For a series that was never a huge success in the 60's, X-MEN went on to become Marvel's biggest "franchise" in the 80's & 90's. (Probably TOO big for its own good.) But it all started in 1963, oddly enough, the SAME month as THE AVENGERS. (Leave
Read more…Hawken: Genesis
Writers and artists: Various
Archaia, $19.95, color
This graphic "novel" consists of a group of short stories that explain and explicate the world of the Hawken videogame, and everything in this book takes place before the events and
Read more…I recently picked up the several-years-ago GALACTICIA 1980 comic from Dynamite (if I've got the esxact title right) which retconned?? that short-lived 2nd incarnation of the original " Battlestar..." series .
I found it quite interesting !
Anyone
Read more…So far it’s not slavish to TV’s 1795 storyline, yet the changes they made weren’t the ones I would have made. If I plotted this story, I’d have taken advantage of comics’ unlimited budget and set the action in Martinique, where Jeremiah and Josette (
Read more…Last night, I did something I haven't done in a while: I went to the west front of the Capital to see the dress rehearsal of A Capitol Fourth, the annual PBS show celebrating Independence Day.
The advantages of seeing the dress rehearsal? It's FAR le
Read more…Let it be proclaimed across the lands and all realms:
Happy Birthday to the one, the only, the Baron! Have a great day Bob!
Read more…Are any posters here collectors of the Quality 'hawks? I myself only have a small handful, though I'm particularly glad to have some above-average originals by Crandall and Bill Ward. I've been looking at the GCD covers for Quality BLACKHAWK to see t
Read more…One of the Original Anime Series on American TV
MARINE BOY:
THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
Now Available via Warner Archive Collection
Alongside the heralded Speed Racer and Kimba: The White Lion, MARINE BOY was one of the original handful of impo
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From Marvel, the Studio That Brought You the Biggest Super Hero Movie of All Time,
Marvel’s The Avengers, Comes the Next Chapter in the Powerful World of Tony Stark
MARVEL’S IRON MAN 3
Early Debut of the HD Digital and HD Digital 3D o
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Another month, another thought.
Wait!
1. How about that? Daft Punk action figures.
2. Eventually I will get that Star Wars mini based on George Lucas' original screenplay. Just not now.
3. Also all of the variant covers look too much like the regular
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What better way is there to kick off the week than with some major, exciting news?
This morning, DC Entertainment’s Vertigo Comics imprint not only confirmed that the New York Times bestselling series AMERICAN VAMPIRE will be returni
Read more…This is another tokosatsu of which I had never heard, but a collection of which I was sent, and so you all get to enjoy (?) my reactions to it.
We start with:
Episode 01: "Conspiracy of the Robot Empire"
We meet our hero, Secret Scientific Inves
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ComiXology Debuts Subscriptions & Bundles!
Two new ways to shop on the web, making it easier than ever to get your favorite comics
July 1st, 2013 New York, NY Today comiXology debuts two new ways to shop that comic book fans have
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http://www.comicsalliance.com/2009/05/28/dwayne-mcduffie-fired-from-jla-for-saying-too-much/ This is just sad on a lot of levels...this man was a major force in making the JLA cartoon the great thing it was... ...I hope to see a lot more McDuffie i
Read more…Hey, there's a new interview with Peter Hogan up on CBR for my favorite unsung comic series, Resident Alien. The new mini, by Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, is starting in August, and the first trade,Welcome to Earth, is available now.
If you're looking
Read more…I thought I'd start a thread for all things LSH-related.
Now, pardon me while I post the middle of a conversation from somewhere else...
from the KLORDNY 2020 yahoo group:
Rob Rundle wrote:
"I disagree (with janarrah, not with Henry) as strongly as it's
I'm reading John Byrne's run on Action Comics right now. Say what you will about John Byrne, but doggone it, those stories were smartly written. I could see myself reading those as a kid and learning a thing or two, or at the very least, become a bet
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