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What Teen Titans story would you recommend to a first time reader?

Hypothetically, you're approached by someone who's never read a comic book before. They're interested in the Teen Titans. What single issue or story would you recommend to them?

The Titans are difficult because the team and tone of the book has chan

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Full list of comics on sale Aug. 3-4, 2021

BOOM! STUDIOS

Basilisk #3

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #28

Expanse TPB

Magic the Gathering #5

Seven Secrets #11

Wynd #9

 

DARK HORSE COMICS

BPRD Hell on Earth Vol 2 TPB

Cyberpunk 2077: You Have My Word #2 (of 4)

Golem Walks Among Us #1 (of 2)

Jenny Zero

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Marvel releases first look at Jonathan Hickman's G.O.D.S.

• Here's a press release with six of the "G.O.D.S." that are major players in Hickman's coming linewide event. Why G.O.D.S. is an acronym, I do not know.

MEET THE G.O.D.S.

Ahead of the series’ launch, fans can get their first glimpse at the characte

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This Week in Comics: July 27-Aug. 2, 2021

THE TOP FIVE

Amazing Fantasy #1 (of 5)

Marvel | $4.99

Writer/Art/Cover A-B: Kaare Andrews | Cover C Handbook variant: David Baldeon

Red Room Black Widow, teenage Spider-Man, World War II Captain America — the most iconic versions of your favorite Mar

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DC Comics in August 2022

BATMAN #126

Written by CHIP ZDARSKY

Art and cover by JORGE JIMENEZ

Backup art by BELÉN ORTEGA

Variant covers by ALEX GARNER and GUILLEM MARCH

Swimsuit variant cover by MIKEL JANÍN

1:25 variant cover by INHYUK LEE

1:50 variant cover by JOCK

1:100 vari

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More distribution shenanigans, Image edition

This week in Distribution Survivor, it looks like Diamond has been thrown off the island -- again. This week it's Image doing the honors, according to ICv2.com:

Image goes exclusive with Lunar for direct market distribution

The tl;dr is that Image

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Post-Crisis Superman

DC's "mistake" (I have oft heard opined) is that they rebooted some series post-Crisis but not all. I disagree with that assertion (for a couple of reasons), not the least of which is I don't believe the way they handled it was a mistake. Before I s

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Free Comic Book Day 2023

Here's the press information I've received. For a comprehensive list, go to the FCBD 2023 website.

 

FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2023: AVENGERS/X-MEN #1 [GOLD TITLE]

Written By Gerry Duggan & Jonathan Hickman | Art By Joshua Cassara, Javier Garrón & Valerio

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Bad Idea Two reveals slate of new books

*** THEY'RE ALL TERRIBLE #1 ***

Written by MATT KINDT

Art & Covers by RAMON VILLALOBOS

Color Art by TAMRA BONVILLAIN

PLUS: An All-New BAD IDEA B-SIDE

FOUR ISSUES IN TWO PARTS | BI-MONTHLY

$7.99 EACH  |  32 PGS.  |  NO ADS  |  BEGINNING December 14, 2

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Jason Pearson artist passes away

I just learned that comic book artist Jason Pearson has passed away at the age of 52. I was always a huge fan of his work. Whether it was from his work from the Legion on Super-heroes to his creator owned stuff like Body Bags. I actually had the plea

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To be... HULK-inued!

Did you ever think about what life must be like for Bruce Banner? Imagine and endless stream of "rude awakenings"... on a missile headed toward Manhattan... in the hold of a sinking ship filling with water... on a sacrificial alter with a knife raise

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The Abomination

TALES TO ASTONISH #90-91:

Emil Blonsky has led a tragic and convoluted live every since the spy mission he undertook in the Spring of 1967 to steal secrets from General Ross's missile base to sell behind the "Bamboo Curtain." First he tried three se

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Watching "Unaging" Comics Characters "Move Past" Historical Events

Elsewhere, some  of us were talking about the Silver Samurai, which led me to think of the time he fought John Belushi, which led me to think that the Peter Parker of 2023 cannot be the same Peter Parker that met the Not-Ready-For-Prime-Time Players

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Supergirl Archives, Volumes One and Two (SPOILERS)

Our recent discussions of Supergirl have made me want to re-read these. i'm not as good at this sort of thing as Jeff is, but I'll try my best.

We start with Volume One:

The cover art isn't bad, but I have to say that Miller isn't who i would pick

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Buying EVERYTHING!

When I was heavily ordering books going through the monthly Previews, my brother admonished me one day and said that I can't buy EVERYTHING! 

I retorted that he had no idea what EVERYTHING meant! 

I started reading comics in the winter of 1972/73 and

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The Most Widely-Known Super-Hero for Each Letter of the Alphabet

These are my best guesses.  There are some that I think  are pretty much inarguable  There's a number of the others that I'm uncertain about, myself, though.

(Side Note: When I make these kinds of lists, I really miss Randy.  He always had something

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Marvel variant covers in May

• There's a ton of 'em, so I split 'em off into their own thread. Enjoy!

MARVEL COMICS: AAPI HERITAGE COVERS IN MAY

This May, Marvel Comics is proud to honor Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with variant covers highlighting some of its most pro

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Marvel Comics in November 2022

A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY

A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY OMEGA #1

KIERON GILLEN (W) • GUIU VILANOVA (A) • COVER BY PASQUAL FERRY • Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO • Variant cover by ALAN DAVIS • VARIANT COVER BY ALEXANDER LOZANO

THE FALLOUT OF JUDGMENT DAY IS FELT!

A

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So, Apparently, This is a Thing That's Happening

Bets as to how long this will last?

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The Lonely War of Capt Willy Schultz

Some time back (I can't find the thread) some of us discussed the Twomorrows publication Our Artists at War, which is a comprehensive (AFAIK) collection of commentary on the war comics of the 60s and 70s. One of the highlights of this genre was the

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