It seemed pretty obvious to me back in the 1960s, that Marvel had three split books that featured two super-heroes in a book. They were the books that weren't named for the lead characters, like Spider-Man or X-men or Daredevil.
These books had unus
Read more…Hot on the heels of Saga Brian K. Vaughan launched The Private Eye, a digital-only collaboration with artist Marcos Martin. It's a very forward looking format: DRM-free comics (in PDF, CBR or CBZ format, so they can be read in most comic book viewers
Read more…If you’ve got a favorite adventure character you haven’t seen lately, chances are you can find she, he or it at Dynamic Forces.
While most publishers tend to avoid licensing characters – paying for the license cuts into profits – Dynamic Forces, publ
Read more…To me since I've only known him in the past few years he's always been like Tony Stark, a guy who will do the right thing but only after manipulating, abusing and down right stabbing his colleagues in the back, a character so borderline that it pu
Read more…On Jan. 22, Marvel Comics shipped Miracleman #1 to comics shops across America. Miracleman isn’t a very well-known character, but he is one with a rich history, one whose book has boasted some of the finest talent in the biz and one who has attracted
Read more…If you have not seen the new documentary, PARTICLE FEVER, do so. It is a film which documents the building and launch of the Hadron Particle Collider in Switzerland. If you are familiar with DC Comic History and the role of Krona, you will understa
Read more…THE CAPTAIN'S COMMENTS
While the big publishers offer their usual avalanche of a books, t's a light week for some publishers. There are no books at all from from Action Lab or Archie,and only one from Valiant. Even "Other Publishers" feels a bit ligh
Read more…I spotted a flyer for it today in my LCS. www.collectiondx.comsrgm
Looks more like collectables than comics but I thought I'd mention it.
Read more…http://www.comics.org/issue/579515/cover/4
Above is a cover for an Australian-market reprint album titled "" SUPER-VILLAINS ALBUM " from the 80s with a plenty dang spiffy! cover by Jim Aparo !
Was this cover published in America ? After al
Read more…Curious to know what everyone thinks about this revelation for Amazing Spider-Man 2.
I think you can get a much more entertaining story with Kraven or a Kraven/Chameleon team. Just saying.
Read more…Why was this? Possibly Marvel split books had equally popular heroes thereby more democratic than Detective's Batman and Martian Manhunter or Batman and Elongated Man? I think I've answered my own question here, errr ... Okay: which format did you p
Read more…Blondie has now joined the ranks of classic comic strips my wife deigns to read (the other two being Little Orphan Annie and Gasoline Alley); she doesn’t read all the good ones, but all the ones she reads are good. My own personal association with Bl
Read more…Since Fox Studios' rights to the X-Men for movies apparently requires them to have a new movie out every - three ? four ? - years or lose the movie rights , and I guess that solo X-men movies count against that (Perhaps with a requirement of " X-MEN
Read more…Much of the dialog in Alan Moore’s latest, “The Roses of Berlin”, is in German. It’s a language that’s been the bane of my existence through two years of high school and four years of college during which I proved I have no facility for learning a fo
Read more…Was it the Brain from the Doom Patrol comics?
Read more…Above is a link to the appropriate page of the site of ADBUSTERS magazine .
The point is , here , that they used pseudo-Marvel Comics early 70s cover design on their latest " ish " which you should see upon following the
Read more…From the New York Post: "'Superman’ Artist Stunned to Find ‘Donated’ Work on Sale"
The long and short of it:
Superman artist Al Plastino, 91, was at the New York Comic Con, and was surprised to find the original pages he drew for “Superman’s Mission
Read more…Paul Pope fans have waited a long time for this book: it was first announced in 2006. Pope's unique artistic style is an amalgam of many influences, including manga and European comics. He says of the book "as for comics inspirations...it's all ab
Read more…The ranks of the Legion of "Hey, It's That Guy!" Character Actors is one poorer:
From The Hollywood Reporter: "'Homeland' Actor James Rebhorn Dead at 65"
Read more…Got it and it wasn't really that bad, but not spectacular either. I felt like I did when I watched Justice League Doom and All Star Superman. They are good, they just don't strike me as great. They are in many ways just upgraded JL episodes to me. Ma
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