From Captain America: Patriot #4
This story is set in 1950. While the middle school concept had been created by then ( the very first middle school in the United States was designated that very year), it would be many years before it caught on thro
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The Tenth Doctor is marrying his "daughter" ... the real daughter of Fifth Doctor Peter Davison.
Read more…Newsarama has been doing a series of articles about Captain Marvel. I havne't read any of them yet but I thought some of you here may find it interesting. You can find it here.
The article I linked to is the most current one but there's links to the
Read more…I finally read Batman, Incorporated (Bat, Inc) #1 and was impressed by the maturity, for lack of a better word, that Grant Morrison has now given Bruce Wayne. He seems more focused yet less obsessed. He has found (for now) an inner peace. It is still
Read more…DC has just announced a Red Lantern Corps ongoing to launch later this year, written by Peter Milligan. Thoughts?
Read more…I miss my comics, but it remains financially infeasible for me to purchase them. While I've been able to work around this with the odd title or two I could find at the book store or the library, I'm missing much more than I'm catching.
But then I figu
If you, like me, remember what you really want to nominate for a Cappy after the nomination period is over, post them here throughout 2010 as you come across them, so that you can remember next time!
Read more…In the JLA Revisited thread I made mention that I had stopped reading comics around 96. So Chris asked the question:
Jason, if you dropped out of comics around '96, what brought you back?
I ask because I suspect that many of us have similar storie
I was watching the extras on the Doctor Who "Terror of the Vervoids" DVD. One of the extras is a collection of trailers and continuity pieces. You know, stuff like "Coming up next, the Doctor begins a desperate search for some mayonnaise in Part Two
Read more…Hi everybody,
It's been awhile since I've been here, but I thank those of you who have taken the time to friend me on Facebook.
Anyhow, onto the topic at hand. I am the editor of Panels for Primates, an ongoing charity anthology at http://act-i-
Read more…This issue deals with the aftermath of the events depicted last issue and showcases the return of Batman, the return of Superman, and the transformation of Hal Jordan into Parallax. I was surprised that they correctly pointed out that Green Lantern
Read more…I'm thinking of getting a few of the Marvel Essentials. I'm leaning towards Marvel Team-up vol. 1 and Marvel two-in-one vol. 1. Or maybe two-in-one 1 & 2. What do you guys think? Is that too much team-ups? I'm looking for something light and fun and
Read more…For Christmas, from my brief list, my brother got me Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series which I look forward to seeing, so expect some comments and questions. But he also got me Sherlock: Season One which I did see and enjoyed immensely. I love DV
Read more…Hey gang,
My Christmas presents arrived and I opened them to discover that Thing From Another World included a special holiday gift certificate. Except I don't need to buy any more trades right now because I already got a bunch as a Christmas pres
Read more…From all of me to all of you:
MERRY CHRISTMAS and
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Ya poor dopes.
And let's take a moment to remember the greatest moment of 2010:
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I love Blackest Night, but I am tired of everyone assuming there will be a white lantern (or lanterns). It's too easy to go there--I think Geoff Johns is a better writer than that. Infact -- If there's a white lantern, I'll frickin, wear white underp
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I didn't want to completely threadjack Figserello's JLA retrospective so I decided to move part of the discussion over here.
I'm still surprised that that period of 'reconstruction' wasn't a high-selling point for comics. Just cause I was buyin
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