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The World's Mightiest, uh, Ballplayer?
The Atlanta Braves have a prospect named Freddie Freeman. Shazam!
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David Lloyd, Author of "Chuckles Bites the Dust"
Reminiscence Another one of those guys whose name I never knew, but whose work I sure did.
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Sgt. Rock In Space?
It looks like the Sgt. Rock movie is back on, however it is now planned as a sci-fi movie. I'll pass.
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Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors
Air Hawk, a.k.a. Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors, was an Australian adventure strip created by John Dixon. After the daily version was started the Sundays were handled by Mike Tabrett, Hart Amos and Keith Chatto. I didn't have the opportunity to fol
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Unfinished Limited Series
So there I was, on the ol' internets, searching for some Iron Man info, when I came across something I had completely forgotten about: the limited series written by Jon Favreau, the director of the Iron man movies, namely, Iron Man: Viva Las Vegas. L
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In defense of the X-Men Australia years
http://www.comicswaitingroom.com/claremont.html My friend, Marc, writes a nice article about why he really likes this run of Claremont comics...even though it's not the fave of most fans.
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Dark Horse in February 2010
Courtesy of Comic Book Resources Of biggest note to me: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic comes to an end with #50. That will mark the second series I've collected entirely in trades.
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Who's Going to San Diego 2011?
Plan ahead, cause the 2010 show is already sold out.
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That Blackest Night Thread (Spoilers!)
Well, someone has to start it...
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Classic novels adaptations question
Anyone remember a series of pocket-sized, B&W graphic adaptations of classic novels from the late 80s/early 90s? I think I briefly had the Frankenstein volume. I'm asking because I remember seeing an adaptation of the Australian novel For the Term o
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Siege teaser image
http://blog.newsarama.com/2009/11/03/marvel-opens-up-siege-teaser/ A new Iron Man in town?
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My Fifty Favorite Movies
(Meaning feature-length pictures, and not shorts. Most of my favorite shorts involve the Horwitz Brothers slapping one another.)
1) Frankenstein (1931)
2) Duck Soup (1933)
3) King Kong (1933)
4) The Wizard of Oz (1939)
5) Rashomon (1950)
6) The Thing
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Kryptonite
Hey, I found my explanation of Kryptonite from the old board: " OK, Let's see: Speculation, speculation... Millennia ago, a race of humans, virtually identical to terrestrial humans (an offshoot of Earth-humanity, perhaps? Or a parent race, maybe?)
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Peter Parker writes about the "mutant problem"
http://www.madweasel.com/kattsaerie/MutantProblem/NYT_mutantproblem_index.html I know Rob featured this on his blog...but I thought I'd put a link here, too. Wow...this was really well done.
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Human Target
You know, after watching the trailer, Human Target looks like a pretty good show! Never saw Rick Springfield's Human Target.
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New Mutants #6 (SPOILERS)
So, guess who's back? That's right, Doug Ramsey. Well, sort of--he's either dead or reanimated or something in between, and he's working for Selene. Oh, and guess what? He's reading body language now, which has turned him into a badass. He takes dow
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1000 Comic Books You Must Read
I first heard about Tony Isabella’s new book in Cap’s 10/23 blog and bought a copy when it shipped last week. As Cap described it, Isabella offers “brief information or commentary on important books, oddball titles or just personal favorites.” The co
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Transformers: "Megatron Origin" and "Maximum Dinobots"
I've recently read two of IDW's Transformers collections thanks to the local library system. The first was "Megatron Origin." It's just what it says on the cover, an origin for the mighty Decepticon leader. More than that, it is the origin of the De
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