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X-Men Hellfire Gala #1 (September 2022): Thoughts and Reactions (SPOILERS!)

First some spoiler space:

So, Scott has told the world via Ben Urich of the Daily Bugle that mutants have achieved a kind of immortality, because he found out that some heels were trying to trap them into denying it and then calling them out for

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Bone Orchard: The Passageway

Bone Orchard: The Passageway
Jeff Lemire, writer; Andrea Sorrentino, artist; David Stewart, colorist
Image Comics, 2022

The first book in Lemire and Sorrentino's new Bone Orchard Mythos is a brief, atmospheric tale very similar to their previous coll

Started by Mark Sullivan (Vertiginous Mod) in Reviews

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This Week in Comics: July 18-24, 2022

BOOM ENTERTAINMENT

ALICE EVER AFTER #4

ANGEL #7

FAITHLESS III #6

GRIM #3

MAGIC THE GATHERING VOL 2 HC

SOMETHING IS KILLING CHILDREN DLX SLIPCASE BOOK 1 HC (2ND ED)

DARK HORSE COMICS

COUNT CROWLEY: AMATEUR MIDNIGHT MONSTER HUNTER #3

HELLBOUND VOL 2

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"The Cathedral of Contemplation is an enigma, existing outside time. It turns through history, opening its doors across the universe to offer solace to those in need. Occasionally, the Doctor drops in – when he's avoiding his destiny, it’s an ideal p

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A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics

My recent discussions of Seduction of the Innocent and All In Color For a Dime have drawn some comments and some views, and it has been suggested that I move on to The Comic-Book Book next. While I am waiting for my copy to arrive in the mail, I thou

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This Week in Comics: July 11-17, 2022

BOOM! STUDIOS

DUNE: THE WATERS OF KANLY #3

FLAVOR GIRLS #1

Story/Art: Loic Locatelli-Kournwsky | Colors: Eros de Santiago | $7.99

From Loic Locatelli-Kournwsky, the singular voice behind Persephone, comes a new Magical Girl all-ages adventure with an

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'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'

Do we not have a thread for this film? I couldn't find one. My wife and I watched it on Disney+ last night (we're still not going to theaters), and here are some of my reactions.

First, as The Baron is wont to do, a Spoiler Space and Random Picture.

Started by Captain Comics in Movies and TV

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The power of Jughead!

OK, this made me laugh. Sharing.

Also, a Golden Age legacy character debuts this month:

This week's new issue of BETTY & VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST is a big one! And not just because it's got nearly 200 pages of classic Archie fun and two brand n

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RIP James Caan

Story I know he was in a lot of stuff, but I mostly remember him as Sonny Corleone.

Started by The Baron in Movies and TV

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RIP Larry Storch

Story Ave atque vale, Corporal Agarn.

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The World War Two Super-Hero Story That I Would Tell If I Could Use Any Characters I Wanted

If I could "recruit" whatever characters from whichever comics company I wished and tell any kind of story I wished, I’d like to tell a story of an alternate Justice Society and follow that from about six months before Pearl Harbor to just after the

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The Heap

SKYWALD:

DC's Swamp Thing and Marvel's Man-Thing burst on the comics scene at roughly the same time, but little is ever heard about the muck-monster which predated them both: Skywald Comics' The Heap (SEP 1971). I plucked mine out a bargain bin some

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Harvey Kurtzman

I have not said anything deliberately provocative in a while (and the last time I tried it passed without comment) so, with that in mind, I'll just come right out and say it: I don't think Harvey Kurtzman was all that funny. He gets full credit for M

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"Yu-Gi-Oh!" Creator Takahashi Kazuki Found Dead At Sea

Story I never read any Yu-GiOh! or watched any of the anime, but there's no denying that it was a huge hit, much bigger, I think, than he expected. According to the story, he was found offshore in snorkeling gear and there were signs that hewas at

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"'Cause they taped it on only one day..." - NBC's The Sound of Music

...The NBC-TV remake of Rogers & Hammerstein's THE SOUND OF MUSIC as a " live play " production's airing is about one month in the past now , and I meant to post about it here before that ! But I didn't...

With 18 million viewers IIRC , it certainl

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'Batman & Superman: Battle of the Super-Sons' movie arrives Oct. 18

BATMAN AND SUPERMAN:

BATTLE OF THE SUPER SONS

WARNER BROS. ANIMATION’S FIRST-EVER ALL-CG FEATURE FILM COMING TO 4K ULTRA HD, BLU-RAY™ & DIGITAL ON 10/18/22

BURBANK, CA (June 30, 2022) – Legacies must rise to unearthly challenges as the children o

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A Capitol Fourth -- Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day, all!

In honor of the occasion, PBS always broadcasts A Capitol Fourth, a free outdoor concert on the west side of the Capitol Building (as they say, check your local listings). Thousands of people attend each year for a fun ev

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All in Color for a Dime

I recently finished reading Fredric Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent for the first time and found myself in need of a little mental palate-cleansing. I first turned to The Great Comic Book Heroes by Jules Feiffer for the third time... sort of. Tha

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