Arca
Van Jensen, writer; Jesse Lonergan, interior & cover artist
IDW Publishing, 2023
Arca is a dystopian science fiction graphic novel. The planet is dying, but the rich have an escape plan. They board a starship called the Arca and head for the ne
Read more…Dan Green was a Bronze Age artist, whose career began in the early '70s. He was 70.
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I have only a vague recollection of purchasing Monsters Unleashed Annual #1 at Ahmann's Newstand in 1974, but it makes sense that I did. I was a big fan of Marvel's "monster" reprints at the time, as well as their black and white Planet of the Apes
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MARVEL COMICS
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #300 FACSIMILE EDITION
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #32
AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION: THE GATHERING TP
AVENGERS EPIC COLLECTION: THIS BEACHHEAD EARTH TP
BLACK PANTHER #3
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Lorenzo De Felici, creator, writer & artist
Image Comics, 2023
Lorenzo De Felici is best known as the artist (and co-creator) of Robert Kirkman's series Oblivion Song. His story is especially well-suited to a writer/artist, as it revolves around
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MARVEL COMICS
The top news from Marvel this week is the continuing "Fall of X" crossover (five titles), an entry in "Contest of Chaos," a new "Marvel Voices" and a new "What If ...? Dark." "Dark
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I Hate Fairyland Vol. 5: Gert's Inferno
Created & Written by Skottie Young; Drawn by Brett Bean
Image Comics, 2023
The Second Series of I Hate Fairyland opens with Gert still back on Earth, where things are not going well for her. She is all grown u
Read more…Superman is widely considered to have entered the Silver Age with Action Comics #241 (June 1958) and Superman #122 (July 1958). Unlike the Flash and Green Lantern (for example), Superman was published continuously from the Golden Age into the Silver
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DARK HORSE COMICS
GROO IN WILD #2
LONESOME HUNTERS THE WOLF CHILD #2 (OF 4)
MISS TRUESDALE & THE FALL OF HYPERBOREA #4 (OF 4)
PANYA MUMMYS CURSE #2
SAVAGE SQUAD 6 #2
DC COMICS
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Read more…“Why does Hulk’s head hurt when Hulk tries to think?”
“Hulk smash!”
That was the Hulk I encountered every time I looked at an issue of Tales to Astonish in the mid-1960's. Whenever physicist Bruce Banner felt intense stress, he transformed into the
Read more…Our friend Mark Pennington passed away 11 years ago today. Obviously you newer members don't remember Mark - but he was my friend and a terrific person. He was great and I miss him to this day.
Eric L. Sofer
The Silver Age Fogey
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Eight Billion Genies Deluxe Edition Vol. 1
Story by Charles Soule & Ryan Browne; Charles Soule, writer; Ryan Browne, art, colors, design & covers
Image Comics, 2023
The story opens on a small group of people at the Lampwick Bar and Grill in St. Clai
Read more…In my discussion of the story "The Day Supergirl Revealed Herself!, which appeared in Action Comics #265 (June 1960), in which Supergirl inadvertently revealed her existence to the people of Smallville, I criticized Superman's resoluton to the issue
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The Second Fake Death of Eddie Campbell
Eddie Campbell
IDW Publishing, 2023
In this sequel to The Fate of The Artist (which is reprinted in this collection), creator Eddie Campbell is again absent from his own autobiography, but with a new twist. Th
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MARVEL COMICS
At the #1 publisher this week, the big news includes Mary Jane Watson's fully-costumed superhero debut, the continuing "Fall of X" and "Dark Droids" crossovers, the launch of "Contest of Chaos" and a splashy A
Read more…Blood Stained Teeth, Volume 1: Bite Me
Christian Ward, writer/art/colors; Patric Reynolds, art; Heather Moore, colors; Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, letters
Image Comics, 2022
This series offers a slightly off-kilter version of the vampire story. The protago
Read more…Every once in a while a comic book story which doesn’t meet with universal fan approval is published. Soon after, a letter to the editor or a post to a message board such as this one calls for that story to be “Mopeed out of continuity.” But Mopee is
Read more…I'll start with a small thing: When Judy Garrick appears at the end of Justice Society of America #5, her logo is just her "civilian" name, and not "The Boom". I wonder if DC is quietly abandoning that moronic codename. On one level, she doesn't ne
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Author: Ian Fleming
Date: 1956
THE PLOT
M assigns James Bond to infiltrate a diamond-smuggling operation, as it largely takes place on British territory, and is a danger to Britain's economy. Bond takes on the identity of Peter Franks, a new
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AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL #1
Story: Erica Schultz | Art: Julian Shaw | Cover: Corin Howell | Variants: Clarice “Saowee” Menguito, George Pérez | 40 pages | Teen | $4.99
HALLOWS’ EVE RETURNS!
After her explosive debut in
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