Over the course of a long weekend in the '90s, I once watched Lawrence Olivier's movie version of Hamlet, followed by Mel Gibson's, followed by Kenneth Branagh's. Then I read First Comics' Classics Illustrated version. As truncated as it was (to fit
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
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
In the Skipper's JSA thread, Commander Benson recently posted regarding his objections to various elements of Darwyn Cooke's The New Frontier. He mentioned certain errors regarding military procedures and uniforms that he has encountered in comics ov
I have not read the Crisis on Infinite Earths maxi-series in its entirety for 30 years. I keep meaning to re-read the whole thing, but I have read just #11-12 many many times, most recently in 2010 and 2019. For the past year (almost), DC has been re
This is the second of Oni Press's new EC imprint (following last month's Epitaphs from the Abyss).
SPOILERS - I generally don't like to know in advance if a story has a twist ending. That itself is a spoiler for me because in the back of my mind I try
Its been about 10 years since I have done this. The first thing I have noticed is...no Previews!
I learned about 2 weeks ago my LCS has canceled his Diamond account. As someone who has ordered all off his comics from Previews for about 30 years. This
ALIEN VS. CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 (Of 4), $5.99: I don't read all the alien and predator crossovers, but I might get this one in trade. Because A) I'm a big Captain America fan, and B) I'm an even bigger Captain America fa
Batman himself was largely untouched by the Crisis on Infinite Earths, but the same thing cannot be said for those around him, notably Jason Todd, Selina Kyle and Leslie Thompkins. Batman didn't even get an officially labeled "Crisis" crossover issue
This thread is a companion to the "A Cover A Day" discussion. Click here to visit that discussion. It is intended for the discussion of potential new themes and topics for "A Cover A Day", voting on these themes, and the gathering and reporting of
I was watching the Savage/Warrior "retirement" match on disk last night, and it came to the ending where Elizabeth threw Sherri out of the ring, and the thought came to me, "Both of these women are dead now, it's depressing."
I’ve got big news, Legionnaires, and it’s not great.
Most of you are familiar with ClarkKent_DC, aka KC, aka Kelvin Childs. Kelvin isn’t just another Legionnaire, he’s an OG Legionnaire whose genial comments, enormous knowledge and expansive spirit h
