From Bender/Helper Impact
Oct. 10, 2012
DC Entertainment and Kia Motors America Unveil Tricked Out Batman-Inspired Kia Optima Car
This evening DC Entertainment and Kia Motors America unveiled the first in a series of eight specially-created custom
Read more…I looked over the entire list of WHO threads... and none of them seemed appropriate for this post. So I decided, however reluctantly, to start yet another one. Ah well. ENJOY!
Green Lantern Archives Volume 7
DC Comics, $59.99
Stories by Gardner Fox and John Broome, art by Gil Kane and Sid Greene
Reprinting Green Lantern (Vol. 2) #48-57 (Oct 66-Dec 67)
This is it, Marvelites: This is where Hal Jordan went off the rails.
I
Read more…Has anyone else heard about this ?
I see their Facebook page ~ " An old school comics convention , put on by veterans of the old San Diego Comics-Con " . I don't have time to put a link up now .
Read more…Has anyone heard anything about this?
Scott Lobdell mentioned in an interview a couple of weeks ago that he was prevented from using Static in Teen Titans due to some sort of "rights" issue, and now there are rumors swirling that the reason Cartoon
Read more…I especially like National Gallery curator Harry Cooper’s assessment of the comic book panels Lichtenstein swiped: “He’s always making these alterations. He did it because he felt these things could be improved ... they weren't quite art, but he coul
Read more…John Wagner Q and A about Dredd
Sounds like it'll be 147-times better than the 90s film version.
Read more…At the Kinko's where I am writing this , there is a display rack of a bunch of 2013 (So those Mayans had their heads , er , in the wrong place :-) ????????? hehehe) calender on " Vintage ____ " themes .
One is a " Vintage Marvel Comics " one .
I
Read more…Now that I'm getting collections I've got a bunch of single issues of the same stuff that I'm willing to part with.
Right now, and from memory, I'm looking at:
Marvel Premiere 19, 21-25
Iron Fist (1975) 3, 4, 11-13 and, possibly, 15 (but if memory se
Read more…I picked this one up primarily because of Neal Adams. I find his loopy dialogue weirdly entertaining, but apparently co-writer Christos Gage is scripting. Batman: Odyssey went on a bit too long, but this one is slated for six issues. I’m not sure exa
Read more…I wanted to like this. I really did.
December is Stan Lee's 90th birthday, and Comics Buyer's Guide is doing an appreciation cover story (by me, of course). So gimme a hand:
What's your favorite thing about Stan Lee? What anecdote? What character, story or comic book? What accomplishme
Read more…Coming up next, I've decided to watch all seven of the versions of Hamlet that I have on disk. For the record, these are:
1)Hamlet (1948) - Olivier
2)Hamlet (1964) - Burton
3)Hamlet (1990) - Gibson
4)Hamlet (1996) - Branagh
5)Mystery Science Theate
Read more…Always a sucker for a good origin story, I'm picking up more of these than my regular monthly pull. Lets see if it was a wise decision.
The Phantom Stranger #0
Didio takes another shot at writing after his surprisingly good Omac series. It fills i
Read more…With all the discussion about Jimmy Olsen here, I got to thinking about our Carrot-Topped Cub Reporter a bit and came up with these:
I’ve really been in the mood to read some new Avengers comics recently. Unfortunately, new Avengers comics don’t appeal to me and haven’t for some time. When John Buscema took over from Al Milgrom drawing Roger Stern’s Avengers back in the ‘80s, I wa
Read more…Just a little thread here to make mention of memorable titles or issues that have gone by.
This is prompted by the big conclusion to the Avengers vs. X-men maxi-series this summer, in which the Scarlet Witch plays a major role, since being returned t
Read more…Just transferring my checklist over from the old boards...
DC UNIVERSE CLASSICS
WAVE 1 – Rex Mason, the Element Man (Metamorpho – Collect & Connect)
Crimestopper Batman/ Classic Detective Batman
The Demon, Etrigan
Orion (sculpted-on helmet)
Read more…Dark Shadows – The Complete Original Series Volumes Four-Five
Hermes Press, $49.99 each
Stories by various, art by Joe Certa
Reprinting Dark Shadows #22-35 (Oct 73-Feb 76)
These two books wrap up Gold Key’s Dark Shadows run, and I confess I will mi
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