Archie Comics November Solicits/September Previews
ARCHIE IS MR. JUSTICE #1 (of 4)
BRAND-NEW 4-PART ARCHIE PREMIUM EVENT LIMITED SERIES! Young Archie Andrews is your typical teenager, except for the fact that he has superpowers and an undying urge to
Read more…Here's part of the press release. If the links aren't working, you can find larger images HERE.
I had planned on getting the whole set when the books were released on Oct. 3. Then I could toss out my mismatched, ragtag collection of Fleming books for
Read more…Dark chocolate covered strawberries (love those anti-oxidants!) and water.
Read more…A review copy this week had an Aug. 12 embargo, which is why this Guide is later than usual.
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X-FACTOR #1: X-Factor is re-formed as a government-sanctioned strike force, but it also looks like the book will take some pages from X-Statix
Read more…So after many years of gentle and not so gentle prodding I have finally started watching Doctor Who. In the past I have seen snippets of the new series, and generally walked away muttering “… all right … that was odd. … Don’t see much point in that.
Read more…Just super-heroes and super-villains, so no one like Captains, Savage, Fear, Compass or Kirk.
SAINT JOHN #1 (OF 4)
Story: Dan Schkade, Brennan Wagner, Portland Gear
Art/Cover: Dan Schkade
Dark Horse, $4.99
I wondered in the Comics Guide about why the solicitation thought Portland had "quirks" that "made the city unique." Well, now I have a go
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UNCANNY X-MEN #1
Set in New Orleans, Rogue leads Gambit, Wolverine, Jubilee and Nightcrawler in X-adventures written by Gail Simone. Jubilee has been, thankfully, powered up a bit (and seems to be without her son permanen
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #55
BEWARE THE PLANET OF THE APES TP
DAREDEVIL EPIC COLLECT VOL 19 ROOT OF EVIL NEW PTG TP
DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU: GANG WAR TP
FANTASTIC FOUR #23
HELLVERINE #4 (OF 4)
IMMORTAL THOR #14
INVINCIBLE IRON
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This is a graphic novel by Patrick McDonnell, the creator of the Mutts comic strip. It is also the second graphic novel in the Abrams ComicArts series, following Alex Ross's Full Circle. The Super Hero's Journey has much more art by Jack Kirby and St
Read more…I may have asked this before, but I'd like to ejjimicate myself on the Bond movies. The way I envision doing so is to buy Blu-rays with some extras, so I can watch the movies (in order, naturally) and learn about each one in the process.
As it happen
When I was young, I had always heard that the prerequisite for comic book fandom was owning a complete set of All Star Comics featuring the JSA, and that for second generation fandom it was Wally Wood's T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents. Because we now live in t
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How many Marvel Comics references can you find in the line-up?
Read more…I just reread the Squadron Supreme maxiseries from 1985-86 and it got me thinking of its ramifications, origins and possible agenda.
I decided to go through their earlier appearances in Avengers, Thor and Defenders and see how they evolved.
I also deci
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RUNESCAPE: UNTOLD TALES OF THE GOD WARS #1 (of 4)
(W) Ryan O'Sullivan
(A) Sid Kotian, Daniel Bayliss
Format: Comic
Publisher: Titan Comics
FC, 48pp, $4.99, On Sale October 9, 2024
THE COMIC DEBUT OF SEMINAL FANTASY MMORPG RUNESCAPE EXPANDS ON
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS VOL 2 HC
AVENGERS #17
BLOOD HUNTERS #1 (OF 5)
DAREDEVIL #12
DAREDEVIL BY BENDIS AND MALEEV OMNIBUS VOL 1 HC NEW PTG
DEADPOOL/CABLE MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECT VOL 1: BROMANC
Read more…I am very much looking forward to this show, despite the fact that it spun off from my least favorite show of the franchise (DIS I mean, not TOS). When DIS premiered, I was prepared to accept enhanced special effects and redesigned sets, but I was no
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Comics Buyer's Guide used to have "Retro-Views" and Comic Shop News has its "Back Issue Beauties." I don't know what to call them, but I love posting about favorite old comics series. (I'd say 1997 qualifies as "old" in 2024; YMMV.) Judgement Day is
Read more…As most of you by now know, they announced the actor who will play Doctor Doom in the forthcoming Fantastic Four film and become the Big Bad for the next Phase of the MCU, since Kang (1) wasn't working and (2) was attached to an actor whom they had t
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