and fliws to it! It was dedi ated to " Stan ''' Joan " and " Jack ''' Roz"! Awww.

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Hey, DC! What about...?

I'm wondering why we haven't heard more from these characters since either the New 52, or shortly after. I think there has to be more content out there for these characters...

Blue Beetle (come on, quit teasing...Ted Kord can be Blue Beetle too...)

E

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WHO SAID WHAT?

For years I've been working on a Wiki-project involving superheroes and superhero-like characters, and one of the things I've been doing is collecting "cogent quotes" of particular characters. So I thought I'd toss out a few quotes and see if you can

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Comic Book Controversy!

I alluded to this recently here and either nobody saw it or they didn't care to comment, but...

  The current ACTION CO.ICS #1002 picked up a little " off the comic page " ink when a mild controversy happened over one word of dialogue...A crime boss

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