With all this DC talk and the Commander's Marvel Quiz Challenge, some thoughts about Marvel secret identities came to me so....
Over the past few years I've bought more than a few back issues. Actually I see nearly complete sets of issues and decide to buy them for a really good price. Then I spend years trying to fill in the gaps. I've decided to start these threads to help
Read more…So as to not clutter up the facts, thread, let's put the speculation here. With 13 DC titles unannounced, Lee Houston Jr asked:
So with 4 (JSA, Superman, Action, and Batman Beyond) hopefully accounted for, what will be the other 9?
My thoughts:
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I posted this in the group "Who is The Doctor" with only one response so I thought I would post it here to give it a bit more visability.
Well, seeing as no one else has taken it upon themselves to start a discussion on the subject and my bud, Lee H
I've gone and done it...I've registered for Season 2 auditions for NBC's "The Voice". No word on audition times and places yet. Singing is a great love of mine, and life's short, so I'm going to give it a go. The truth is, I'd be happy just to mak
Read more…The USA Today reviewer mentions it in his glowing review of the iPad. CBR has a wee bit more.
The big question: Will digital and print versions be available on the same day?
I never was a big fan of Westerns, so I'll leave it to others - the Commander, most likely - to talk about his role on Gunsmoke. As for myself, I'll always remember the man for his parts in two of my favorite sci-fi films.
Arness played
Read more…Based on nothing but my own ideas, I decided to come up with my own idea of how I might re-launch the DC Universe. Just my thoughts of what I'd like to see, not what would necessarily "sell". I left off Action Comics and Detective Comics, becsuse I
Read more…Say, is anyone else seeing all of the forums merged into one, now? Is there any way to correct this? It makes it a heckuva lot harder to find an invidual thread if they're all in one forum.
Read more…GREEN LANTERN #1 Geoff Johns has been charting the adventures of Hal Jordan and the GREEN LANTERN Corps since GREEN LANTERN: Rebirth, collaborating with such major artists as Ethan Van Sciver, Darwyn Cooke, Prentis Rollins, Marlo Alquiza and Mick Gr
Read more…In the 70s and 80s, DC and Marvel paired up their heroes with the two Superman/Spider-Man books, Batman and the Hulk and the X-Men/Teen Titans special. After the disastrous attempt at Justice League/Avengers, the crossovers continued but on DC's side
Read more…Johnny Comet is a fascinating failure. It is the first of two (so far) volumes in the Vangard Classics: Frank Frazetta series. Frazetta’s Johnny Comet line work is exquisite, but the “stories” exist only as a framework upon which to hang the gorgeous
Read more…I want to discuss the degree to which we see standard comic books - and other formats for comic book material - distributed to non-comics shop , or " newsstand , accounts - Um , stores . Retail outlets .
Also , I want to discuss " magazine-sized "
Read more…I really like the DC Comics Presents format, yet this is only the second one I’ve bought. The price took me by surprise when I bought the first, but when one considers the cost of today’s comics ($3 or $4 apiece), $8 for four issues of content is not
Read more…Marco Polo -
The Reign of Terror -
The Crusade -
Galaxy 4 -
The Myth Makers ---
Marco Polo, Episode 1: “The Roof of the World” --
Marco Polo is “less missing” than some of the other missing stories in that it has been reconstructed with photos and s
Right here: http://act-i-vate.com/114-36-1.comic
Read more…As a budding writer/editor, I will be attending my first convention this weekend as a GUEST and not as a fan.
The inaugural Pulp Ark gathering in Batesville, Arkansas is both a summit for new/current pulp creators and a traditional convention for eve
Read more…My daughter Linda and her boyfriend Chris are getting married in June 2012, and she and her mom couldn't be more giddy. The plan is to get married in the Bahamas, and she wants me to walk her down the aisle in a white suite with a Panama hat.
So
Read more…...I've , recently , bought an issue each of 2 attempt to have " larger " hero/adventure anthologies , the Mark Millar venture " CLiNT " ( Trying to reproduce its typography , which...Well , later . ) and a what-turned-out-to-be-a-coupla-years-old is
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In a recent blog post thread, Emerkeith Davyjack asked the following:
“… anyhow, CC, I thought from the heading that you might as well be list and describing, even if not reviewing, all the Thor stuff that has been published by Marvel in anticipat
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