Artist Becky Cloonan has been increasingly visible, illustrating such projects as Gerard Way's The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys and several issues of Brian Wood's Conan the Barbarian run. But she still feels the urge to self-publish: to create
Happy Valentine's Day to all of you out there who have found true love!
The Baron honors your love, and urges you to celebrate it in all its truth, beauty and diversity, wherever it may take you...
...and he urges you to remember just this o
Read more…Back in “the old days” (many years ago it seems, but not all that long ago, really) when I first started watching Doctor Who, I confused “The Moonbase” with “The Tenth Planet” as the first Cybermen story. I think that’s because “The Moonbase” has all
Read more…World's Finest #177
August 1968
Cover art: Ross Andru & Mike Esposito
Story: Duel of the Crime Kings!
Writer: Jim Shooter
Pencils: Curt Swan
Inks: Mike Esposito
Lex Luthor is stuck in Gotham Jail (I wonder why he is in that jail?), and fashions a
Read more…Welcome back, Legionnaires, for another startling Comics Guide! This one is chock-full of not only a lot of new and interesting books (see "The Captain's Picks"), but an unusually large number of previews -- especially Image, Marvel and Valiant. This
Read more…I was going through some old comics when I came across a reprint of the original Galactus story and I wondered -yet again- if some ideas shouldn't be left alone. The idea of knowing what the nullifier did, of learning the Beyonder survived Secret War
Read more…I picked up My Little Pony today and was struck, as I was struck a while back by Adventure Time, on how much more flexible an all ages comic can be. Adventure Time has gone through noir style detective stories, horror stories and alternate romance
Read more…Welcome!
It looks like 2014 is beginning in earnest this week. We've got three All-New Marvel NOW! re-launches, the beginning of zero issues at Valiant, the return of the Gold Key heroes and, of course, a couple of hundred other titles to talk about.
Read more…1)The Kontron Tunnel effect is somewhat less than convincing.
2)The Borad is an OK baddie. One does get the feeling that he's way out of his depth against the Doctor, though. Porbably distracted from lusting after Peri.
3)Paul Darrow says on the comm
Read more…I was trying to keep up with the Baron’s Justice Society thread, but a long break at Christmas away from my comics and/or a keyboard made me fall behind, and then I found it very hard to work up the enthusiasm to get back into the Johnsian Sturm und
Read more…I started reading Green Lantern during Johns run at the start of the Sinestro Corps War all the way through to Johns last issue in Green Lantern #20. I liked his run, a lot. There were moments that it was dull but he gave use some good story arcs alo
Read more…I missed Jeff's post last month as I was really rushing to get it turned in. Anyway here is what I have for comics and other miscellany coming out in April.
He wrote a lot more than I realized and they've got some good tributes to him, as well as a run down of his career. They also have a feature on pulps, comics and others. I'm not sure if this is a new format but it's a good issue.
Read more…THE CAPTAIN'S PICKS
BATGIRL #26
Written by GAIL SIMONE
Art and cover by FERNANDO PASARIN and JONATHAN GLAPION
Cover by ALEX GARNER
32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED T
The shocking conclusion of “Batgirl: Wanted”! Can Barbara save her father’s life without
Read more…I was transfering some vhs to dvd and there was the Superman animated show where Lana first showed up. Got me to wondering, was the first meeting between the L's important or did they meet up off panel and simply seemed to have always known each othe
Read more…It's here!
Iron Man 3 is premiering across the U.S. May 2 and May 3, and has already made bunches of money overseas. Below you'll find some of the PR sent to Captain Comics, especially a ton of videos. After plowing through all that, I hope Legionnai
Read more…I bought a book on a visit to my OCS here , now that I'm (now , anyway) in Santa Cruz ~ I say a " book " although it cost only 60% of the price of Detective Comics #27 !!!!!
It was a Pacific Comic Club release of " LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE AND THE HAUNT
Read more…Five Ghosts Volume One: The Haunting of Fabian Gray
Collecting Five Ghosts #1-5
Writer: Frank J. Barbiere
Artist: Chris Mooneyham
Image, color, $9.99
I wanted to like Five Ghosts, but I'm not sure I did.
The premise is a soldier-of-fortune character
Read more…Thought maybe I'd just make this an undated, running thread -- and just date the entries as the weeks turn.
3/28/2012
Of the books I've read so far, Flash 7 is my favorite -- I loved Flash running through the wormhole, the promise he made to Snart
Read more…Creepy Volume Seventeen
Collecting Creepy #78-83 (Mar-Oct 76)
Artists & writers: Various
Dark Horse, B&W and color, $49.99, 304 pages
This volume continues the previous one in terms of strong content, albeit a shade less so (see review of Creepy Vol
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