Just for fun, I’ve decided to rank the Silver Age Legion of Super Heroes. This is my list, so if you disagree, please create your own. I’d love to see it.
Here are the guidelines I’ve set for myself for this list:
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An even dozen major superhero movies are scheduled for 2018. Let’s count down in reverse order of the Captain’s enthusiasm:
12. VENOM (Oct. 5): Sony Pictures is trying to jump-start a Spider-Man-villain univers
Read more…Story A man who spent a long time in his older brother's shadow, but ended up making a pretty good career for himself.
Read more…BLACK PANTHER – START HERE! A Free In-Store Sampler
New York, NY—January 5, 2018— Just in time for the leader of Wakanda to stage center stage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel is excited to announce the release of BLACK PANTHER – START HERE,
Read more…DOMINO Takes The Spotlight with a New Series by Gail Simone!
Marvel’s coolest mercenary arrives this spring!
New York, NY—January 5, 2018—Get ready for risqué, hardcore action -- the femme fatale of the Marvel Universe is BACK, and she’s ready to kic
I bought Showcase Presents: Sea Devils Vol. 1 recently. I have a mix of reasons for being interested in the feature. I'm drawn to undersea adventure for its potential. I've become interested in DC's non-super teams of the Silver Age as they're a corn
Read more…Dept. H Volume 1: Pressure
Matt Kindt, story and art; Sharlene Kindt, colors
Dark Horse Books, 2017
Matt Kindt's latest ongoing series is an undersea sci-fi murder mystery--but there is also flashback material set in deep space. Not many stories empl
Read more…Coming Oct. 2, and featuring Polaris, Thunderbird, Blink and ... the Strucker family?
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Red Thorn Vol. 1: Glasgow Kiss
David Baillie, writer; Meghan Hetrick, artist
Vertigo Comics, 2016
Gifted American artist Isla Mackintosh is a Scot at heart. Both of her parents were born in Glasgow, and 25 years ago her older sister Lauren vanished du
Read more…Southern Cross Vol. 1
Becky Cloonan: story/covers; Andy Belanger: art; Lee Loughridge: colours
Image Comics, 2016
The Southern Cross is a tanker/personnel carrier headed to Titan, a refinery moon of Saturn. Alex Braith is on her way there to invest
Read more…Revival Vol 3 Deluxe Collection Hard Cover
Tim Seeley, story; Mike Norton, art
Image Comics, 2016
Year Three opens with a group of visitors hoping to receive miracle healing from the rive in Wausau, Wisconsin (home of the Revivers). Things do not wo
Read more…Revival Vol 4 Deluxe Collection Hard Cover
Tim Seeley, story; Mike Norton, art
Image Comics, 2017
As the series concludes there are a series of revelations, carefully orchestrated over the twelve issues in this deluxe collection. Seeley clearly had
Read more…JAN 5
INSIDIOUS: THE LAST KEY
brings back Lin Shaye as Dr. Elise Rainier, a parapsychologist looking into the haunting of her own family home.
DAY OF THE DEAD
The world is overrun by zombies bent on extracting a group of scientists and military perso
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I apologize to all of you. I am the moderator who approved Tidiane Ndiaye a few days ago. I wasn't as vigilant as I should have been, and I'm sorry you were spammed as a result. For Tidiane, the IP location matched what was listed as the
Read more…JAN 12
CONDORITO: LA PELÍCULA
The famous comic strip character and his pals are animated in CGI for the first time, including the love of his life Yayita (Jessica Cediel), his romantic rival Pepe Cortisona (Cristian de la Fuente), as well as his neph
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It’s customary to look back at this time of year, and as it happens, 2017 was pretty good to fans of nerd culture. Here’s the Captain’s Top 10 list:
10. HORN OF PLENTY: At the beginning of 2017, comic-based show
Read more…JAN 5
DEVIL’S GATE
When a woman and her son mysteriously vanish, FBI agent Daria Francis (Amanda Schull) is dispatched to the small town of Devil’s Gate, North Dakota to investigate the number one suspect: religious fanatic Jackson Pritchard (Milo Ve
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Did you know that there was a Wonder Woman being made in the early 90s? It's notable for being the only cartoon show that was ever being developed for Wonder Woman, also, if it had been released, it*would'v
Read more…I just picked up Archie #1, from Mark Waid and Fiona Staples... and it was pretty terrific, I thought. I don't want to spoil it now, but most of what we recognize as Archie (storywise, not stylewise) is there, or right around the corner. Archie & Bet
Read more…Trying to narrow down my top 10 favorite genre moments for 2017.
Sure, there are easy ones: Wonder Woman in No Man's Land. "Crisis on Earth-X." The Carl reveal in The Walking Dead. I suppose Disney buying Fox, although that happened in the real world
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