Showcase Presents: World’s Finest Comics Volume 4
DC Comics
$19.99, b/w, 520 pgs.
Writers and Artists: Various
Reprinting World’s Finest Comics #174-202 (Mar 68-May 71)
I consider the Golden Age of World’s Finest Comics to be the issues of the mid-
Read more…Showcase Presents: Tales of the Unexpected Volume 1
DC Comics
$19.99, b/w, 511 pgs.
Writers and artists: Various
Reprinting Tales of the Unexpected #1-20 (Feb/Mar 56-Dec 57)
Tales of the Unexpected launched two years after the Comics Code of 1954
Read more…Green Lantern #16
DC Comics
$2.99, color, 20 pgs.
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artists: Doug Mahnke, Christian Alamy, Keith Champagne, Tom Nguyen, Mark Irwin
Thank you, Geoff Johns and DC Comics.
Thank you for a new Green Lantern who isn't a jerk. See: Guy
Read more…The Phantom: The Complete Series: The Gold Key Years Volume Two
Dark Horse
$49.99, color, 256 pgs.
Writer: Bill Harris (where known)
Artists: Bill Lignante, Sparky Moore, Joe Certa
Covers: George Wilson
Collecting The Phantom #9-17 (Nov 64-Jul 66)
I
Read more…Manara Erotica Volume 2
Dark Horse Comics
$59.99, b/w and color, 312 pgs.
Writers: Milo Manara, Roberto Renzi
Artist: Milo Manara
Collecting “Kama Sutra,” “The Golden Ass,” “The Diary of Sandra F.,” “Jolanda of Almaviva”
I knew that Manara had been
Read more…Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan: The Russ Manning Years Volume One
Dark Horse Comics
$49.99, color, 289 pgs.
Script: Gaylord DuBois
Adaptation: Russ Manning
Artists: Russ Manning, Mike Royer
Collecting Tarzan #155-167 (Dec 65-May 67)
Everything I’ve e
Read more…Marvel Masterworks: Golden Age Captain America Volume 6
Marvel Comics
$74.99, color, 267 pgs.
Writers: Stan Lee, et al
Artists: Syd Shores, Don Rico, et al
Collecting Captain America Comics #21-24 (Dec 42-Mar 43)
As the introduction makes clear, th
Read more…Batman the Dark Knight Volume 1: Knight Terrors
DC Comics
$24.99, color, 208 pgs.
Writers: David Finch, Paul Jenkins, Judd Winick, Joe Harris
Artists: David Finch, Richard Friend, Ed Benes, Rob Hunter, Jack Purcell
Collecting Batman the Dark Knight #
Read more…Supergirl Volume 1: Last Daughter of Krypton
DC Comics
$14.99, color, 160 pgs.
Writers: Michael Green, Mike Johnson
Artists: Mahmud Asrar, Dan Green, Bill Reinhold
Collecting Supergirl #1-7
I’m delighted that DC isn’t slavishly beholden to the past
Read more…I've started a thread on Golden Age comics before. My idea was to review runs or portions of runs, but that turned out to be difficult to do; Golden Age features sometimes changed direction in significant ways, so to get a full overview of a long-run
Read more…Green Lantern Volume 2: The Revenge of Black Hand
DC Comics
$24.99, color, 192 pgs.
Writer: Geoff Johns
Artists: Doug Mahnke, Ethan Van Scriver, Renato Guedes, Jim Calafiore
Collecting Green Lantern #7-12, Green Lantern Annual #1
This collection co
Read more…X-O Manowar Volume One: By the Sword
Valiant Comics
$9.99, color, 112 pgs.
Writer: Robert Venditti
Artists: Cary Nord, Stefano Gaudiano
Collecting X-O Manowar #1-4 (third series, May-Aug 12)
While I enjoyed the first X-O Manowar story from the newl
Read more…Don't know if this fits here, but I just got my copy of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe when I got home late last night...and stayed up until 4 a.m. reading selected passages from it.
I am REALLY enjoying it. Written in a light, access
Read more…Superman Volume 1: What Price Tomorrow? HC
By George Perez, Jesus Merino, Nicola Scott
Collecting Superman #1-6 (Nov 11-Apr 12)
DC Comics, $22.99
I’m conflicted about The New 52 Superman.
On the one hand, I understand almost intuitively that chan
Read more…Huntress: Crossbow at the Crossroads
By Paul Levitz, Marcus To, John Dell
Collecting Huntress (third series) #1-6 (Dec 11-May 12)
DC Comics, $17.99
I swear to God, when I put this TPB down I actually thought “what did I just read?” There was nothin
Read more…Too many books, too little time! Here are some lightning reviews of reprint stuff:
Crime Does Not Pay Volume 3
By Charles Biro, Bob Wood, et al
Reprinting Crime Does Not Pay #30-33 (Nov 43-May 44)
Dark Horse, $49.99
This is terrible stuff, seem
Read more…Manara Library Volume 3: Trip to Tulum and Other Stories
By Milo Manara, Frederico Fellini, Silverio Pisu
Dark Horse, $59.99
There's something so beautiful and lyrical about Milo Manara's art, it doesn't really need a good story for me to be mesmeri
Read more…Showcase Presents: Sea Devils Volume 1
By Robert Kanigher (w), Russ Heath (a), Irv Novick (a), et al
Reprinting Showcase #27-29 (Jul-Nov 60), Sea Devils #1-16 (Sep 61-Mar 64)
DC Comics, $19.99
I really can't add much to what Randy Jackson said in hi
Read more…Green Lantern Archives Volume 7
DC Comics, $59.99
Stories by Gardner Fox and John Broome, art by Gil Kane and Sid Greene
Reprinting Green Lantern (Vol. 2) #48-57 (Oct 66-Dec 67)
This is it, Marvelites: This is where Hal Jordan went off the rails.
I
Read more…Harvey Horrors Collected Works: Black Cat Mystery Volume One
Reprinting Black Cat Mystery Comics #30-35 (Aug 51-May 52)
Harvey Horrors Collected Works: Chamber of Chills Volume Two
Reprinting Chamber of Chills #8-13 (May-Oct 52)
Harvey Horrors Coll
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