Holy cow, that was the best thing the CW has ever given me for my birthday.
This is everything I'd want a Flash show to be. There are some changes to the mythos -- the particle accelerator being the source of most or all of the super powers in the a
One more causualty in Hollywood. It's been a really, really, really bad month: "‘Benson’ Star James Noble Dies at 94"
Read more…I’m going to pick up this discussion where Randy’s Steve Gerber Howard the Duck discussion left off. The first duck up is Howard by someone “other” than Gerber.
HTD #28 – “Cooking with Gas”
Guest Plotter: Marv Wolfman
Penciler: Carmine Infantino
Dial
Read more…Another star fallen. I used to watch The Patty Duke Show all the time when I was tiny. Shame.
Read more…GoComics
- http://www.gocomics.com - has , as of to-day , started re-running Schulz's PEANUTS from the beginning - colorized - as " PEANUTS BEGINS " . (BTW , remeber , the daily started considerably before the Sunday strip , so...)
It's on the fron
Read more…I've threatened to do this before (or did I menace?) and now seems to be a good time to do it. This is my personal list of the 10 best fights in Marvel Comics during the Silver Age.
A few thoughts:
* This is my list. You can disagree if you want. Be
Read more…100 BULLETS TP BOOK 05 (MR)
ALL NEW ALL DIFFERENT MARVEL UNIVERSE
ALL NEW X-MEN #7
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1.4
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1.4 VAR
AQUAMAN #50 (NOTE PRICE)
AQUAMAN #50 VAR ED (NOTE PRICE)
ARCHIE COMICS DOUBLE DIGEST #267
ASTRONAUTS IN TROUBLE #10 (OF 11
The battle between Batman (Ben Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill) is lifted in large part from the 1986 graphic novel “The Dark Knight Returns.” Photo Credit: Clay Enos/ TM & © DC Comics
Gal Gadot plays a Wonder Woman who’s been around for at lea
DARK HORSE COMICS
CONAN THE AVENGER #24
Writer: FRED VAN LENTE
Art: BRIAN CHING
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: PAUL RENAUD
FC, 32 pages, $3.50, Ongoing
As Conan lays siege to Khauran, inside the city the soldier Valerius desperately seeks evidence tha
Read more…“A Blind Man Shall Lead Them”
Editor and writer: Stan Lee Art: Jack Kirby (pencils), Frank Giacoia (inks)
Scholars of the comic Fantastic Four mark 1965 as a watershed year in the series’ history. Up to that year, the adventures of the title’s st
Read more…I’ve been taking my time reading this collection of 14 essays ever since I bought it a few weeks ago. The essays are grouped chronologically, following the Hulk from the beginning to present day. The first several essays deal with the military, theCo
Read more…Low Vol. 1: The Delirium Of Hope
Written by Rick Remender; Art by Greg Tocchini
Image Comics
The post-apocalyptic literature is vast, in prose as well as comics. So Rick Remender gets points for a truly original concept for this series. Eventuall
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Did comic books invent the “weird” Western? Wikipedia seems to think so, and the idea is buttressed by Wynonna Earp, debuting April 1 on Syfy channel – a modern supernatural Western based on a long-running
Read more…It's been a very, very, very bad week for people in television: "The Waltons and Falcon Crest Creator Earl Hamner Jr. Dead at 92"
The Waltons, of course, is the kind of gentle family drama that would NEVER get on television today. Hamner earned two E
Read more…It's that time of year again!
We've done this before (here, here, and here), but now it's time for this year! This is a place for comments about any and all shows, but especially for shows that don't generate their own threads.
I was reminded it's that
Read more…It's been a really, really bad week for actors: "Comedian Garry Shandling Dies at 66"
Tributes and rememberances are pouring in from all over. Here's a roundup from TV Insider: "Remembering Garry Shandling, One of TV's Greatest Artists"
Read more…It's been a bad week for actors: "Ken Howard Dead: '30 Rock' Actor, SAG-AFTRA President Dies at 71"
Of course, US Weekly would tout his more recent work such as 30 Rock. But his biggest claim to fame would be The White Shadow, a CBS drama from 1978-8
Read more…It's been a really bad week for actors: "David Smyrl, 'Sesame Street' Actor, Dies at 80"
Mr. Handford was the kindly man who took over Mr. Hooper's Store after he died in 1982. Smyrl was the second Mr. Handford, but the one I remember.
He will be mi
Read more…The 2016 Silver Age Trivia Challenge lived up to its motto of “When Titans Clash!” (patent pending) as Mark Waid took on a team of fans in the annual battle for the Silver Age Trivia crown.
Owing to the tragic loss only a few weeks earlier of long-ti
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THE SHADOW GLASS #1 (of 6)
Writer/Art/Cover: ALY FELL
FC, 32 pages, $3.99, Miniseries
A young student of England’s greatest occultist learns her real father is in league with the devil. When Rose finds out that the man who raised her isn’t
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