My memories of Li’l Abner go back to the days before I learned how to read, sitting on my mother’s lap as she read the Sunday funnies to me. “Which one would you like me to read next?” she would ask, and I would point. Sometimes I would point to Li’l
As most fans know by now, when the long-running Uncanny X-Men is canceled in a couple of months with issue #544), it will be replaced by two titles. As a result of "X-Men: Schism" -- a storyline about an ideological split between Cyclops and Wolverin
I had discussed something similar back in the day on the CBG forum but something brought the idea back to mind. I was just looking over Essential Avengers vol. 4 and there is the story originally presented in Avengers # 87, "Look Homeward, Avenger !"
When the relaunch was announced, I knew there would books I knew I'd be picking up, no matter what -- the Legion books and Flash are always sure sales for me. And Jonah Hex has become a very steady favorite.
While going through my Marvel Team-Ups, I recalled how excited I was as a kid that #17 (Ja'74) featured Reed Richards, Mister Fantastic as the co-star. I never saw him guest star by himself in another comic. He was always with the Fantastic Four. And
With DC owned by Time Warner and Marvel owned by Disney they seem further away than ever, but I remember at different times in the past, there was some speculation that the two companies could merge into one and I won
Dr Mark Kermode is film critic for the BBC, and is known to have honest and sttaightforward opinions on many films. What follows is hsi review of the above film.
I just got an Android phone (an HTC Inspire 4G from AT&T). There's a Comixology app plus lots of free comics to download, so I had to try it out. I came into it with serious doubts about reading comics on a 4.3 inch screen, but it actually works surp
During the 60s and 70s, Amazing Spider-Man featured the Wall-Crawler meeting a lot of super-heroes from the early days of the Fantastic Four and especially the Human Torch, the Hulk and Daredevil to Romita era Iceman, Quicksilver, Ka-Zar, Medusa and
If June Robbins (Challengers of the Unknown) had to take on the Countess (S.H.I.E.L.D.), who would win? Not necessarily in a fight, but in some type of competition.
Just thinking about this. Who would be a good character for the Spectre to team up with? Would it be someone really powerful, or perhaps someone with no powers whatsoever but a lot of grit and determination?
Is anyone else watching this show? Remember the "War of the Worlds" TV series in the 80s? This show reminds me of that one, but, where the 80s series was a follow-up to the 1953 movie, this one looks more like a follow-up to the Tom Cruise "War of th
So , here's a line for discussion of Disney-based comics - Especially the " ducks and mice " , Mickey/Donald/Uncle $. , etc. , although if there's anything to say about a Hanna Montana or Pirates of the Carribean(Sic??) or Haunted amnasion comic , go
Episode One: (This is the serial with which they stopped giving individual episode titles.)
As the TARDIS materializes, the Doctor seems particularly smug that he knows they’ve arrived in some future time. As he leaves to investigate the surrounding