From Variety: "Blake Edwards Dies at Age 88: Writer-Director Created 'Pink Panther' "
Read more…I'm about to see Pioneers of Television:The Westerns. It looks like one of the featured shows is Wild, Wild West. Now I never really seen this series but I know it had a LOT of fantastic aspects and gimmicks. So do you consider it a Western first or
Read more…CBG has the story (which is amusing in its own right)
Read more…It all started here...
And it ends here...
Seems like a nice bookend. Anyway...not to panic anyone (especially my local shop owner...hi, Doug)...I'll still be at the store every Wednesday to pick up some comics...but I'm not keeping an
Read more…The WWE released its DVD set of the 50 greatest wrestlers of all time. Now I know Hulk Hogan no longer works for the WWE but he was #23! The man who made pro wrestling the multimedia entity it is now! The reason why Vince McMahon is a billionaire! I
Read more…That’s right, I said, “An EARTHly Child.” (Some mild spoilers follow.) Thirty years on from the Daleks’ invasion of Earth [twenty years since their defeat], the scars still haven’t healed. The survivors inhabit a world thrown back two hundred years,
Read more…Welcome to the Mr. Silver Age Discussion Section! I'm Craig Shutt, aka the "Mr. Silver Age" behind the Ask Mr. Silver Age column for the Comics Buyer's Guide. Captain Comics has generously offered up this space due to the ongoing troubles with maint |
I put this in the TV section, because that's how I remember the guy - from seeing him on TV, when I was tiny, The man was fit. Heck, the man was "fitness" back in those days.
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Having won the Commander's recent quiz, I thought I should do the next one. The following questions all relate to pre-Crisis DC/National or All-American comics. The rules are as follows:
-You don’t have to answer all the questions at once.
-You ca
Read more…Just some comments on Jan/Feb Bat-titles:
Detective Comics Annual #12/Batman Annual #28: The Two Batmen are in France. They set up the French representative of Batman, Inc, a new hero, Nightrunner. I have to admit that I was under-whelmed. Like the J
Read more…Most of the polls have closed, and the remaining ones will close in the next few minutes. There will most likely be some run-off polls. However, I'm ready to start announcing the winners here.
Vote for the best of the past year here. Polls are open one week.
Please note that the images for best cover and best single panel/splash page follow their respective polls. Don't forget to check out the images before voting.
ps. I apologize
Read more…Back in the 1970s and '80s Marvel tried their best to integrate most of the licensed properties they obtained into the Marvel Universe proper - ROM, the Transformers (later retconned out), Godzilla, the Micronauts... they all existed in the mainstrea
Read more…The following is an idea that we chased around on the old board, and which I have discussed with folks off the board, so not all of the below is original with me.
There have been Doctor Who comics just about since the show's inception. Suppose you ha
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I don't know how I missed that this was going to be the cover story for Entertainment Weekly this week. It was a nice surprise checking the mail on Saturday and seeing Cap on the cover.
Read more…Bruce or Batman...who is real?
I like his answers...a lot.
Read more…Episode One:
1)Now, those are shoulder pads!
2)Why are they all wearing curtains around their waists?
3)The Island of Death! Great name for a vacation spot! Still,. I visited Death Valley, once.
4)Wow, the TARDIS prop is really beat up.
5)"There's no
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