I wish all of you the a very happy 2018! Best wishes from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada!
Read more…The modern era story of the Marvel Family began in the year 1940, when the wizard Shazam granted great power to young Billy Batson, enabling him to become the super-heroic Captain Marvel.
In imitation of this, Fon-Ti, a rival wizard, granted power
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Champions #1 - (yet another) restart; issue #27 of the previous volume came out earlier this month. Same writer (Jim Zub), new artist (Steven Cummings).
Conan the Barbarian #1 - return of one of Marvel's all time success
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Young Justice, an animated show that ran on Cartoon Network from 2010 to 2013, is returning for a third season on the DC Universe streaming service Jan. 4. The series is modeled on the Teen Titans, but it’s a Te
Read more…Wolf Moon
Cullen Bunn, writer; Jeremy Haun, artist; Lee Loughridge, colorist
Vertigo Comics, 2015
At this point writer Cullen Bunn had established himself as a horror story teller with The Damned and The Sixth Gun for Oni Press, and his Dark Horse seri
Read more…I have a particular group in mind for this year’s Christmas entry to my Deck Log. Come to think of it, though, it’s probably a pretty large group. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if this one touches, or has touched, all of you.
If you remember the
Read more…I've been away from the keyboard, so I didn't note this eariler, but we lost Penny Marshall of Laverne & Shirley fame.
From CNN: "Penny Marshall, Co-star of 'Laverne & Shirley' and Director of 'A League of Their Own,' Dead at 75"
Earlier this year, I
Read more…I'm a little surprised this thread didn't carry over from the new old board (you can find it here), but the other night I ran across one of my favorites: the episode of Hill Street Blues in which Officer Joe Coffey is killed.
I've been away from the keyboard, so I am remiss in posting this, but The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors lost another one: Donald Moffat, who succumbed to complications from a stroke.
From The New York Times: "Donald Moffat, 87, a T
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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.
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Taken on its own merits, this year’s annua
Read more…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
Read more…I don't know we don't usually get into politics here, but I had to share this story.
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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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The Marine Marvel’s time-honored superhero outfit will make an appearance in Aquaman, starring Jason Momoa.
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Newly minted movie star Aquaman swims fast and talks to fish. W
Read more…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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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
Read more…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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