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
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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
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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
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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
Read more…We all know that Dark Knight Returns spawned Batman vs. Superman as a meme, but Son of Krypton and Bat of Gotham had battled plenty of times before, although it was always a hoax, or due to red kryptonite, or some other dodge where they were best fri
Read more…Issue #1 tied as my “Pick of the Week” with “Legacy of Spock, Pt. 1” on March 9, and #2 was beat out by Lost in Space last week by virtue of the latter being a first issue. I just posted about three other comics from March 16 (Squadron Supreme #5, Am
Read more…The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors loses another one -- Joe Santos, a tough-guy actor frequently cast as a cop and sometimes as a hood in lots of TV shows and movies in the '70s, '80s, and '90s.
His biggest claim to fame was as Sgt.
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which premieres March 25, may confuse those who have thought of the Dark Knight and The Man of Steel as best friends. The strange thing is, the pair have been BFFs for mu
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Read more…Larry Drake, best known for his roles as Benny in L.A. Law and Durant in the Darkman series, died at home on March 17, 2016.
In addition to the Darkman series, where he played the scary bad guy Durant, he played numerous genre and non-genre characte
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The Teen Titans Project, Part XXIX:
Deathtrap and Undead (2009)
By 2009, the Teen Titans were a successful franchise with two ongoing titles yet the comics themselves were maddeningly mediocre. When I looked back on 2008, I realized
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