"At present, we consider Superman to be about 32. Lois Lane and Lana Lang are a year or two younger."
In my last entry, I showed that, during the Silver Age, Superman editor Mort Weisinger established the ages of the Man of Steel and most of his su
Read more…My wife and I watched the first four episodes of The Last Kingdom the other night, and the TLDR is that we enjoyed it enough to continue watching.
The last kingdom of the title is Wessex, which was the last redoubt of the Saxons as the Danes (Vikings
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TIME TRAVEL FUNNIES!
THE ROOK #2 (of 4)
Writer: STEVEN GRANT
Art/Cover: PAUL GULACY
Cover: JESUS ABURTO
FC, 32 pages, $3.99, Miniseries
H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine never seemed so real to Restin Dane—especially since he’s living
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Hey, they can’t all be gems, folks.
In 1938, National Comics (that which would become DC Comics) launched Superman in Action Comics # 1. In a phenomenally short period, he would become an icon of popular culture, not just in America, but around the
Read more…DC ran more back-up stories than Marvel in the 70s/80s. The Marvel ones that spring to mind are the brief revival of “Tales of Asgard” in Thor in the early 80s and “Tales of Atlantis” in Sub-Mariner in the 70s. The episode depicting the sinking of Al
Read more…I decided to read this series after I first read about it. This is Warren Ellis’ version, and he has gone straight to the source, the novels not the movies, for inspiration. He even makes a case for Bill Tanner being Bond’s best friend. If you don’t
Read more…Jupiter’s Legacy is a generational comic series by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely. Jupiter’s Circle is its prequel, written by Millar and illustrated by Wilfredo Torres. I read both series for the first time over the weekend, not in the order they wer
Read more…I’ve been looking forward to this one… for longer than one might imagine. The Avengers, as a group, has been around for a long time (a fact pointed out in the “And there came a day” introduction: “…but that was a while ago.”). I had always hoped to s
Read more…Back on the old board, the previous series (one of them anyway) had quite a strong following. I eventually started buying the collections just so I could participate in the discussions. I bought the new #1 in a hope to recapture some of that feeling
Read more…The Zygon Invasion
1)I'm glad they finally addressed the Zygon issue from "Day of the Doctor", which I always thought was one of the biggest plotholes in that episode.
2)I liked the Osgoods' "Doctor Who" outfits.
3)"Doctor Disco"?
4)Nice picture of th
Read more…Sometimes, it’s not so hard to come up with ideas for my column. You guys bring them to me.
Case in point, last’s month’s entry, when Dave Elyea posted:
I’d love to see someone figure out when most of the Superboy stories were set---up until the off
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ANDRE THE GIANT GN CLOSER TO HEAVEN
ASTONISHING ANT-MAN #2
ASTRO CITY #29
ASTRO CITY LOVERS QUARREL HC
Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist) combines the best elements of the character’s personalities and costumes from her many iterations in the comics. Photo by Darren Michaels/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. © 2015 WBEI. All rights reserved.
James Olsen (
Southern Bastards, Vol. 2: Gridiron
Jason Aaron, writer; Jason Latour, art & color
Image Comics
Aaron and Latour achieve the seemingly impossible in this arc: they make Coach Boss a sympathetic character. The story of what it took to take him from
Read more…Raise your hand if you believe that the character of Aunt Harriet was created by the producers of the Batman television series, which ran from 1966 to 1968. The folks who frequent the Captain Comics site are, by and large, a comics-savvy bunch. Yet
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ARCHIE ARCHIVES: PROM PRANKS AND OTHER STORIES (TPB)
Writer/Penciller: BOB MONTANA
Inks/Colors: Various
FC, 240 pages, $19.99, TPB, 7" x 10"
Dark Horse and Archie Comic Publications present the archive library series everyone’s talk
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Tribune Content Agency
In 1941, Green Arrow and Speedy debuted as the protectors of Star City. After more than three seasons, the TV show Arrow has finally caught up with the comics -- in more ways than one.
Astute viewers of Arr
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