Last month, I presented the covers of the May 1963 and I am glad to see it was received very well.
(You can find it here: https://captaincomics.ning.com/forum/topics/50-years-ago-this-month )
So, now let's look at 50 years ago this month -- June 196
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ARCHIE MOVIE ANNOUNCED
Warner Bros. Pictures to produce a live action Archie movie
New York, NY - Archie Comics is proud to announce that Warner Bros. Pictures will be producing a live-action Archie movie based on the Archie Comics |
Okay, a moment of weakness just prompted me to order the Solo series hardback, put out by DC, from Instocktrades.com.
For those unfamiliar with the premise, each on of the twelve issues featured work by one artist, and they were pretty much given no
Read more…Shadowman Volume One: Birthright
Reprinting Shadowman #1-4
Writer: Justin Jordan
Artists: Patrick Zircher, Brian Reber
Valiant Comics, $9.99, color, 112 pages
In the original Valiant era, I considered Shadowman to be the least of a pretty good lot.
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San Diego (6/6/13) – Today, IDW Limited announced their new KISS SOLO Comicfolio line and the God of Thunder has declared the
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NOTHING LASTS FOREVER – Marvel Unveils INFINITY #2 Cover
This September, the Marvel Universe fights for survival in the biggest battle it’s ever faced – but first, Marvel is proud to unveil the jaw dropping main cover to Infinity #2 b
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Nothing Lasts Forever – Who Is MIGHTY?
From the battlefields of Infinity comes a new team to protect Earth! With the Avengers light-years away in space, contending with the Builders, and Thanos’ marauders ransacking the
Earth, doing
Read more…I was doing a bit of random searching on youtube and found this particular, well, I wouldn't say it is a GEM, but make your own decision.
Do The Lurch!
So, I'm reading a book about the life of Charles Addams...best known as the New Yorker cartoonist who's twisted family of gouls became 1964's hit TV show "The Addams Family".
And while the biography fills in a lot of the background of this creative g
Read more…One of the boards I go to uses nable and she's been told that they are going to start charging her. Anyone know of a free place she can host her board?
Read more…I still love Empowered and in this issue she has some fun and we see some college flashbacks. The basic plot is that Emp is guarding an exhibit of cars used by superheroes from alternate timelines and a group of animal themed supervillains try to
Read more…So, you want some sort of metal that's pretty doggone indestructible to protect you and yours from...whatever. You can choose to make a shelter of either Adamantium or Inertron. Which do you choose?
Read more…Story I'll have to think about this one. I do think it's definitely time for an older guy. Not "Hartnell" older necessarily, but someone at least over forty.
Read more…Action Comics Volume 2: Bulletproof
Collecting Action Comics #9-12, Action Comics #0, Action Comics Annual #1
Writers: Grant Morrison, Sholly Fisch, Max Lands
Artists: Rags Morales, Gene Ha, Cafu, Cully Hamner, Ryan Sook
DC Comics, $24.99, color, 224
Read more…I've been going through some of my old black-and-white comics and it occurred to me the three of them really did a good job of transitioning from one medium to another. Or two of them did I mentioned Conan here because he did sort of jump from color
Read more…Inspired by Chris Fluit's recent blog post I decided to start a thread of my own. I have a few graphic novels, not as many as some though. I have read a lot of them but for the last year and a half I have attained quite the stack. Sadly I haven't rea
Read more…Roy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Volume One
Reprinting Phantom Lady stories from August 1941 to December 1947
Writers and artists: Various
PS ArtBooks, $48, color, 301 pages
I found this book fascinating. Not for the superheroics, but for th
Read more…http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230963214338#ht_63wt_1399
This is a copy of a rare paperback that was issued in 1993, some 20 years ago. It's an anthology book,
with stories of the Amazon Princess by Joey Cavalieri, Karen Haber,
Read more…Watchmen: The Deluxe Edition
Reprinting Watchmen #1-12
Writer: Alan Moore
Artist: Dave Gibbons
DC Comics, $39.99, color, 448 pages
I don't really have much to say about this. But DC sent me a review copy, so I feel obliged to review it.
There's not
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