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New Guy
Hello. I'm new here. DC fan since 1962. Bought EVERYTHING off the rack until about 1975. Sold all those early Marvels for chump change. Mom never threw mine out. Now, I'm just a comics reader with a DC loyalty. See you all around.
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Top five for October, 2009
The titles or books you're most pumped about right NOW. The Savage Sword of Conan collections from Dark Horse Pluto by by Naoki Urasawa Superman - Secret Origins Mickey Mouse and Friends (Boom!) Incredible Hulk (Bruce training Skaar to kill the Hulk
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Gold Key's "The Time Tunnel"
Earlier this year, after a collection of Gold Key’s short-lived (two issue) comic book series based on Irwin’s Allen’s TV show The Time Tunnel was solicited, I asked about the show itself with an eye toward maybe watching it on DVD in conjunction wit
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The Vampire Mythos That I Prefer To Buy Into (Fictionally, I Mean)
There's a bunch of different vampires mythoses out there, most of which contradict each other. Here's the one that I like to buy into when perusing vampire fiction. 1)Vampirism is a supernatural condition, a sort of "curse" passed down from whoever
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DC Backups: Which will go? Which will Stay?
A couple times now (most recently in today's 10 Answers at Newsarama), Dan Didio has mentioned one of the co-features will be cycling out, making way for a new feature starring a some young magic-oriented characters. My speculation is it's the Ravag
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Anime
Picked up a disk called The Astonishing Work of Tezuka Osamu, a collection of short (i.e., ranging in length from 13 seconds to 39 minutes) animated pieces by the good doctor, from 1962 to 1988. The pieces are, as follows: 1)Tales of the Street Corn
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Spider-Man 4 and Bruce Campbell...
I may have missed a discussion on this somewhere, but couldn't find it if I did. Dated info, but interesting. http://www.accesshollywood.com/bruce-campbell-spider-man-4-shooting-in-january-villainous-role-in-the-works_article_22863
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Fantasy Hockey 2009
If anyone is interested in Fantasy Hockey on Yahoo!, I'm running a league for something like the eighth year in a row. This is a head-to-head league, and there are already a few Legionnaires signed up from their participation last year. Among the tea
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Madame Xanadu #15
I didn’t even know there was a Madame Xanadu title currently being published. Imagine my surprise when, attracted by the Michael Kaluta cover art, I picked up what I thought was a one-shot only to discover it was issue#15! I very seldom ever buy comi
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What is their "Guilty Pleasure" hit?
To complement the "Greatest" thread - pick a band, any band, and tell us which of their songs is one that peopel may not know, but like. For example.... Monkees - Going Down Rolling Stones - As Tears Go By Pink Floyd - See Emily Play Michael Jackso
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Will I never get to read this?
Orders have been cancelled for the DC COMICS CLASSICS LIBRARY: SHAZAM! - THE MONSTER SOCIETY OF EVIL HC (AUG090172). This title will be resolicited at a later date.
Argh!
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Captain Mohawk Lives...
...on Champions Online! My goofy little hero guy from my late, unlamented comic strip is now in 3-D color. I was really impressed with how close the character generator got to his likeness.
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Avengers after Roger Stern
One of my all time favorite series is Volume One of the Avengers. Thanks to back issue bins, ebay, and the Essentials series, I have almost all of the first 285 issues. That may seem like an odd place to stop, so let me explain. Avengers #285 was wha
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Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1 (Spoilers)
This is a comic book that definitely starts off with a bang. With a fairly straight forward introduction, of Moon Knight stopping a bank robbery. But like Nuke LaLoosh he announces his presence with authority. He kicks their butts real easily, and le
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It's THAT time of year!
L'shannah tovah tika tavu! A very happy new year to all of our Jewish friends! May the coming year, 5770, be a good, healthy, and happy year for us all (and that's whether your Jewish or not!) Now, I just hope I can remember to stop writing 5769 on
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Happy birthday, Jim Shooter!
Jim Shooter, the tallest E-I-C that Marvel ever had, is 58 today. Happy birthday, sir!
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Hawkeye miniseries from 1983
Over at the "Comics Should Be Good" website, they're doing a series of Five Most Iconic Covers. So far, they haven't done too many superstars; mostly, it's been B-listers like the Martian Manhunter, Black Canary, Hercules, and even a few villains, li
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Who's the third smartest man in the real world?
We all know that in the DC Universe, Mr. Terrific in the World's Third Smartest Man, after Luthor and Batman. So, who's the third smartest man in the real world? Now, as any wrestling fan of a certain age could tell you, the world's smartest man is T
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