East of West: The World has been mentioned in one of the reading threads. It's a one-shot guide to the East of West world, subtitled "Sourcebook | Atlas | Encyclopedia | Timelines | Apocrypha." It serves as a reference to the convoluted history and p
Harrisons comics is having another sale, 25% off toys, Golden and Silver Age comics and statues and 50% off of all most everything else. I think this is the fourth such sale in the past 5 weeks. I can't buy much at the moment and I wonder if the
Hit: 1955 Written by Bryce Carlson, illustrated by Vanessa R. Del Rey
A four-part crime noir story set in Los Angeles in 1955, supposedly based on true events. Detective Harvey Slater is a member of a Hit Squad, a group of cops dispensing vigilante ju
I'm getting through some of my e-comic backlog during my lunch hour this week, and today it was a four-issue creator-owned series from Boom! Studios. "Curse" was written by Michael Moreci and Tim Daniel, with art by Riley Rossmo and Colin Lorimer. It
Earlier tonight, I go to check out a new gym ... it's a branch of a chain I already belong to, but somewhat closer to home. I get a quick tour from one of the staff, lock my stuff in a locker, go do a short workout, return to the locker room ...
I was curious how many of you out there go through CGC or another grading company to get books graded? When buying a book, do you seek out a graded slabbed copy?
It seems like most folks here are more into the hobby because they love comics, not re
Titles listed in the Comics Guide come from the weekly list at the Diamond Comic Distributors Inc. website, and are subject to change. The information in the Comics Guide comes not only from Diamond but from solicitation
When you look back over the history of the New Teen Titans -- or any comic, really -- some years stand out more than others. Some years are remembered for their greatness, while others
Over the years, a great number of characters have started out with one power set, then received "upgrades" as time went by. Superman could fly, Black Canary could summon birds and then received sonic powers, the Beast mutated, Emma Frost mutated, Su
Titles listed in the Comics Guide come from the weekly list at the Diamond Comic Distributors Inc. website, and are subject to change. The information in the Comics Guide comes not only from Diamond but from solicitatio
As I mentioned once, a while back, I got into Marvel Comics late in the game. Outside of glancing at an odd issue or two on the coffee table at my barber shop, I didn’t start reading Marvel in earnest until 1965. One of the first things that struck
He was a character who shouldn't have gotten off the drawing board. After the success of GHOST RIDER, a man cursed by Satan, the next step was to feature the offspring of the Devil. He could have only been created in the 1970s with Marvel's more lax
Now I know that we all know that the Girl of Steel and the Boy Wonder knew each other and were on good terms and were amicable but why weren't they closer? I'm not talking romantically though they would make a cute couple. But as fri