Something I thought I'd share from another board...
http://ripjaggerdojo.blogspot.com/2009/12/coming-of-starhawk.html
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"False start"? Sheesh. I guess
Read more…It has been said in the past that the reason why super-heroes have side-kicker is so that they have someone to talk to, to express their thoughts, deductions and feelings.
However, with the advent of Spider-man, it would seem that a lot of Peter Pa
Read more…Does anyone know if the entire Steve Englehart/Marshall Rogers run of Batman (including the Sign of the Laughing Fish, the return of Dr. Hugo Strange, Silver St. Clair, and more) have been collected anywhere?
Can you share exactly which issues in w
Read more…Marvel has recently released a hardbound collection of West Coast Avengers #17-23, all seven parts of Steve Englehart's "Lost in Space-Time" romp. The WCA go back in time via a broken Dr. Doom Time Machine and visit the old west, the Sands of Egypt,
Read more…Alright, we all know that Cap can ride a motorcycle.
The evidence is obvious...from that fateful flashback in Avengers #4, where he and Bucky are racing to catch the Drone plane....to the time travel flashback in Avengers #56, where we see just how t
Read more…As I post this in mid-February, none of the promised SPs for 2012 has shown up yet, but Amazon is listing more for the rest of the year. I've already covered January through August in other threads, so I'll use this to list anticipated releases for t
Read more…The first Avengers Omnibus is being sold, and according to descriptions, either version of the cover contains #1-30 of the first volume of Marvel Comics' Avengers....
That would include the originals, Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man and Wasp, plus Cap,
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I'm pleased to say that the Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) has invited back this year the Mr. Silver Age Trivia Experience! Okay, that's not really what we call it, but that's the way I think of it.
Mark Waid and the usual cast of knowled
Read more…The greatest Silver Age comic of the 1990s returns for at least one glorious issue, as Alan Moore's final unpublished story is finally finished!
I read only this three page preview and laughed out loud a dozen times:
http://www.imagecomics.com/previe
Read more…The Lizard could be friend or foe to Spidey. Either way, Curt Connors usually found that it wasn't easy (wait for it) being green:
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Read more…I thought I'd start a thread dedicated to one of the most exciting creators at Marvel in the early 70's, Jim Starlin. I figure this would be a good place to discuss CAPTAIN MARVEL, WARLOCK, MASTER OF KUNG FU, and anything else he's been involved in
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Read more…It struck me recently (while watching someting on YT which I'll get to) that the United States TV season that started in fall 1966 , marked a real milestone for the super-hero comics (& comparable) fan - It was the first time that made-for-TV animate
Read more… The latest issue of Hogan’s Alley is now out (I know because mine arrived), and it was well worth waiting for! And that’s not even based on my two articles on comic books, discussing why gorillas were so gosh-darn popular and why staying dead is so
This was a book that I actually owned though I could not tell you where I got it. By that time, I was a big Legion fan and this issue thrilled me to no end! Superboy #98 (Jl'62) was the oldest book that I ever had until it fell apart. But that cover!
I am struck by the bold-face lying that occurs on the most recent "The Avengers" #21 cover.
This was the issue that was promoted heavily as "Storm is now an Avenger"...complete with a cover that shows her standing front and center, displaying her lig
Read more…Besides the Showcase Presents reprints I've listed on a couple of other threads, here are some other Silver Age and early 1970s reprints that might be of interest to this group.
Hoy
Superman: Secrets of the Fortress of S
Read more…Have you ever seen those comic-book ads being sold on eBay featuring a celebrity or licensed character? They never seem to sell, judging from what I see, and they are posted in huge numbers (although mostly by only one eBay seller, I think, and even
Read more…I've been collecting DC Direct action figures of the Golden Age Justice Society of America for the past few years, and I finally put them together in these displays.
The first shows the original membership as depicted on the cover of All-Star Comics
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