I loved the first issue of this book, as I have stated elsewhere.
Just when a smile came to my face as I realized that Oberon was Danny DeVito, they pulled the rug out from under me.
The reaction of Barda when she found Scott was spot-on.
Orion showi
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Stan Lee appeared with Frank Miller at the 30th anniversary of Dark Knight Returns in 2016.
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Nov. 13, 2018 -- Words of praise for the legendary Stan Lee, who died Nov. 11 at the a
Read more…My wife and I finally broke down and bought a new TV, replacing the big tube thing we'd had for more than 15 years. We got a Samsung NU1701D, a 58" flast screen that plays nice with the internet.
But to our dismay, we could not watch Titans on the bi
Read more…It's that time of year again!
We've done this before (here, here, here, here, here, here and here) but now it's time for this year! This is a place for comments about any and all shows, but especially for shows that don't generate their own threads.
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From left, Elden Henson (as Franklin “Foggy” Nelson), Deborah Ann Woll (as Karen Page) and Charlie Cox (as Matt Murdock) star in Netflix’s Daredevil.
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Daredevil Season 3, which dropped on Netfl
Read more…My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies
Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
Image Comics, 2018
Didn't realize until I started reading this that it is subtitled "A Criminal novella." None of the recurring Criminal characters appear, but it does indeed feature lots o
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Tired of politics? Here are some news and notes from the world of pop culture that offer relief from the real world:
Photo credit: Diyah Pera/Netflix
The Spellman family – from left, Cousin Ambrose (Chance Perd
Read more…Over on Comics Beat, Heidi MacDonald is writing that the whole flap over Batman: Damned #1 and Batman's Batawang might have sabotaged the Black Label line: "Todger Turmoil: Batman’s Junk May Have Sunk Black Label Line"
Heidi MacDonald wrote:
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Scott Wilson, who played Hershel Greene in The Walking Dead, dies at 76.
Story here.
Read more…From FandomWire: "EXCLUSIVE: WB Developing ‘Superman’ TV Series"
Supposedly, Warner Bros. is working up a Superman TV show because Justice League was a disappointment, and Tyler Hoechlin's guest appearances on Supergirl were well-received. He will ap
Read more…The first 9 months Channel 12 in Philly had DOCTOR WHO, they ran the stories completely out of sequence. No kidding. It was like, "ROBOT", then "THE SONTORAN EXPERIMENT", then "REVENGE OF THE CYBERMEN"... no, not just every-other one. But I can't rem
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Kiernan Shipka is the star of Chilling Advetures of Sabrina on Netflix, premiering Oct. 27.
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Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, premiering Oct. 27, seems like a ve
Read more…The holidays must have been a lonely time for most Silver-Age super-heroes. The adult ones, anyway. For few of them had family to be with. Still-living parents were almost never in evidence. There’s a literary reason for that, of course. The pre
Black Magick Vol. 1: Awakening
Greg Rucka, writer; Nicola Scott, artist
Image Comics, 2016
A crime story with a twist: Rowan Black is a homicide detective with the Portsmouth Police Department, and she's also a witch. In fact the story opens with her c
Read more…Gideon Falls Vol. 1: Black Barn
Jeff Lemire & Andrea Sorrentino; Dave Stewart, colors
Image Comics, 2018
The quiet village of Gideon Falls is a haunted place. Some believe in the existence of a black barn, a supernatural place that reappears periodica
Read more…The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors loses a stalwart member, James Karen.
From The Hollywood Reporter: "James Karen, Actor in 'Poltergeist' and So Much More, Dies at 94"
You definitely have seen this dude in something, 'cause he's do
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Netflix’s Luke Cage Season 2 features a gallery of fascinating characters, most of whom have appeared in the comics. Well, sort of. There have been some changes:
BLACK MARIAH
Cover art by Billy Graham. Copyrig
Place your bets in one corner we have the Action Ace, the Man of Steel, SUPERMAN and in the other, we have the Avenging Son, the Deep Sea Dynamo, the SUB-MARINER!! Who comes up on top in 1939?
Remember, Superman is not all-powerful here. He has limit
Read more…Has anyone been watching the NBC show Midnight, Texas? It’s based on the book series of the same name by Charlaine Harris, author the series that became the HBO series True Blood. Being on network TV, the show is not as over-the-top as True Blood bu
