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Holy crap! In Holly's words, "So...they really went there, huh?". Not only is James Gordon Jr mentally ill...he's a super crazy, sadistic killer. Only no one
Read more…A long standing tradition on the CBGXtra website, when the forums are actually up and running, has been reviewing various superhero related media.
One of the programs under this practice has been The WB's/The CW's version of Smallville.
Thankfully th
Read more…Burnley Beats Manchester United I can't say as I know much about the sport - I couldn't even say that I had a favorite side that I supported (Celtic, maybe? Do they still exist?), but I love a good upset, so, roll on, Burnley!
Read more…What? Am I really the first to start the thread on Green Lantern, the movie?
I don't even get to use my disclaimer that I'm posting without having read anyone else's comments in the thread first ...
Anyhoo:
I know that there are three threads about DC's relaunch already but this is about the consequences of one apparent decision that Superman was the first super-hero to appear (publically) in this DCnU reality thus seemingly erasing the Justice Society
Read more…I just got on Google+ today, and I like it a lot better than Facebook. It appears I have a good number of invites available, so if anyone wants one, send me an email or message me here. I just need the email YOU mainly check.
Read more…It's an old question, but a good summer one. You're trapped on an island...you have food, water, and shelter. A seagull flies over once a month and drops five comics...which five comic series do you hope fall from the sky?
For me:
Amazing Spide
Read more…Recently , I saw several episodes of the 60s " The Saint " series with Roger Moore , B&W not colo(u)r , and filmed at Elstree Studios in the U.K. , though in the series he appeared to be based in New York , with much traveling (obviously , stock foot
Read more…I was thinking of starting a movie discussion group on the board. Seems like a lot of us enjoy films of all different sorts. We already have comic re-reading threads and TV series threads. Why not a movie one?
It would work similiar to a book club.
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With the upcoming changes to the DCnU, it seems to me that the "underwear-on-the-outside" tradition of costuming is all but gone. Will there be any contemporary costumes that you can think of that still retain this look at either DC or Marvel?
With all the attention on DC's 52 #1s in September, I thought I would see what Marvel is doing so...
See your favorite characters from the Marvel Universe at Marvel Monstergeddon Super Hero Smash Up! Live at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium on July 14, 2012. For more information log onto facebook.com/monstergeddon and twitter.com/monstergeddon
Read more…I guess the Disney D&M and even Archie!!!:-) have sufficient followings/an established enough fandom that they might could support their own lines-but let's make this a line for " kid's stuff/traditional ' funnybook ' " comic books - and even not nes
Read more…I invite everyone to go to the Kevin Keller review in the blog area to read genuine hate mail! It's the first, and I imagine the last, I'll get on that review (it's been a couple of weeks). Still, I'm as proud as I can be. I'm important enough for co
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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 !"
Read more…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.
But there are some where my interest in th
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
Read more…Apart from any Amalgam Comics.
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
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