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Welcome to the Mr. Silver Age Discussion Section!
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 |
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Jack La Lanne
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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DC Quiz!
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
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Recent Bat-Books: Some Observations
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
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The Cappies 2010 Results Thread
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.
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The Official Cappies 2010 Poll Thread
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
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Marvel/Star Trek/Dracula connection
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
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Doctor Who Comics Artists - If You Could Choose Them
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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Captain America on the cover of Entertainment Weekly
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20385926_20437910_9,00.html
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.
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Chris Sims takes on "Who's the mask...Batman or Bruce Wayne?"
Bruce or Batman...who is real?
I like his answers...a lot.
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Doctor Who Reactions: "The Dominators" (SPOILERS)
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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Thoughts While Filling Out Previews
By request: earlier AND with numbers!!!!
1.First I would like to thank Caleb at Every Day Is Like Wednesday for for doing some counting for me: 12 Captain America titles, and that doesn't even include the Avengers titles he appears in.
2. I
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Conan O'Brien vs. Young Justice
Some fun clips of Conan hanging out with Bruce Timm at the Warner Animation Studio.
http://www.tbs.com/video/conan.jsp?oid=237436
http://www.tbs.com/video/index.jsp?oid=239470
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Star Trek: Khan: Ruling in Hell
IDW is publishing some of the most consistently good Star Trek comic books ever. Several months ago, although she refeuses to watch them with me, my wife bought a DVD set of the TOS with enhanced special effects for me. I tried working my way through
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(Chaos War) Dead Avengers
Dead Avengers is a three-issue mini-series which spun out of Chaos War. It features Captain Marvel, the Swordsman, Vision, Dr. Druid, the female Yellowjacket and Deathcry. If you’d’ve pressed me, I wouldn’t’ve been able to identify the latter two as
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"Brave and the Bold" -- was it canceled?
I know I should have noticed this earlier, but I remember seeing ads for Brave and the Bold #36, featuring Adam Strange and Lois Lane, but I haven't actually received that issue. And I can't find anything on Comixology or DC's website about the title
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