BEST BETS
BATMAN ‘66 MEETS GREEN HORNET #1 (DC Comics, $2.99): If you're old enough (or watch Boomerang), you'll know that Green Hornet and Kato guest starred a couple of times on the 1966-68 Batman TV show. (Green Hornet was also a TV show running c
Read more…Though the names are the same they really are working hard to make the characters different. I think there is a bit more room for death and destruction on this alternate Earth, permanent and lasting I mean, not blow up something and have it back in s
Read more…I am so down on new comics these days that my participation on this board has dropped to nil. I am a “super-hero” guy at heart, but most super-hero comics these days bore me to tears. Every once in a while, though, a title which builds on the super-h
Read more…From our previous discussion(s), the most recent in the 12 Questions thread, the Dobie Gillis DVD is being released on July 2. It's a mere $97.99 for 3600 minutes on TWENTY disks!
http://www.amazon.com/Many-Loves-Dobie-Gillis-Complete/dp/B00C7A8WWO/r
Read more…I occasionally get PR from Adult Swim, which I can't watch due to my work hours. So I don't know how pertinent this is for our readership. If nothing else, though, I thought y'all would like the pretty picture.
TEAM UNICORN SATURDAY ACTION FUN HOUR!
Read more…This is turning out to be a better book than I thought it would. I picked it up because I was interested in Zatanna, having hated it when they canceled her solo title, but after a rough start they use her well here. I wasn't too impressed with the Fo
Read more…So in Daredevil #3, Matt catches someone in a lie, saying "Lying cat says 'Lying.'" -- a reference to the Lying Cat character in Saga.
So how on earth, even with his super powers, does Matt read comic books?
Read more…Using the power of the Time Gem, the present (?) incarnation of Thanos contacts his previous self (circa Captain Marvel #33) and tells him (and us readers) everything we need to know to enjoy Jim Starlin’s upcoming OGN. It’s nothing we haven’ seen be
Read more…As some of you know, I fell off the DC comp list with The New 52, and decided that was a sign from Zeus to start trade-waiting. And with the April solicits, I see decision time has arrived.
That is to say: Which trades or HCs will I buy? I'm certain
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THE ADVENTURES OF APOCALYPSE AL VOL 1 (TPB, Image Comics, $9.99): Collects the four-issue miniseries introducing Allison Carter (the Apocalypse Al of the title), who is a paranormal investigator from a long line of paranormal investigators.
Read more…Holy crap. I know I've said this before, but Dan Slott is nailing it.
I love how he uses everything from the past--especially the stuff he's written--and doesn't just discount it now that Peter is back in control of his own body. He has to deal with
Read more…I thought you folks would like to know this, and enjoy the pictures.
Free Comic Book Day Generates Record Breaking Attendance & Coverage
Over one million people estimated to have attended Free Comic Book Day in 2014
(BALTIMORE, MD) — (May 29, 201
Read more…Avengers #229
March 1983
Cover art by: Al Milgrom & Rick Parker
Story: Final Curtain!
Writer: Roger Stern
Pencils: Al Milgrom
Inks: Joe Sinnott
Due to the machinations of Egghead, Henyr Pym is now working for him and the Masters of Evil. Quick rec
Read more…Even if this book is doomed due to low numbers I'm still enjoying it. Selina dwells on the fringes of the weird stuff in the DCU, she's got ties to the really super powered types through Batman, but basically she's a normal woman with skills and that
Read more…THE DELINQUENTS #1 (of 4) (VALIANT FIRST)
Written by JAMES ASMUS & FRED VAN LENTE
Art by KANO
Cover by PAOLO RIVERA
#ValiantCraft Cover by DONOVAN SANTIAGO
Board Game Variant by JUAN DOE
Variant Cover by EMANUELA LUPACCHINO
Blank Cover Also Available
Read more…Right and wrong is something I've often been criticized for when it comes to comics. When it comes to those two concepts I'm fairly unyielding. There is one, there is the other and from some people I expect one, from other people I expect the other.
Read more…ARCHIE #659
A Riverdale Zoo field trip goes bonkers when Sabrina’s magical cat Salem mis-casts a magical spell, turning Archie and the gang into animals! Not only that, but they’re turning everyone they meet into animals as well. Can the gang escape
Yes, another strand of silver appears this date. All of us at the Ask Mr. Silver Age Forum wish you the best and many more to come.
--your pal, Hoy
This year's Silver Age Trivia Challenge at C2E2 was tight-fought contest, perhaps Mark Waid's closest brush with defeat yet. He led only 490-410 going into the Lightning Round, where questions were worth 50 points apiece!
Of course, he then won six o
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
May 6, 2014 -- SKREE-ONNNK!
If you recognize that sound effect, then it’s clear you are reading or have read IDW’s line of Godzilla comic books. Because that’s how The Big G expresses himself in those
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