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First four issues of 'Paradiso' collected in May

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Roaring Jungle Tales: THUN'DA, KING OF THE CONGO

Thun’da was a Magazine Enterprises hero. He starred in Thun’da, King of the Congo #1-#6 (1952-53) and subsequently in supporting slots in Cave Girl #12-#14 (1953-54) and the one-shot Africa #1 (1955), which mainly featured Cave Girl.

Thun’da #1 was

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Go behind the scenes of 'Doctor Strange: Damnation'

Go Behind The Scenes of DOCTOR STRANGE: DAMNATION!

Writer Donny Cates teases the exciting, four-issue epic!

New York, NY—January 24, 2018— Magic has come to Las Vegas…or at least, what’s left of it. And it all comes to a head in DOCTOR STRANGE: DAM

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DC releases 'Action Comics' #1000 bonus story online

DC RELEASES ACTION COMICS #1000 BONUS STORY FROM THE LEGENDARY TEAM OF LOUISE SIMONSON AND JERRY ORDWAY

Superman Creators Louise Simonson and Jerry Ordway Re-Team For A Superman Tribute “Five Minutes” In The Landmark Comic Book Issue, On-Sale April 1

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Randy Jackson reads the Golden Age Wonder Woman

For this project, I'll be going over the early days of Wonder Woman. Specifically I plan to read the Wonder Woman stories in Sensation Comics #1-12.

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Jeff Lemire to write 'Sentry,' coming in June

Jeff Lemire Returns To Marvel With SENTRY!

Featuring the stellar art of Avengers: No Surrender’s Kim Jacinto!

                                                                                                              

New York, NY—March 7, 2018—Th

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Randy Jackson reads Vida Loca: The Death of Speedy Ortiz from Love and Rockets (Not Child Friendly)

So this is going to be a slightly different reading project, as this story is pretty short in terms of pages. I'll be covering stories from issues of Love and Rockets vol. 1 #21-23.

Please be aware that these comics cover mature themes and are quite

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That 'Action' #1000 thread

Here's the press release

Landmark 1,000^th Issue Features Jim Lee Cover Revealing New Costume

Brian Michael Bendis Debuts First Story for DC 

DC Veteran Writer Marv Wolfman to Script Story Based On Unpublished Art by Golden and Silver Age Icon Curt Swa

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On a not so serious note....

Whatever happened to Flippa Dippa?

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Sizzling Westerns: ARIZONA RAINES

Quality's Crack Comics became Crack Western with #63. The new lead feature was "Arizona Ames", drawn by Paul Gustavson. In #66 the hero's surname was changed to Raines.

Arizona is a long-limbed adventurer who travels the West with his kid partner, S

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Questions regarding Black Panther and Olympics

(1) How tied-in to the recent MCU films is BLACK PANTHER? I saw something indicating " the latest MCU films are setting up the next generation/second wave ", now that the original characters (and actor's contracts) have reached and gone beyond the tr

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Bruce Banner Hulk returns in March -- and he's angry

HULK IS BACK – AND HE’S MAD AS HELL!

New York, NY—February 16, 2018—Bruce Banner is back. He’s angry. And you’ve never seen a Hulk this angry before.

The iconic goliath officially returns in all his green glory starting with AVENGERS #684, on sale

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Batman's Proposal/Catwoman's Answer

Batman 32 (the conclusion of "The War of Jokes and Riddles") is out today, and we get to learn what Catwoman's answer is to Bruce's proposal from a few months ago. (And we also get to the point of the story he's telling her -- quite literally.) 

What

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Thoughts on possible future re-reading threads

Over the years here at the Comics Cave there have been a large number of re-reading threads.  Several different Legionnaires have tackled various series, across the ages:  Golden, Silver, Bronze, modern, and current.  Many fine discussions, and links

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'Avengers: Infinity War'

I'm sure you've seen the first trailer. If not. here it is, chock-full of juicy hints.

Discuss.

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The Final Fate of Amadeus Cho in WORLD WAR HULK II

The Final Fate of Amadeus Cho in WORLD WAR HULK II

The Incredible Hulk’s story races to its ultimate conclusion!

                                                                                                              

New York, NY—December 1, 2

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Scooby-Doo Team-Up #30

"Did Someone Say 'Team'-Up?"

Written by Sholly Fisch

Art by Dario Brizuela

Scooby and the gang team up with the Challs to battle the villainous Multi-Man, with help from the Sea Devils, Cave Carson and his pals, the Secret Six and Rip Hunter and hi

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Spider-Woman by Byrne and Sears?

Doing some research on a different topic and I came across the Spider-Woman series from 1999 by John Byrne and Bart Sears. I never even knew this series existed until today. Maybe there's a reason for that?

Anyway, I generally enjoy both Byrne and S

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Who Was Your Artist?

The "How Did You Get Into Comics?" thread made me think of a question I heard on a podcast earlier.

Who was the artist that you first recognized without having to look at the credits? You could recognize them by looking at their work; it was that vis

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Peter Parker, Clark Kent question

I must turn to you once again, Legionnaires, to help me with research. McFarland wants me to update my book on "Journalism in Comics" to the present. It currently leaves off around 2005, when I finished my master's thesis.

A number of things have hap

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