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Now I want to go!
Read more…The original Seven Soldiers of Victory (7SV) appeared in "Leading Comics" #1-14 in the Golden Age. They were the Shining Knight, The Vigilante, the Green Arrow and Speedy, the Star Spangled Kid and (God help us all) Stripesy and the Crimson Avenger w
Read more…Over on the "Questions" thread, one query was, "Where has Clark Kent been while Superman was on New Krypton? Was that explained?" Among the responses was this from Rob Staeger:
Archie #609 - Wow, the for-now ending to Archie and Val's romance was very well done and implies that she, not Betty or Veronica, could be Archie's true love. Nice.
Secret Avengers - Gave it chance because of Brubaker and Hank McCoy and really, re
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JMS is doing a complete timeline reboot/overhaul, as announced at The Source. There's a more in-depth interview at CBR.
I was planning to drop the book at 600, but I have to admit I'm intrigued.
“Hey, True Believer! Remember how great the Captain America comic-strip was that ran nationally back in the 1940s that — what’s that? You never heard of it? Well, allow us to take you back through the mists of time when the USA was on the verge of wa
Read more…Wonder Woman - the Gail Simone/George Perez story...fantastic! Worth the price for that alone.
Secret Avengers - I was so psyched after the first issue...this one was so "blah" that I'm thinking of dropping it.
Action Comics - Lex is a much more
Read more…Ever get a craving ... an urge ... a yen ... a whim ... to dip deep into a dusty longbox and read something you haven't read in years?
For no discernible reason whatsoever?
Something that may have no particular redeeming qualities except, maybe,
Read more…Hamlet - lead singer, Xena - bass, Superman - lead guitar, Brides of Dracula - backup vocals, Beatrix Kiddo - drums, Captain Nemo - keyboard
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Not a dream, not a what if, not an imaginary story... http://dcu.blog.dccomics.com/2010/07/08/the-cover-to-action-comics-894-will-surprise-you/#more-9961
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That's a holy grail of comic book history, folks.
Read more…I recently read the first trade of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-man by Peter David & Mike Wieringo (Thank you Lone Star Comics).During the last story arc there was an Uncle Ben from another timeline introduced. In his time Aunt May died and he had li
Read more…Bleeding Cool reported on the redesigned Disney Store. They say it's designed by the people who designed the Apple Store, but I'm thinking more....Time Lord circa 2005:
I've been re-reading this one, lately. It's a fun read. It helps that I had some familiarity with some of the characters - when I was a kid, my parents would go up to Canada, and they'd bring me back copies of <i>Lion<i/>, <i>Tiger</i>, <i>Eagle</i>
Read more…There are lots of Marvel TPBs at $3-$4 at Barnes and Noble.
I was born in 1969, so...
70s - Marvel's Star Wars comics
80s - Zot! by Scott McCloud (it started in the 80s)
90s - Starman by James Robinson
00s - Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley
How about you?
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