Archie and Reggie are running against each other for student body president. Archie’s campaign manager, Veronica, flies Archie on her father’s private jet to an Obama photo op, which they then spin into an endorsement. In reaction, Reggie has his pic
Read more…This is an interesting take on the next generation of the JLA. Superboy keeps trying to connect with his genetic father, Superman, but Clark is too disturbed by his existence and continues to avoid any type of relationship with him. In a nice chang
Read more…Hey, Legionnaires! I've got a tight turnaround for a Human Torch story, and one aspect is "Dumb/Immature Things Johnny Does or Did." Anyone got any favorite bonehead moments for the FF's Human Torch?
Thanks in advance!
Read more…I gave a pass to this collection when it was originally released in 2008 because only half of it dealt with the classic (i.e., pre-1953) period. However, I’ve since come to realize that quite a bit of the “new” material (i.e., post-1973) which I have
Read more…I'm not always that diligent about checking out the various groups I'm in -- and from the amount of activity I see in the groups, I might not be all that unusual (in that regard, anyway!). So it occurred to me that an ongoing thread in the forums (wh
Read more…I'm in the somewhat unexpected position of being able to get into this site but not the old one. It's been that way for about the last two hours. Just curious.
Read more…I thought that, since much of the country is under one kind of weather advisory or another this week, that it might be easier for people to post if they're not having any snow.
Read more…Since there's a beer and soda thread, I decided to start a coffee thread. I think there's quite a few of us that enjoy this hot (sometimes cold) beverage.
I have a Keurig coffee maker which is great for a single guy. There's not an abundance of cof
Read more…Please tell me that Smallville was pre-empted last night for some reason. I turned it on only to find WGN in Chicago was showing a Vampire Diaries episode. They ran a scroll saying "This week's Smallville episode will run at this time next week." Whi
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
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