Dragging? Complaining? Here's something kinda entertaining! Mr. Silver Age rips the lid off a little-known fact (and that had to hurt) in his column from CBG #1492 (June 28, 2002):
Spider-Man's 'secret' identity
The web-slinger wasn't the greatest a
Read more…Adventure Comics #420
June 1972
Cover art by: Bob Oksner
Story: And Death Will Have No Dominion
Writer: Raymond Marais & Gerry Conway
Pencils: Tony DeZuniga
Inks: Bob Oksner
Um, that is a very phallic weapon Supergirl is throwing in that cover.
Read more…Last week, I wrote my 300th Fluit Notes column for the Captain Comics website. In celebration, I’d like to write about a comic book that shares the number 300. No, not the Frank Miller comic that was eventually turned into a movie. It’s the 300th
Read more…I hadn't picked this up since issue 1, but I love covers and this one was really good. There was a lot in this issue from a Star Wars reminding scene, a reference to her roller derby career and a set up for the next issue and it was also a comple
Read more…In the background in one of the panels there is a woman with green hair and fly-style wings who speaks in a hissing voice if I can read the word balloon correctly. Anyone know who she is?
Read more…I've not time to seek out our Captain's listing for the comics adaptation .
The current?? ish o' THE NEW YORKER has a long article about the " NOAH " film , so.........
Read more…THE CAPTAIN'S COMMENTS
Marvel keeps canceling and rebooting its titles in a seemingly meaningless fashion. That's pretty irritating for long-time fans, completists and serious collectors. But don't let that stop you from enjoying two first issues thi
Read more…Fatale Vol. 1 (Collecting issues #1-5 from Image)
First, I should mention that you aren't going to get an unbiased opinion from me on this book, as I have read, and enjoyed every issue of every comic the Brubaker/Phillips team has done. Second, thi
Read more…I was shocked to see this. Here's a pretty comprehensive article from The Hollywood Reporter: "Comedian David Brenner Dies at 78"
The dude was all over TV in the '70s and '80s. He was a favorite of Johnny Carson, and the Hollywood Reporter article ha
Read more…I'm behind the curve on a lot of stuff lately, but I didn't know that there had been another movie made about Judge Dread. I was skimming through the channels and spotted the title, but I thought it was the Sylvester Stallone movie. This one was diff
Read more…For someone who is ostensibly on spring break I'm doing a lot of school work. For a court paper for my law class I had to visit a court house and as part of the report I have to write down what I thought. I remembered from one of the Foundation b
Read more…I had to take the car in today and having to spend a day in Boston I went to the Museum of Fine Arts and walked around a bit. One of the paintings caught my eye and brought to mind a question that probably can't be answered but I know that there are
Read more…(picture of Darth Malak and Darth Revan based on the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic videogame)
So Long, Star Wars EU, and Thanks for All the Sith
It’s an interesting time in the world of Star Wars. Disney acquired the Star Wars property i
Read more…The first time I encountered the name of Kitty Genovese was reading Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' origin of Rorschach in Watchmen. At the time, I did not know that she was a real person who was really murdered. But I soon discovered the true story. In
The recent release of on-site photos of The Flash's costume during filming of the new Flash TV show on the CW have generated some comments about the somewhat unflattering costume, making comparisons to Flash's unfortunate encounter with being turned
Read more…There aren’t many comics I’ve sold or traded over the years that I haven’t come to regret, but G.I. Joe #1is one of them. I used to play with G.I. Joes when I was little… the real dolls, not the little plastic “action figures”… but by the time the Ma
Read more…This collection picks up with the group still in Australia, in the middle of a fight with a bunch of monsters. Detective Didge touches a magical object and gets thrown into Hades (the version from stories, not the actual kingdom of the dead). Before
Adventure Comics #363
December 1967
Cover art by: Curt Swan & George Klein
Story: Black Day for the Legion!
Writer: Jim Shooter
Pencils: Jim Shooter (Layouts) & Pete Costanza
Inks: Pete Costanza
The Legion are on Earth and they confront Dr. Mantis
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