Since the Captain Comics Round Table website first launched in the late '90s, it has been blessed with a number of fine contributors. Some are still with us and some aren't, but their pearls of wisdom remain. To read a given contributor's work, hover
Last Wednesday, Boom! Studios released a new Planet of the Apes comic book series. According to editor Ian Brill, the new series is set in continuity with the five original films, and takes place some 1200 before Taylor “fell from the stars.” The art
What I'm going to do here is present a timeline of the feature films and shorts that were shown in the twelve seasons of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and in the feature film. I will not be including the KTMA episodes, and I will not be chronicling th
Unusual Tales #16-20 (Charlton Comics, May 59-Jan 60)
I didn't expect more from Unusual Tales Vol. 4 than I had gotten out of other volumes of the same series. Which is why I was surprised by the story "Th
I like everything by Tom King I've ever read, but I'm unsure about his Batman. I'm not a huge fan of Batman in the first place, and I definitely do not like the DC post-Flashpoint/New 52/Rebirth universe, yet King has written quite a lengthy run, ava
My previous MST3K timeline showed the events of the host segments in the order that the characters experienced them. This one shows them in "historical" order. The show's continuity was straightforward during the Comedy Central years. It was only d
When I was in elementary school I would buy every first issue I saw... not because I thought it would be "worth something someday" but because I wanted to be in on the beginning of something. (I had grand visions of Skull the Slayer #200, for exampl
Today's Justice Society of America #9 with the surprise return of a character that was first seen in Adventure Comics #369. Thinking about it, I probably should have seen it coming, but I did not.
I have been considering a comprehensive overview of the Doom Patrol, from 1963 (Drake/Premiani) through 1993 (Grant Morrison), for a long time now. I've avoided such exhaustive discussions since finishing Adam Strange, but the John Byrne series (18 i
The last time I did a comprehensive Thor re-read I stopped with the last of the Kirby issues (or rather the last volume of MMW Thor which had Kirby stories in it). As I explained in my Doctor Strange discussion thread, in the days when i was still ac
Is this another exciting new superhero universe? No — just a buddy comedy about two unlucky henchmen trying to make their way in the world! Deadweights take
