Many Silver-Age DC titles instituted their own continuing features. A series within a series, so to speak. Green Lantern ran annual tales involving Hal Jordan's two brothers and his sister-in-law's mistaken belief that youngest brother Jim was the
The Lost Boys
Tim Seeley, writer; Scott Godlewski, artist; Trish Mulvihill & Michael Wiggam, colorists
Vertigo Comics, 2017
This is a direct sequel to the 1987 film (it ignores previous sequels, in any medium). So it is a licensed property, only the s
Read more…Just heard of his death. This leaves Sergio Aragones as the last of the great MAD Magazine artists of my youth still alive..
Always liked his work on movie and TV parodies.
Read more…Frostbite
Joshua Williamson, writer; Jason Shawn Alexander, artist; Louis Nct, colorist
Vertigo Comics, 2017
Frostbite is set in a frozen future dystopia ("Fifty-seven years into the new Ice Age"). The setting certainly isn't unique--Snowpiercer immed
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
April 2, 2020 — Fans of Barbara Gordon, Commissioner Gordon’s daughter, know the strengths of the character. Her determination, tough-mindedness and eidetic memory led her to be effervescent Batgirl in 1967,
Read more…Before she landed on DOCTOR WHO, Billie Piper spent some time as a genuine teenage pop star ~ billing herself as just " Billie " ~ and this was her signature song's video! REALLY foreshadowing the Doctor visually, as you can see.
She was trying to
Read more…Going through some Wizard magazines from 1995, I was amused by some of the prices for the debuts for some big name heroes who have appeared in movies and TV! If only I could give my younger self some advice!
Parts One - Four: "The Mysterious Planet"
1)I liked the new version of the theme tune for this. Alas, it's the one version of the tune that I've never been able to find on CD.
2)Supposedly, the opening model shot of the space station was the most expe
Read more…Invisible Kingdom Volume 1: Walking The Path
G. Willow Wilson, writer; Christian Ward, artist
Berger Books, 2019
My perspective on these creators may be different from most. I know writer G. Willow Wilson from her Vertigo work (the graphic novel Cairo
Read more…AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. “Once More With…”
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 issu
1)"It's the Kerblam man!"
2)"Some of my best friends are robots!"
3)"The People's Republic of South Yorkshire"?
4)"How would you like a warning for insubordination?" "I'd love one, I could add it to my collection!"
5)"Talking about wasps, did I ever
Read more…Apparently Marvel has a bit of a problem with its two new titles, New Warriors and Children of the Atom where all the buzz appears to be mostly negative. This always amuses me because if you don't like a book, just don't buy it but nowadays everythin
Read more…Trees Volume 3: Three Fates
Warren Ellis, writer; Jason Howard, artist
Image Comics, 2020
Warren Ellis has said this is the last Trees collection "for the foreseeable future," but that hopefully the creative team will return to it someday. The series
Read more…Story Uderzo was the co-creator, with Rene Goscinny, of Asterix the Gaul. Another comics great gone.
Read more…So, given that we have all of this free time these days, I decided to use it to good advantage and dive into the Manga One PPiece. For those of you who have never heard of it, it's one of the most popular comics in the world today and has been for ye
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
March 26, 2020 — The year 1940 was, in general, a pretty lousy one, what with World War II and all. But it was a great one in comics, with roughly a jillion new superheroes debuting from roughly a jillion pu
Read more…Coronavirus claims a longtime member of The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors.
From USA Today: "Actor Mark Blum, 'Desperately Seeking Susan' and 'You' Star, Dies of Coronavirus Complications"
Read more…Excerpted from “Jack Kirby’s Gods & Heroes” by Greg Potter, Amazing Heroes #100, 1986.
“The first and most lasting impression we receive from Jack Kirby’s art is that of power. On page one, even while resting, Izaya and his elegant wife Avia are dep
Read more…The "Supergirl -- Season 5 SPOILERS!!" thread was starting to turn into a "Crisis on Infinite Earths" thread, so I figured somebody ought to start one.
"Crisis on Infinite Earths" is this year's annual Arrowverse crossover on the CW, which will inclu
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