So I finished my latest reading project, which was "Marvel Now" Avengers. That was, in effect, the complete runs of Avengers, Avenger A.I., Avengers World, Mighty Avengers, New Avengers and Secret Avengers. For purposes of clarity, it is the runs of
So just for stars and garters, I decided to throw together a comic book quotes contest. I'm going to list 30 quotes, and your job is to identify as many as possible.Some of these quotes will be beyond simple to identify as they're so famous. Others..
Read more…Sex Criminals: Big Hard Sex Criminals Hardcover
Matt Fraction, author; Chip Zdarsky artist
Image Comics, 2015
Sex Criminals was such a runaway hit that the first ten issues were given the deluxe hardcover treatment (in addition to the trade paperbac
Read more…ACTION COMICS #968
AD AFTER DEATH BOOK 01 (OF 3)
AIRSHIP ENTERPRISE #3
ALL NEW X-MEN ANNUAL #1
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN WORLDWIDE TP VOL 03
AMERICAN MONSTER TP VOL 01 (MR)
ART OF DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS HC
ART OF RED
Read more…Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet was the first Doctor Who paperback I read, not only because the final episode is missing from the BBC archives, but more importantly because it deals with the Doctor’s first regeneration. Unfortunately, the regeneratio
Read more…I recently received a couple of collections of these (Thank you!). I vaguely recall reading an issue or two back in dinosaur times, but most of these are brand new to me. So, here are some superficial impressions!
Read more…This collection reprints stories from Jungle Action #6-24 and Black Panther Vol. 1 #1-10. Stories are written by Don McGregor and Jack Kirby, and penciled by Rich Buckler, Gil Kane, Billy Graham, Keith Pollard and Jack
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Tribune Content Agency
NBM Publishing is one of the country’s classier comics publishers, and its latest wave of books is evidence of that.
Standing out at the top is A Treasury of XXth Century Murder: Black Dahlia ($15.99), by Ric
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
With Dr. Strange premiering Nov. 4 – and already getting great reviews – we all need a refresher on Marvel’s Master of the Mystic Arts. Here are 21 Fun Facts To Know and Tell about Dr. Strange:
1. Dr. Strang
Read more…Story Ah, shame. Sadly, the only thing I own with him in it is Teenage Caveman, which I don't think he'd want to be remembered by.
Read more…Time to start a Defenders thread, because information is beginning to seep in. Here's the SDCC trailer:
And here's some information that's running around the 'Net, this from icv2.com:
Netflix announced the return of Elodie Yung as a series regul
Read more…First I got six teasers titled "Change the World":
Then I go the preview proper:
CHAMPIONS #1
CHAMPIONS #1 LAUNCH PARTY OPT-IN
Publisher: MARVEL COMICS
Written by MARK WAID
Art & Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
Party Variant by JAY FOSGITT
Variant Covers
Read more…Imagine that you’re participating in one of my “Comic Book Jeopardy!” quizzes . . . .
Under ‘Silver-Age Avengers Tenures’ for $50, the answer is . . . . “This hero left the Avengers only five issues after being made a member.”
The clock is ticking, f
Read more…The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 4: Rising Action
Kieron Gillen, writer; Jamie McKelvie, artist; Matthew Wilson, colourist; Clayton Cowles, letterer
Image Comics, 2016
Newly created goddess Persephone was apparently killed at the end of the previous ar
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By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
The Easter eggs have been coming in such large baskets on genre TV shows, that even non-comics viewers can probably guess them. Let’s try a quiz and find out:
1. On Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the new director
Read more…No way to know I guess, but this full panel of Reed and Sue from FF 79 did give Jack a full page freedom I think he enjoyed.
"Old Aunt May fine. How you?"
OK, now that I've gotten that out of my system, on to the more serious question.
Was it ever established what Aunt May's age was meant to be? If not, how old did you always think of her as being?
To me, she always lo
Read more…As much as I’ve heard about Love & Rockets over the years, I must admit I’ve never read it. I recently read an informative article about it, though (in the recently released and highly recommended Comic Book Fever: A Celebration of Comics: 1976—1986
Read more…Like it says ~ In US syndication , how many syndicated newspaper strips that would be described as " Continuity strips " are still running , including rerun ones ? Also , when did each of them start ?
I will intend this as being about " serious " c
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