It has occurred to me that discussing upcoming comics in Comics List and Comics Guide the week of isn't very useful these days, when most people order from their LCS or online two or three months in advance. With tha
BLOOD HUNT #2 (OF 5) by Jed MacKay and Pepe Larraz: I haven't read Blood Hunt #1 (or the ancillary books), but I have kept up with the storyline elsewhere. And it looks like the vampires' first stri
It has occurred to me that discussing upcoming comics in Comics List and Comics Guide the week they ship isn't very utilitarian these days, when most people order from their LCS or online two or three months in advance. With that in mind, I'm going t
He was the King of the B Movies. I can't begin to guess how many of his pictures I've seen. I know that something like seventeen of his pictures were used on MST3K.
As the Silver Age moved into the early 1960’s, Mort Weisinger’s concept of Imaginary Stories became established. Fans grasped and accepted the idea of a Superman tale that was completely out of continuity. All that was necessary was to put a blurb
Jeannie Epper, a founding member of the Stuntwomen’s Association of Motion Pictures, and the chief double for Lynda Carter on The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, passed away at 83. She also doubled for Linda Evans and Kathleen Turner over a 40-year c
BLOOD HUNTERS #1 (OF 4) by Mark Russell, Christos Gage, Erica Schultz, Bob Quinn, Javier Garron and Bernard Chang: For some reason, Hawkeye is on the run from the law. And from vampires, like eve
As I mentioned last time out, the unbroken popularity of DC’s “Big Three”---Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman---had put the company solidly at the top of the comics-publishing industry. Not wanting to tamper with success, the powers that be insiste
After I heard that Marvel had acquired the rights to the Marvelman/Miracleman franchise, it sent me scrambling to find my back issues published by Eclipse. I had read the Alan Moore run in TPB form shortly after its U.S. publication and most of the N
