David F. Sandberg (“Annabelle: Creation”) directs New Line Cinema’s “Shazam!,” the origin story that stars Zachary Levi (TV’s “Chuck”) as the titular DC Super Hero, along with Asher Angel (TV’s “Andi Mack”) as Billy Batson, and Mark Strong (the “Kin
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Krysten Ritter reprises the role of the title character in the second season of “Jessica Jones.”
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March 1, 2018 -- Jessica Jones returns March 8 for her second season on Netflix,
Read more…I'm volunteering again at this year's Heroes Convention in lovely Charlotte, NC. They are calling us Sidekicks this year, complete with badges and yellow t-shirts. It's a good idea: makes the volunteers easy to spot on the floor, and helps when you'r
Read more…What about the often-told ~ favle?? ~ of comics shops that deal with not wanting to order something little-known by simply teeling you that something that is published and available is not available, does not exist? Has anyone here ever run into thii
Read more…Overall, I thought it was okay. I felt there were too many glib lines, and while there was some mystery, not enough to keep me truly interested.
A handful of thoughts:
* I dislike Skye and Ward from the get-go. Too glib, too competent, too attract
Read more…Has anybody read any of the "American Comic Book Chronicles" by TwoMorrows?
If you're unfamiliar, it's billed as a historical look at the history of American comic books by decade -- although some decades are split in two. So far they've published 19
Read more…But first, a few (relatively) spoiler-free thoughts:
I liked it, I think.
I didn't like what happened in it at all. But I think it's a promising first chapter...with a very high cost of admission.
I liked that there weren't any death scenes. We're jus
Over at Marvel, editor Stan Lee was, apparently, able to resist the temptation to use time-travel plots for stories. At least, on a regular basis.
Nearly all of DC’s title heroes had a regular method for travelling through time, as did many of its s
Read more…Swamp Thing has been canceled at DC Universe, after only one episode has aired!
Obviously, the problem isn't ratings. io9 says it's due to budget concerns, after certain monies promised from North Carolina (where it's filmed) failed to materialize. O
Read more…Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir Fun Home was adapted as a musical (with a book by Lisa Kron and music by Jeanine Tesori), and won a Tony Award for Best Musical in 2015. I remember hearing NPR interviews with the creators at the time (including previe
Read more…Is Harley keener in any of the comics? I read he wasn't and the actual character that becomes iron lad was named Nathaniel richards but I came across this article
Harley Keener (Earth-SD01)
It says harley keener becames ironlad in a multiverse.
Read more…From TV Line: "Swamp Thing Cancelled at DC Universe"
It seems some bean counter made an error recording the tax rebate the production was supposed to get from the state of North Carolina ... and the true number is about a third of what was expected.
Read more…I usually only post in the Mr. Silver Age Forum, so a lot of you fine folks probably don't even recognize my name, but I was in the CBGxtra forum for years and years, and have hovered over the Mr. Age section since it was launched. Anyways, I wanted
Read more…How about that! Craig made it through another year, with hardly any sign of (silver) aging!
Your pal, Hoy
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
In comics, history not only repeats, but it usually raises the stakes.
Case in point: “The Year of the Villain.” This massive crossover at DC Comics features a major villain making offers to a wide array of s
Read more…We begin with the three-part pilot, "Saga of a Star World", first broadcast September 17, 1978.
Summary: The humans of the Twelve Colonies are ambushed by their old enemies, the robotic Cylons, Most of humanity is wiped out, but one battlestar, th
Read more…I did a little digging around and it looks like this version of the Comics Cave will be 10 years old tomorrow. I was curious about how old the present site was and investigated a bit. The members section can be sorted by "Recently Added" so I went
Read more…A couple of weeks ago on Cap’s “Golden Age of Reprints” blog, Luke mentioned The Watcher’s early solo back-up features which ran in Tales of Suspense and Silver Surfer, but there was some confusion as to whether those stories were originals or reprin
Read more…Just watched this again last night. I've seen every story from this period so many times I've lost count, so I think it's safe to say I've given it every chance. It was very impressive at first... but I always felt like I was missing something regard
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