Roy Thomas Presents The Heap Volume One
PS Artbooks
$47.99, color, 240 pgs.
Writers and Artists: Various
Collecting "The Heap" stories Dec 42-May 48
This is a fascinating book.
Not for the art or stories, which never rise above pedestrian. But the
Read more…If you like “Jim Starlin’s “cosmic” work, you’ll like this. If you don’t, you won’t.
(I wrote this up as a lengthier review but I wasn’t happy with it so I decided to do it as a “Quick Hit.”)
Read more…I should have posted all this on Tuesday, Aug. 12, but better late than never!
GET READY TO ROOT FOR THE BAD GUYS IN BATMAN: ASSAULT ON ARKHAM AVAILABLE FROM WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT ON AUGUST 12, 2014!
Stellar Voice Cast Includes Kevin Conro
Read more…The best “Star Trek” since Star Trek.
NOTE TO CAPTAIN COMICS: If you’re reading this, I’d really like to hear your opinion.
Read more…The Teen Titans Project, Part IV: The “Joker’s Daughter” Years (1976-1979)
“They’re back at last!” At least that’s what DC proclaimed on the cover of Teen Titans #44 (Nov. 1976). After a three-year hiatus, the Teen Titans were back in costume and
Read more…I’m enjoy this this as much as any (and more than most) of “The New 52” but it suffers from rotating artists syndrome: three artists in three months: Kieth Giffen, Tom Grummett, Jim Starlin. All of them are fine artists and any of them would be good
Read more…Here's a line for DC's TRINITY OF SIN: THE PHANTOM STRANGER title .
And with apparently only one issue left !
Well , I've been buying it ~ Going from comic shp to comic shop , and having to special-order it , as they were not actually stocking it
Read more…I bought a MMPB of the most recent Sue Grafton mystery in her Casey Malone series , W IS FOR WASTED , indulging myself in advance in anticipation of another hospital stay (a week-and-a halfish after the last one) .
I have moved to Olympia , Washing
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While he was most famous as the announcer for Saturday Night Live, if you're an American TV watcher between the ages of ten and ninety, you've almost certainly heard his voice, even if you've never seen SNL. I remember first hearing him
Read more…CAPTAIN VICTORY & THE GALACTIC RANGERS: Writer Joe Casey is taking a somewhat different approach to this title than he did toward the Kirby-ish Godland. Frankly, the art is a bit too “experimental” for my taste, but I’ll give it another issue or two.
Read more…Who got killed ? (Spoilers) I saw a Bleeding Cool column that some character was being killed " in a really final way ~ even if they do come back to life , it will be like never before " , etcetera , at least I think 'twas BC .
The writer made a bi
Read more…ODYC #1
story: MATT FRACTION
art / cover: CHRISTIAN WARD
NOVEMBER 26 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
An epic 26 centuries in the making: In the aftermath of a galactic war a hundred years long, Odyssia the Clever Champion and her compatriots begin their
Read more…Transformers: Primacy #4 (of 4)
Chris Metzen & Flint Dille (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a & c)
END OF THE ROAD! The final secrets of war for CYBERTRON are revealed! Everything has been leading to this—war has engulfed OPTIMUS PRIME’S world, and MEGATRON s
Read more…The Teen Titans Project, Part V:
A New Beginning (1980-1981)
When George Perez left Marvel Comics for DC in 1980, he worked out a deal with his new bosses. He would draw one title of their choice and one of his own. DC assigned him the flagship J
Read more…BEST BETS
THE DELINQUENTS #1 (of 4, Valiant, $3.99): The new kid on the block launches a miniseries combining the stars of their two funniest books, Quantum & Woody and Archer & Armstrong. It's superhero-ish action, but should also serve as an antido
Read more…It's funny when I was a kid growing up watching BSG and Buck Rogers I didn't realize at the time that Buck Rogers was in a sense a reboot. Same premise as the old one really, man out of time, but updated with special effects and attitudes. Dated look
Read more…I've been far too busy to pay attention, but in Pandora and Batwoman today there were the 'five year ahead' notices for the next issues, does that mean that the storylines I've been following are now in the scrap heap permanently and they'll pick up
Read more…Here's the story in USA Today:
I've been hanging onto the DC train for years waiting for a clear opportunity to jump off, and here it is. Anything they publish from that point on, I'll read the reviews and, if it seems like something I'll like, I'l
Read more…As some may remember from the old board I have a ton of comic books that I have never read. My goal is to read at least one a day (yeah right), and when it strikes my fancy to do so to review that comic here. Once again join me as I plow through year
Read more…Another interesting press release:
There’s a Fine Line Between Good & Evil – Your First Look at the
Avengers & X-Men: AXIS Inversion Looper!
Prepare yourself for the marquee comic event of the fall, kicking off in the must-read Avengers & X-Men: A
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