‘Breed is probably my least favorite of Jim Starlin’s recent work (if the first two mid-nineties Bravura mini-series can be considered “recent”), but I liked the first issue of the third mini more than I remember liking any of the previous two (which
Read more…THE RETURN OF A LONG-LOST FLASH TO THE DC UNIVERSE!
It's finally here! The oversized, incredible, universe-changing 80-page DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1 from the genius mind of Geoff Johns is out this Wednesday, May 25th, and with it comes a shocking surp
Read more…Dean started Heart off with a mask and today she gets a sidekick.
http://www.gocomics.com/heartofthecity/
Read more…I'm running late, as I do in most things, but here's a Silver Anniversary birthday wish to our pal Craig Shutt, the splendiferous Mr. Silver Age. This also was the first Superman Annual I bought as a small Hoy.
Happy birthday, pal!
Hoy
I was reading a snarky review of an old issue of Unexpected (you can find it here, if you're curious: SNARK!) and noticed that it was subtitled "A Green Glob Adventure". And indeed, a green glob, excuse me THE green glob does play a role, manipulatin
Read more…I have heard about this show for many years, but (other than the “Hellfire Club” episode) have never seen it. A while back I saw a DVD set of every episode featuring Emma Peel at a price too good to pass up. I began watching them in order a couple of
Read more…Ladies and gentlemen, Mars One #1 is now live on DriveThru Comics! Check out Good Ideas Comics latest digital offering by Mark Stanislawski, Mattia Vagnetti and Keelan Malo-Smith! Good Ideas are here! Just click on the link! #makecomics
Print issues
Read more…MAY 25, 2016
FIRST ISSUE ALERT
ACCELERATORS: RELATIVITY #1 (of 5)
Publisher: BLUE JUICE COMICS
Writer: R.F.I. PORTO
Art: GAVIN SMITH
Cover: GAVIN SMITH, TIM YATES
$3.99
A marauding gang of time criminals escape from their prison to wreak havoc on a
Read more…1)It's funny that I never thought about this before, but it's true that Tegan seems to be much more concerned about getting back to do her job than about her murdered aunt. I suppose you could rationalize it as a sort of deep denial - her obsessing o
Read more…As far as I can tell, five comics characters have called themselves "The Wasp" over the years. The first was Burton Slade, a crusading newsman who became a generic mystery man of the sort that used to be all over these hills back in the day. He fir
Read more…Dark Horse Day Goes International on June 4!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MILWAUKIE, OR - 2016 marks the thirtieth anniversary of Dark Horse Comics, and it’s time to party!
Earlier this year, Dark Horse announced that Saturday, June 4, would be Dark Hors
I haven’t read Captain America regularly in quite some time, not since Ed Brubaker left. I tried issue #1 of the Rick Remender series (2012), but frankly, the whole concept behind the “Dimension Z” storyline left me cold. I considered buying it again
Read more…“The Underwater Menace” is 50% missing; only the second and third episodes of a four-parter exists in the BBC archives. (See link in fourth response below for more details.) Episode three is available on the “Lost in Time” DVD set, but I’ve watched i
Read more…Photo credit: Alan Markfield/Twentieth Century Fox
Here's a group using Cerebro you won't see being so chummy in the comics: (from left) Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, James McAvoy as Professor X, Lucas Till as Havok
Read more…SOME BOOKS WITH PRESS RELEASES, PREVIEWS
AND/OR VARIANT COVERS THAT I DON'T COMMENT ON
THE ART OF BROKEN AGE (HC)
Publisher: DARK HORSE COMICS
Writers/Art: Various
Cover: NATHAN ''BAGEL'' STAPLEY
FC • 120 pages • HC • 8 1/2'' x 11'' • $19.
Read more……until yesterday, that is.
I’m really enjoying Spidey, about Peter Parker’s high school years. Issue #2 began with an illustrated recap of #1, Spider-Man’s origin. It wasn’t until #3 I realized that the editor has chosen to run that every issue in li
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I've just read Future Quest #1. I'm going to post spoilers here eventually, but I wanted to get my initial impression out there right away:
It's good.
Read more…Good stuff from SDCC:
iZOMBIE signing photos (Fri, July 10): http://comiccon.thewb.com/izombie-signing-3/ or https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153583790638777.1073741948.23330993776&type=3
Sizzle reel:
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This is the new origin for the DCnU Superman. Each issue takes place at a different point in his life, and each will have a different artist. This issue deals with the Kryptonian equivalent of “taking off the training wheels” when learning to fly. It
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