I had forgotten how much fun the series was. Thirteen episodes but I don't think they put in the "attack of the FUD" or the episode where Yosemite Sam was a Klingon! But they do have his on-again/off-again romance with the Martian Queen and the gr
Read more…About time we had a general thread for Marvel's BLIND super-hero! Thanks to Kirk G for inspiring me to do this... as well as to dig out another 60's Marvel cover to "restore". Hadn't done any of those in months, and I just did an extensive restorat
Read more…Just watched The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey and I got a question: Had Count Dracula Count Dooku Saruman gone over to the Dark Side by this point in the story, or was he still effectively a goodie here?
Read more…Avengers Volume 1: Avengers World
Marvel Comics, $24.99, color, 152 pages
Reprinting Avengers #1-6
Writer: Jonathan Hickman
Artists: Jerome Opena, Adam Kubert
Avengers is what Uncanny Avengers should have been.
It's hard to review a Hickman book, b
Read more…FRANKENSTEIN: AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E. VOL. 1: WAR OF THE MONSTERS
DC Comics, $14.99, color, 160 pages
Reprinting Frankenstein Agent of S.H.A.D.E. #1-7
Writer: Jeff Lemire | Artist: Alberto Ponticelli
FRANKENSTEIN: AGENT OF S.H.A.D.E. VOL. 2: SECRETS OF
Read more…Wolverine & The X-Men by Jason Aaron Volume 4
Marvel Comics, $19.99, color, 112 pages
Reprinting Wolverine & The X-Men #14-18
Writer: Jason Aaron
Artists: Jorge Molina, Chris Bachalo, Michael Allred
For those who have ever complained that the X-book
Read more…I was glancing at the latest press releases by Marvel on their website and see there's a big monster push for the current title "Journey into Mystery" starring SIF.... but the hook is that the artist is 're-imagining several of the early JIM monsters
Read more…Revival Volume One: You're Among Friends
Image Comics, $12.99, color, 128 pages
Writer: Tim Seeley
Artist: Mike Norton
This is an interesting little book that isn't going anywhere I expected it to. Which is both a good thing and a bad thing.
When I
Read more…Batman #20
DC Comics, $3.99, color, 30 pages
Writers: Scott Snyder (Batman), James Tynion IV (Batman/Superman)
Artist: Greg Capullo (Batman), Alex Maleev (Batman/Superman)
This is good comics.
This issue is the second part of two stories, the main
Read more…Uncanny Avengers Volume 1: The Red Shadow
Marvel Comics, $24.99, color, 136 pages
Reprinting Uncanny Avengers #1-5 (Dec 12-May 13)
Writer: Rick Remender
Artists: John Cassady, Olivier Coipel
Wow, what a disappointment.
Admittedly, the disappointmen
Read more…The artist Dan Adkins died recently. This post at The Beat has links to David Spurlock's announcement of his death and an appreciation by P. Craig Russell. An appreciation by Jerry Bingham, who he helped when he was starting out, can be read here. Ma
Read more…Press Release
Nothing Lasts Forever – The New Avengers Head Into INFINITY!
New York, NY—May 10th, 2012— This August, superstar writer Jonathan Hickman is joined by fan-favorite artist Mike Deodato to pit the Illuminati against their biggest threat
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Wake Up, Percy Gloom!
by Cathy Malkasian
192-page two-color 8.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-638-6
In-Store Date: July 5, 2013 (subject to change)
Cathy Malkasian's second Percy Gloom graphic novel is another fable
Read more…BATMAN ‘66: Although I plan to try the upcoming new Superman/Batman title, I am currently not reading any regular DC comics. This one has potential, though (either to be really good or really bad). Mike Allred is doing the cover; if he were doing the
Read more…Press release
MARVEL UNLIMITED –The Ultimate Marvel Experience Now On Android™!
Access to Over 13,000 Comics via Marvel’s All-New Subscription App for Android™ Devices
New York, NY—May 9th, 2013—Prepare for the largest library of streaming digita
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MINI-COMIC, MAXIMUM HEART
So Buttons #5 relaunches
(May 9th, 2013- New York, NY) Graphic Storyteller Jonathan Baylis announced today a relaunch of his websitewww.sobuttons.com to help promote his latest book, So Buttons #5.
His title ma
Strangers in Paradise on Hero Exclusive Overstreet #43
Terry Moore illustrates cover for The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide
[Los Angeles, California and Timonium, Maryland] – For the fourth consecutive year, Gemstone Publishing and The Hero Init
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The Biggest New Heroine In Comics, Redesigned For Her Marvel Universe Debut!
New York, NY (May 9th, 2013)—She’s one of the biggest new characters to debut in the Marvel Universe in over 20 years, and today Marvel is proud to unveil y
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May 2013, with the explosion of the mobile Tablet market, the digital comic book revolution has been steadily increasing its exodus away from the hardcopy paper format at a rapid rate and for obvious reasons. Comic fans love being able
I have been rereading Uncanny Avengers #1-2 several times now and while it is well written and visually impactful, I have mixed feelings about it. Perhaps the best way is to go through its cast of characters:
