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Comic Book Sales Trends
I've changed the title of this thread from "Comic Book Sales Trends in 2016" because I keep coming back to it.
My friendly neighborhood comics shop, Fantom Comics of Washington, DC, breaks down what sold at the store in 2016. This information, of cou
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A Cover a Day
Ok, how about this for an idea. We take it in turns to post a favourite (British spelling) comic cover every day. This went really well on the comic fan website that I used to frequent. What we tried to do was find a theme or subject and follow th
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Movies I Have Seen Lately
Saw a Takashi Miike picture called The Great Yokai War. "Yokai" is a Japanese term for monsters from folklore, as opposed to the more familiar kaiju. It's a kids' picture, about a young boy from Tokyo sent out to live in the countryside with his olde
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Ultraman (Back to the Beginning)
I was a big fan of Ultraman when I was a kid. In the early ‘90s I discovered there was a new “Ultraman” show, but unfortunately I was more interested in acquiring episodes of the old show on VHS than I was episodes of the new one. Somewhat later I di
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New History of the DC Universe - Comments and Questions (SPOILERS)
Issue #1
- Barry Allen describes himself as "retired". Is this some development that I missed, or is this meant to be "future" Barry?
- Barry seems to have a large collections of "trophies" from various heroes and villlains. I wonder how he obtained all th
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Catacomb of Torment
This is the sixth "EC" title from Oni Press following...
ISSUE #1:
- "What's the Deal with Voodoo?" - A culturally insenstitive stand-up comedian intentionally baits his audi
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Lone Wolf & Cub (Deluxe Edition)
Lone Wolf & Cub was the first manga I ever read. (I didn't read Akira until years after it was first released in America.) Those First Comics issues had their flaws (skipped stories, uncompleted series, "flipped" artwork, published out of order, infe
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Swamp Thing 1989
Over three decades since the controversy and cancellation, Rick Veitch's legendary lost issues are completed. After a renowned two year run on the series, Veitch's grand finale to Swamp Thing was cut short, and never to see print. Whispers and leaks
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News From Japan
The Election Results Are In! The Democratic Party of Japan has won an impressive electoral victory over the Liberal Democratic Party, which, despite its name, is the more conservative of the two parties. The DPJ is promising new social programs and
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Comics for April 22, 2026
NO. 1: DC COMICS
SUPERMAN: THE KRYPTONITE SPECTRUM HC (MR)
(W) W. Maxwell Prince (A/CA) Martin Morazzo
THE MIND-BENDING SERIES FROM THE TEAM THAT BROUGHT YOU THE ICE CREAM MAN! Superman faces his own worst weakness in a story where Kryptonite reveals
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DC Finest line
A while back, DC announced a new line of reprints, called DC Finest, that packages about 500 pages of comics from various eras into a $40 softcover. From all appearances, it looks to be an attempt to mimic Marvel's successful Epic Collections line, i
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Marvel Epic Collections
We have a good discussion on this board of DC Finest collections (updated and maintained by Rob Staeger), but not one for the similar Marvel Epic Collections. The line began in 2013, so it's past time we had one (although I'm not going to commit to p
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Adam Hughes Cancer Diagnosis Revealed
Adam Hughes' wife has revealed that he has cancer. Sad news. At least he's in with a chance, but a hard row to hoe, I'm sure.
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The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
Welcome to our re-read of the first and greatest superhero team in comics ... and quite a bit more!
My plan is to re-read and discuss the Golden Age Justice Society of America, which ran from All-Star Comics #3 (Winter 1940) to All-Star Comics #57 (
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Three of a Kind
I was looking through some old comics when I thought of a new game. I call it Three of a Kind. Here's my first entry.
Hoy
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"Pick of the Week" - What's Yours?
Every week, one item or another in my pull and hold stands out for me above the rest in one way or another. Sometimes it’s a periodical, sometimes a graphic novel, sometimes a collection. Does that happen to you? If so, let’s hear about it here. It c
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