Back in the late 1960s, it was not uncommon for a kid to have several Mravel comics in their collection with only half a cover.
In most instances, it was the title of the cover that had been sliced off with a razor..sometimes nicking the first or sec
Showa: A History of Japan
If you’re a long-time fan of comic books, then you know that there’s a lot more to comics than superheroes. That doesn’t mean we don’t like our superheroes as comic book fans. It’s just that we know comic books are capabl
Read more…At least if we're any kind of old stuff/DC fan , most of us here have read the very first , published , Superman story , the one which appeared in a somewhat edited version that began in the middle of the , ur , um , " action " , in ACTION COMICS #
Read more…The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has release "Working With Libraries! A Handbook For Comics Creators." This booklet explains ways for comics creators to gain advantage in having their works selected by librarians.
http://cbldf.org/2014/07/cbldf-rele
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune News Service
Comics writer/artist Jack Kirby is often, and justly, referred to as “The King .” And even though he died in 1994, he’s still making news.
For the uninitiated, Kirby’s claims to fame are many, and stretch acro
Read more…One forum topic here that interested me was a post by The Baron on one thousand of his favorite characters.
Since I think the comics medium gets a bad rap about the empowerment of female characters in both comic books and strips, I wondered what name
Read more…Silver
Written & illustrated by Stephan Franck
Dark Planet Comics
Stephan Franck is a very charming guy. He lured me over to his table at HeroesCon like a veteran carnival barker with a persuasive elevator pitch for his project. Why, yes, that do
Read more…While researching and reading about my next JLA/JSA entry and scanning through some of the Commander's excellent articles and Fig's Doom Patrol recollections, I thought I would feature those characters whose origins made sense or were cool and those
Read more…As a long time Marvel Masterworks VARIANT cover buyer, I've got most of the silver age volumes that matter to me.
I seem to have missed the volume that covers Avengers #91-100 with the yellow Barry Windsor cover inside the golden frame. Does anyone
Read more…IMAGE EXPO ANNOUNCEMENTS
Image Comics made 12 earth-shattering announcements today
For the first time ever, the eagerly-anticipated Image Expo—a showcase for exciting new projects and creators as they join the Image Comics team—went on-location to
Read more…I've been reading some early Superboy recently, and I had a handful of questions.
* Humpty Dumpty? Really? Really?
* When did Superboy start using Superboy robots and Clark Kent robots and robots in general?
* How big was Smallville supposed to b
Read more…DC is selling several Batman collections for $2.99 each today only (it's Batman Day). These are seriously cheap. I've already read Year One and the other classics, but there are several recent collections that tempt me. Quickly, Bat fans! There's no
Read more…Captain America #424
February 1994
Cover art by: Phil Gosier & Danny Bulanadi
Story: The Last Operation
Writer: Mark Gruenwald
Pencils: Phil Gosier
Inks: Romeo Tanghal
We kick this issue off with the return of Diamondback into the fold. (She was i
Read more…Anybody play D&D? Played D&D?
My comic shop hosts D&D encounters every Wednesday. The newest session is starting up soon. I've never played D&D in my life but have been curious about it. Tonight was character creation. I sat down with one of the D
Read more…Dear Mr. Silver Age:
Did any team members, super or otherwise, ever die during the Silver Age?
Simon W.
Hollywood
Read more…In honor of Batman's 75th anniversary, DC is having a one-week sale on bat-digital comics, 750 issues for 99 cents each
I'm sure in a totally
Read more…As I have mentioned in the Bi-Weekly TPB thread, Border Mutt has asked me to look after the Bi-Weekly TPB threads temporarily, as he has little access to the internet over the summer.
Currently, we have openings for discussions for the two week perio
Read more…BEST BETS
DIARY OF A GIRL NEXT DOOR: BETTY (HC, Archie Comics, $13.99): This hardcover, done in the style of the popular "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series, follows the thoughts of everyone's favorite overachieving blonde as she begins her sophomore year
Read more…As a young lad, my family moved from Chicago to a small town in Southwestern Michigan when I was six, around 1972. There were always comics around, but maintaining a consistent collection was nigh impossible for me. I would get comics at the Harding
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