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R.I.P. Mario Roccuzzo, of The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors

We get belated word of the passing of another member of The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors.

From the Los Angeles Times obituary section: Mario Roccuzzo. There's a little more about him at his Wikipedia page, here.

Roccuzzo switched

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R.I.P. Walter Olkewicz, 1948-2021, of The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors

The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors loses another one.

From The Hollywood Reporter: "Walter Olkewicz, Actor on 'Twin Peaks' and 'Grace Under Fire,' Dies at 72."

Olkewicz also was a member of what might be called "The Barney Miller Re

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Fan of Bronze: Kamandi Without the King

Of all of JACK KIRBY's 70s DC work, the book that lasted the longest was Kamandi the Last Boy On Earth which lasted fifty-nine issues but not with the King at the end. #33 (S'75) was the last issue that was written, drawn and edited by Kirby, #37 (Ja

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Fan of Bronze: CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS--Walking Through, Looking Sad

I think you ought to know that I'm feeling very depressed.

In 1985, DC put out Crisis On Infinite Earths (COIE), a maxi-series designed to deconstruct and reassemble their super-hero properties so new readers could more easily understand what was goi

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The CW to expand to Sunday nights

From TV Line:"The CW Expanding to 6 Nights, Adding Sunday Programs This Fall"

That noise you hear is Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Jane the Virgin quietly inching closer to renewal. The CW announced Wednesday that beginning this fall, it will expand its Mo

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Iris West-Allen and the Legion of Super-Heroes.

In Flash 203 we get the startlingly revelation that Iris was born native to the 30th century. They even reveal the year she's presently in (corresponding to her age) where the Flash arrives. Given that the LSH is also based in this time...it's drasti

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Fan of Bronze: One REALLY Sexist Comic!

When Brave and the Bold #166 (S'80) came out, it was one of my regular DC books and it featured Batman teaming with his JLA teammate, the Black Canary. Now the Blonde Bombshell never came out well in her B&B appearances but even my fifteen year old s

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"Avengers: Age of Ultron" (SPOILERS)

What? Am I the first to post about Avengers: Age of Ultron, the movie? Oh, well, so be it.

I went yesterday evening to a 3-D showing, so I'll go first. Thus, I can't use my usual disclaimer that I'll post without reading what everyone else has posted

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Fan of Bronze: That Forsaken Son of Satan

He was a character who shouldn't have gotten off the drawing board. After the success of GHOST RIDER, a man cursed by Satan, the next step was to feature the offspring of the Devil. He could have only been created in the 1970s with Marvel's more lax

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Hero Cats of Stellar City 1, spoilers

Sometimes I go for a comic just because of the title and the cover and this is one of them. Let's face it cats have secret lives and we'll never know what they are. The cast is a mix of cats, superheroes and one cat alien if he is to believed. Cass

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Catwoman 31, Race of Theives, Guantlet Spoilers

Even if this book is doomed due to low numbers I'm still enjoying it. Selina dwells on the fringes of the weird stuff in the DCU, she's got ties to the really super powered types through Batman, but basically she's a normal woman with skills and that

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Roses of Berlin - help needed

Much of the dialog in Alan Moore’s latest, “The Roses of Berlin”, is in German. It’s a language that’s been the bane of my existence through two years of high school and four years of college during which I proved I have no facility for learning a fo

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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. thread

Overall, I thought it was okay.  I felt there were too many glib lines, and while there was some mystery, not enough to keep me truly interested.

A handful of thoughts:

* I dislike Skye and Ward from the get-go.  Too glib, too competent, too attract

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A Comic a Day: Legion Of Super-Heroes #305

Legion of Super-heroes #305

November 1983

Cover art by: Keith Giffen & Larry Mahlstedt

Story: Violet's Story

Writer: Paul Levitz

Pencils: Keith Giffen

Inks: Kurt Schaffenberger

Legion Roll Call: Braniac 5, Chameleon Boy, Shrinking Violet, Colossal

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A Comic a Day: Legion Of Super-heroes #273

Legion of Super-heroes #273

March 1981

Cover art by: Rich Buckler & Steve Mitchll

Story: A Murderer--Among Us?

Writer: Gerry Conway

Pencils: Jimmy Janes

Inks: Frank Chiaramonte

Marte Ida Allon, Colossal Boy's mom and president of the United Planet

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Gatchaman: The Complete Box Set is coming Oct. 29th, 2013!

No longer will I have to comb through eBay and Amazon for those out of print individual volumes and mini-box sets commanding several hundred dollars each!

For those of you going "huh?", Science Ninja Team Gatchaman is probably better known in North

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It's always nice when an independent title reaches a milestone

Knights of the Dinner Table reached 200 this month. It's gone from a small press humor title about a group of gamers to a title with a fully involved and complex group of characters and numerous back up features. It's always good to see that.

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How many criminal acts did the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver get up to before they joined Avengers?

They were part of the brootherhood, but that's always been down played. Anyone know just what they did back then and what issues they did it in?

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When did Volstagg...

...stop being a coward?

If you look at when the character was initially introduced, while he was a character of great mirth, humor and buffoonery, there was also absolutely no question that he would do pretty much anything to avoid a battle that he d

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The Death Of Nemesis Kid

So, I've been thinking recently about the death of Nemesis Kid, and thinking about it, something strikes me as not being quite right.

For those of you that are not aware, Princess Projectra killed Nemesis Kid after he killed Karate Kid.  Projectra d

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