AVENGERS. “And There Came Another Day…” There are some interesting threads on this forum, already covering issues of Marvel’s early series – ‘re-reading’’ of the Avengers and Journey into Mystery/Thor and so on and there was quite a good issue by is
Read more…As most of you reading this will be aware, episodes one and three of this six-parter are available on the “Lost in Time” DVD set. I liked part one because it was the first part of the story and therefore was easy to follow, but the stories moved so f
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His Dark Materials, season 2 premiere, "The City of Magpies" (HBO, Nov. 16)
Next, "File #7" (Fox, Nov. 17)
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (Disney+, Nov. 17)
Star Trek: Discovery, "Scavengers" (CBS All Access, Nov. 19)
The Mandalorian, "Chapt
Read more…I was just watching this video about the creation of Dazzler and the movie that was planned. It's pretty interesting so I thought I'd share.
Read more…“Post-Crisis doesn’t count.” So the saying goes. But I maintain Flashpoint was more destructive to previously-established continuity than Crisis on Infinite Earths. Yes, the Adventures of the Justice Society of America and Infinity, Inc. were said to
Read more…Anybody got a couple million dollars lying around?
From SyFy Wire: "A Year After a Heartbreaking Theft, Florida Man Says Goodbye to $2M Batman Collection"
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The series opens in 1944, a few weeks prior to the D-Day Invasion. the Howlers are introduced in a double-page spread: Sgt. Fury (the leader of the squad), Cpl. "Dum-Dum" Dugan (former circus strangman), "Rebel" Ralston (ex-jockey), "Junio
Read more…Imaginary Fiends
Tim Seeley, writer; Stephen Molnar, artist; Quinton Winter, colors
Vertigo Comics, 2019
Another imaginative concept from horror writing veteran Tim Seeley and artist Stephen Molnar. The key element is that childhood imaginary frien
Read more…I don't know about you guys but I'm a sucker for books about comic books. I have a large number (probably more than twenty) and most of them are devoted to the golden or silver age. I'm always looking for more to add to the collection, and last week
Read more…Bitter Root Vol. 1: Family Business
David F. Walker, Chuck Brown & Sanford Greene, creators; Rico Renzi & Sanford Greene, color artists; Clayton Cowles, letterer.
Image Comics, 2019
This is a horror story with a difference. On the surface it's an
Read more…Svengoolie, on ME-TV, is showing " NIGHT OF The LEPUS " right now! I meant to get this up before...I don't know of anyone else here but Richard in the Western time zone, so...........
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Next, "File #6" (Fox, Nov. 10)
Star Trek: Discovery, "Die Trying" (CBS All Access, Nov. 12)
The Mandalorian, "Chapter 11" (Disney+, Nov. 13)
Fargo, "East/West" (FX, Nov. 15)
Fear the Walking Dead, "Bury Her Next to Jasper's Leg" (AMC, Nov. 1
Read more…There have been a lot of characters in the JLA over the years, and lots of them really don't fit my idea of who the League is. The ones I left out tend to fall into two categories:
Once again, friends, it's time for the latest guidance from Marist College, which has inherited the Mindset List from Beloit College.
See the 2023 list here, the 2022 list here, the 2021 list here, the 2020 list here, and the 2019 list here.
This yea
This Tuesday, 11/10/20, from 9:27 AM to 5:40 PM, Cinemax (MAX) will be showing all five of the original Planet of the Apes films, POTA, Beneath, Escape, Conquest and Battle!
You must watch them! The Lawgiver approves!
See Apes in all their glory wi
Read more…MotherlandsSimon Spurrier, writer; Rachael Stott, artist; Felipe Sobreiro, colorist Vertigo Comics, 2018
One thing I can say about the later Vertigo miniseries: they were still swinging for the fences, with wildly original concepts. Must have made
1)This was one of the first Doctor Who stories I ever saw, way back in the dim and distant era known as the 1970's - and I still find it quite watchable today, nearly forty years later. Apparently it stemmed from Malcolm Hulke saying that the new "E
Read more…Here’s my JSA line-up. If I was writing the team, I’d stress the multi-generational aspect of the team, with a handful of Golden Agers, maybe age up the Black Canary to be pushing sixty, and the Infinity , Inc., characters up to their forties. Char
Read more…The Dollhouse Family
M.R. Carey, writer; Peter Gross, layouts; Vince Locke, finishes; Chris Peter, colorist
DC Black Label, 2020
Alice is six years old when she inherits an antique dollhouse from a great aunt no one in her family knew about. The to
Read more…GENRE TV
Next, "File #5" (Fox, Nov. 3)
Star Trek: Discovery, "Forget Me Not" (CBS All Access, Nov. 5)
The Mandalorian, "Chapter 10: The Passenger" (Disney+, Nov. 6)
Pandora, "Pay in Blood" (Fox, Nov. 8)
Fargo, "The Nadir" (FX, Nov. 8)
Fear the Walkin
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