When DC Comics solicited their DC COMICS-THE NEW 52 titles for April, only the first side of each gatefold cover was shown. Well the time has finally come to start seeing what's on the other half of these exciting pieces of art!
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Read more…I was reading the Howard the Duck Star Wars parody (22, 23, 1978) and I realized that Jenifer was one of those characters I never saw much outside of HTD. Her and Korrek the Barbarian. Did anyone ever use them again?
Read more…Gerry Conway wrote JLA 151-255, and we have been discussing issues he wrote that guest starred the JSA in another thread. We keep going off topic - okay, mainly I do - into other issues of Conway's run, not featuring the JSA at all.
So I figured the
Read more…Just read the latest book set in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen universe (It's OK, I'm allowed to read it, I haven't been reading Before Watchmen. Thinking about it, though, I'm not so sure. I mean, my reason for not reading Before Watchmen is
Read more…I was glancing at a number of classic X-men covers in the original series, all drawn by Jack Kirby. It occurs to me that if you allow these scenes to animate, that is, in your minds eye, they were more than carefully composed.... they were cluttered
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An Intergalactic Union
SCIENCE AND SUPERHEROES X-MEN
Creator CHRIS CLAREMONT, DR. WHO PETER DAVISON, BATTLESTAR SCIENTIST KEVIN GRAZIER and WONDER WOMEN in Latest SCIENCE & U!
Premiering TUESDAY, MARCH 26 on CUNY TV and www.
Read more…Oni Press comics are no strangers to other media. The pilot for The Sixth Gun television series is being shot for NBC, Scott Pilgrim was made into a feature film, and several other comics are in development. But until this week, none of the creator-
Read more…Sorry if this has been discussed previously. http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/02/26/the-future-of-the-legion/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter So I was keeping up on the news when I came across this story. We have already seen the death in que
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I think Bill Everett's classic character deserves his own "general" thread, to discuss anything related to him. After all, how many Marvel characters have been around even longer than Captain America?
Read more…Let’s start with MARVEL this month…
First of all (and I should have mentioned this last month but I didn’t notice), Walt Simonson has joined Mark Waid for an Indestructible Hulk storyline. I just recently dropped this title because, although I was en
Read more…For months now, fans have wondered what the next big BATMAN event following the acclaimed “Death of the Family” would be.
This morning, DC Comics answered their question. Kicking off this spring, BATMAN: ZERO YEAR is an epic and grand 11-issue arc
Read more…One of my favorite episode villains too. In the old show a soviett probe sent to Venus accidentally lands in California and proceeds to tear up the landscape. It proved terribly strong and what I remember most of the episode was the way it coldl
Read more…......( You're lucky I didn't make it " Bargain Bin Babylon " ! )
With the astounding number of book collections of comics now being issued...........
There is a " real " bookstore near tome here in Santa Cruz ( yep...) , not at all a comics shop
Read more…Over on the John Byrne Forum, they have a set of 12 questions for posters to answer. The questions offer a chance to think back to those hazy, crazy first days of comics reading, when everything was new and memorable.
For this group, thinking back th
Read more…Faced with the challenge to lead a little discussion, I'll start with something that's been on my mind for a bit, something I hope other people might be willing to chime in with their own examples, too: Covers that were so compelling, you just HAD to
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VANCOUVER (March 12, 2013) - Arcana Comics and Simmons Comics Group are excited to announce the spectacular second volume in Simmons Comics Anthology, which is available for pre-order now! Diamond Previews MAR13 0798 / ISBN 978-1-77135-068-6.
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