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Fans of 'Arrow,' 'Flash' and 'Supergirl' should all be concerned about upcoming 'Crisis'

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Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) and Green Arrow (Stephen Amell) swapped lives in the first two episodes of “Elseworlds,” which aired Dec. 9-11 on The CW.

Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Taken on its own merits, this year’s annua

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Doctor Who Companions, Friends and Allies (SPOILERS)

The program began with the Doctor and three companions, just as it has now. Together, they formed a sort of surrogate family. This first TARDIS team is one of my favorites.

Ian Chesterton, the Doctor, Barbara Wright and Susan Foreman

1)Susan Fore

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Chinese Official Quotes Spider-Man in Trade Dispute

I don't know we don't usually get into politics here, but I had to share this story.

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ELSEWORLDS (2018)

Here's my review of the recent ELSEWORLDS event. Anyone else have thoughts on it?

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It's far beyond the scope of this blog to address the many successes and failures of the so-called "Arrowverse," overseen by producer Greg Berlanti. My most

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Talking about Legends of Tomorrow on another thread reminded me that Timeless will be coming back for Season 2 sometime this year. While Legends has embraced its sillier side, Timeless is probably the smartest time travel series on TV -- able to te

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The Wrong Earth

AHOY Comics's first publication is coming out today: The Wrong Earth #1, by Tom Peyer and Jamal Igle. It looks like an absolute blast: The Silver Age version of a character (Dragonflyman) is transported to the dark, grim-and-gritty world of a later i

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DC's 'Heroes in Crisis'

HEROES IN CRISIS EXPANDS TO NINE ISSUES

Artists Lee Weeks and Mitch Gerads Join Tom King and Clay Mann in Revealing More Secrets of Sanctuary

Beginning September 26, Eisner Award-winner Tom King’s new limited series, HEROES IN CRISIS, introduces a n

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10 Fun Facts to Know and Tell about Aquaman

The Marine Marvel’s time-honored superhero outfit will make an appearance in Aquaman, starring Jason Momoa.

Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Newly minted movie star Aquaman swims fast and talks to fish. W

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Skin & Earth Vol. 1 by Lights

Skin & Earth Vol. 1
Lights: story, art & lettering
Dynamite Entertainment, 2018

Singer/songwriter Lights created this debut graphic novel as part of a multimedia project to accompany a concept album of music portraying the same themes. Probably not m

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Who are all those spiders in 'Into the Spider-Verse'? Captain Comics explains

By Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

Where did all these spiders come from?

In most cases, that’s a question you don’t want to hear. But it has a great answer when it comes to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the animated movie premiering Dec

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The size guise

To-day, I read my first ever " real " comic book (i. e., from the Big Two) with only 18 pages of story!!!!!!!!! VENOM #8. I'd had it for a bit, didn't read it til' to-day, with #9 wsaiting in my bag...It's a 24-page comic book, 6 pages of " other " (

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Comic Book Twenty Questions: Revenge of the Fumble Fingers!

Oh, guys, I'm so sorry.

I was answering questions on my tablet tonight instead of my laptop, and as I thought I was posting the answers, I hit something that said I wanted to delete the whole thread. And since it was waiting on me to post, and I wasn

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Thirteenth Doctor Countdown

With the Thirteenth Doctor in DOCTOR WHO, "the Doctor She", if I might be forgiven, ____ ____, to be introduced in her first episode of a regular season (series) oo-morrow -- let's chatter Gallifreyian!

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The Royals: Masters of War

The Royals: Masters of War
Rob Williams, writer; Simon Coleby, pencils & inks (Chapters 1-3); Gary Erskine, inks (Chapters 4-6); J.D. Mettler, colors
Vertigo Comics, 2014

As a longtime Vertigo fan, I've always had a special fondness for their miniser

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CW's Elseworlds crossover in the spirit of Bat-vampire, Soviet Superman and other comics tales

Andrew A. Smith

Tribune Content Agency

The superhero crossover on The CW this year is titled “Elseworlds” – an old DC Comics term with an illustrious history.

We already know a lot about TV’s “Elseworlds,” which begins on The Flash Dec. 9, continues

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Is "Carol Marvel" Really Successful?

Over on the BEAT I wrote the following:

"RM Rhoades said the new Cap Marvel was “a really popular female character among women.”

I can’t claim it’s not true, since I don’t keep close tabs on sales these days. But have the three or four features star

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Entertainment Weekly's Stan Lee Tribute

On sale today: Entertainment Weekly's special tribute issue to Stan Lee. With comics-history information and a sidebar on Iron Man supplied by me (written originally for Life Magazine's Rise of the Super-Hero special issue last year, but still

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I need help!

As most of you know, I was laid off by The Commercial Appeal (after 27 years) last year, and laid off again by the Riverfront Development Corporation six months ago. I have been doing the job-search thing since.

But what's happening now is my inbox i

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"The Search for Mera"

I read the third chapter (and only the third chapter) of this story in 1968 and I was hooked! Every once in a while DC drops a hint that they might be reprinting it, but nothing ever comes of those rumors. A couple of years ago I got tired of waiting

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Doctor Who Reactions: "Vengeance on Varos" (SPOILERS)

1)The "big" casting in this is Jason "Son of Sean" Connery as Jondar. Haven't seen him in anything else, hopefully he improved after this. To be fair, he's not given much to do in this.

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Fans of 'Arrow,' 'Flash' and 'Supergirl' should all be concerned about upcoming 'Crisis'

Doctor Who Companions, Friends and Allies (SPOILERS)

Chinese Official Quotes Spider-Man in Trade Dispute

ELSEWORLDS (2018)

Timeless

The Wrong Earth

DC's 'Heroes in Crisis'

10 Fun Facts to Know and Tell about Aquaman

Skin & Earth Vol. 1 by Lights

Who are all those spiders in 'Into the Spider-Verse'? Captain Comics explains

The size guise

Comic Book Twenty Questions: Revenge of the Fumble Fingers!

Thirteenth Doctor Countdown

The Royals: Masters of War

CW's Elseworlds crossover in the spirit of Bat-vampire, Soviet Superman and other comics tales

Is "Carol Marvel" Really Successful?

Entertainment Weekly's Stan Lee Tribute

I need help!

"The Search for Mera"

Doctor Who Reactions: "Vengeance on Varos" (SPOILERS)

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