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I never buy comics out of a sense of nostalgia, but Superman vs. Spider-man is the exception that disproves the rule. Of this recent spate of '70s TE reprints, I buy only the ones I never had or those I somehow lost track of over the years. Yet I bou
Read more…GoCollect.com pooped out on me this week. I was starting to feel confident in its list, and the separation by publisher was convenient. Since it's unavailable this week (and for all I know forever) I'm looking at other sites, which aren't quite as co
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I am enjoying this mini-series more than I probably should. I liked Stern/Romita Spider-Man in the ‘80s and was interested in the mystery surrounding the Hobgoblin’s identity. As soon as Tom DeFalco took over the writing from Roger Stern, though, he
Read more…I don't remember when it was, exactly, that I lost interest in Superman. There was a time, from Crisis on Infinite Earths until well into the 2Ks, that I had complete collections of every Superman title published (Superman, Action Comics, Adventures
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I hadn't planned on buying this series, but I was attracted by morbid curiousity. Besides, this was a light week, so might as well launch a discussion and see if it attracts any attention. this series has been described as "an unexplored chapter [of
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Okay, time for another Supergirl discussion.
This one follows...
The new direction begins in Action Comics #1087. The story opens in the present day, at the Metropolis Expo of Tomorrow, where Superman has provided actual future technology (flight rings) for the exhibit. (Did you know that Perry White is now mayor
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Tortured Hearts is the eighth in a series of EC-inspired comics following...
Just in time for Valentine's Day, stories include...
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NO. 1: MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: TORN #5 (OF 5), $3.99: Discussion can be found HERE.
CYCLOPS #1 (OF 5), $4.99:
Witer: Alex Paknadel
Penciller: Roge Antonio
CYCLOPS UNLEASHED! Scott Summers is a mutant who is always in near-to
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Previews and press releases for some titles posted in COMING COMICS: JANUARY 2026
NO. 1 MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1, $4.99: It's a first issue, of a sort. so heads up.
FANTASTIC FOUR #52 (FACSIMILE EDITION), $4.99:
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DETECTIVE COMICS #66 - "The Crimes of Two-Face!"
[In Two-Face's earliest appearances he was known as Harvey Kent, but that was later changed, apparently to avoid confusion with a well-known denizen of Metropolis. Also, his girlfriend Gilda repeatedly
Read more…I’ve pointed this out before so I won’t belabour it, but the death of Private Junior Juniper, in Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos # 4 (Nov., 1963), marked the first step in shifting the series away from its attitude of supermen in khaki romping th
Dynamite's Dark Shadows: Year One condenses the 19-week television storyline into six issues and, I must admit, does a pretty good job of it, eliminating most of the meandering soap opera storytelling. It is not, however, canon. What writer Marc Andr
Read more…Music? What song? By whom? Podcasts? Which ones? Who's on it? The whir of your hard drive while you defrag? Whatever you're listening to, share it with the Legion of Superfluous Heroes!
Read more…Story It's being reported that Sal Buscema has passed away. Damn, the big names from my younger days are getting pretty thin on the ground.
Shilo Norman is the third escape artist to bill himself as "Mister Miracle"...
Shilo first appeared in the 15th issue of the first series.
Police Lieutenant Driver arrived with Shilo in tow while Mister Miracle Scot
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As I did with "The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told" discussion, I borrowed the title from a tpb collection but I plan to go beyond the actual contents of the collection itself. Catwoman has the unique distinction of appearing in the first three cons
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BATMAN #1 - "The Joker"
The Joker got off to a strong start with not one but two stories in the very first issue of Batman. No clown, he, but a psychopathic thief and serial killer from the very beginning whose murders were nothing short of inventive.
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This one unfortunately took longer than I thought it would to go from first draft to finished novel between a couple of computer crashes, the loss of a beloved family pet and the passing of my father but SOLITAIRE 2: THE AGENDA has finally been publ
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