For those of us born after 1966, or at least reading Amazing Spider-Man after issue #40, when Jazzy John Romita Senior showed us the identity of the Green Goblin, we have always accepted the fact that the original Green Goblin was Norman Osborn.
But
During a brief slow moment at work, I started jotting down some questions about Marvel's Merry Mutants, the Original X-Men and came up with these:
I bought AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 and SPIDER-VERSE TEAM-UP #1 tro-day , the " officiasl start-up " , apparently , of the " Spiderverse " multi-crossover , in the shop here in Seattle that could become my LCS . I have not even opened them yet .
I also
Read more…Another loss to The Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors, Dick Schall was all over the '70s in MTM Studios comedies.
From the Los Angeles Times: "Richard Schaal Dies at 86; Character Actor was a Second City Pioneer"
Read more…As most of us know, Johnny Quick activated his powers using a mathematical formula. Also, notoriously, Dr. Sivana came up with a formula that when spoken allowed him to walk through walls. Later, Captain Marvel himself used the same formula for the s
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Rest in Peace, SKYWARD Creator Jeremy Dale
We, the members of Action Lab Entertainment are mourning the passing of one of our own. On Monday, November 3rd, 2014, Jeremy Dale, Creator of SKYWARD passed away. Jeremy was a friendly, ene
Read more…Yes, I remember Fantasy Masterpieces Marvel Super-Heroes, a great 25 cent squarebound book that served for a while as the showcase for new ideas, one-shot try-outs, and odd-pieces.
Originally titled Fantasy Masterpieces, the book began life as a
Read more…There are lots of examples of ideas, pairings, combinations and plot-twists that occur early in comics, and are seemingly forgotten before someone else picks them up and runs with them.
Let me point on one or two that I'm aware of as examples:
In the
Read more…A STORY FOR HALLOWEEN 3
or, The Story of Old Smeller
by Luke Blanchard
Old Smeller came to live with the Mills family when Hobby was five. At first he was so savage they had to bind him to a post with a chain. He howled with rage and strained at the
Read more…Slightly Spooky Reviews
I love Halloween. It might be my favorite holiday*. It’s an especially good time to be a comic book fan and a dad.
It’s become a family tradition to head out to the comic book store on Halloween as our local comic shop
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DARK CIRCLE COMICS UNVEILS FIRST WAVE OF SUPERHERO TITLES
THE BLACK HOOD, THE SHIELD and THE FOX ongoing series slated to launch early next year
New York, NY -- Dark Circle Comics – the superhero imprint of Archie Comics – revealed th
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Warren Ellis to relaunch Dynamite's Superpowers Universe
Dynamite is honored to announce that Warren Ellis, one of the greatest and most respected comic book writers in comics, will be working with Dynamite for the very first time! War
Read more…After reading the Power Girl/Harley Quinn comic I was bugged by a memory, Before I really got into comics I remember reading some in a dentist office when I was a kid, and I was sure that the Joker once took advantage of a amnesia stricken Creeper. H
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IDW Entertainment And Entertainment One Television Bringing Secret Service Drama Cobb To Television
Thania St. John Writing the Pilot and Serving as Showrunner
Los Angeles/San Diego, CA – IDW Entertainment and Entertainment One Tele
Read more…There weren't any further Silver Age revivals from the Golden Age after the Spectre (as far as I know - does Red Tornado count?), which has always been a disappointment to me. I think Wildcat, Black Canary and Dr Fate would have made interesting rebo
Read more…The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship That Sank Twice
Mike Carey/Peter Gross/Kurt Huggins/Zelda Devon
Vertigo
This is Tommy Taylor's origin story, which Vertigo describes as a prequel to the series The Unwritten. It came out over a year ago, bu
Read more…Here's a blast from the past, 10 years ago in fact,in CBG #1600, to celebrate the holiday weekend and reinforce that, even in the Silver Age, they couldn't all be gems:
The 2004 Mopee Awards!
Cover your eyes! Hide the children! It’s that time once ag
Read more…I am struck by the bold-face lying that occurs on the most recent "The Avengers" #21 cover.
This was the issue that was promoted heavily as "Storm is now an Avenger"...complete with a cover that shows her standing front and center, displaying her lig
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Yeah, I know you've seen it! What do you think?
Me, I love the way they're mixing Disney/Marvel. Am I the only one getting the Pinnochio reference? A great angle, for sure!
My only complaint, the Scarlet Witch seems too --- uhm, non-Gypsy to me. I
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LETTER 44 Makes the Voyage to Television!
Series Based on the Hit Comic in Development at SyFy
Oni Press is thrilled to announce that Charles Soule and Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque’s hit ongoing series LETTER 44, has been picked up f
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