In the recent Joker/Daffy Duck comic (Side Note: The latest batch of DC/WB crossovers are neither especially good or especially bad), there's a scene in which the Joker kills the patrons of a comedy club and has his gang take their stuff (Another Sid
Read more…So, DC's next big event is going to be called Dark Crisis. Dunno if I'm gonna follow this one or not. I'm kinda Crisis'd out.
Read more…Here is the first draft of where the Golden Age Marvel character reprint series seem to stand, as of January 2022. Feel free to offer additions or corrections, of which there’s likely to be many. Feel free to offer locations of individual reprints, i
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Catwoman: Hunted releases Feb. 8.
BOOM STUDIOS
BUFFY LAST VAMPIRE SLAYER #3
FAITHLESS III #1
FIREFLY BRAND NEW VERSE HC
MAGIC THE GATHERING #11
MIGHTY MORPHIN
Read more…One doesn't have to read too many of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan novels (in sequence) before smacking headlong into "The Great Korak Time Discrepancy." Briefly, Tarzan son Jack was introduced as an infant in The Beasts of Tarzan (1914), but when he
Read more…Jodie Whittaker has been announced as the next Doctor in Doctor Who, making her the first woman to play the role "in continuity". I've not actually seen her in anything, but I'm willing to give her a chance. Goodluck, Ms.Whittaker!
We're all aware that the X-men and the Doom Patrol debuted pretty closely to one another. Assuming sales data is available, which one sold better initially? Was either one considered a hit, sales-wise?
Read more…Something is Killing the Children Vol. 3
James Tynion IV, writer; Werther Dell'Edera, illustrator; Miquel Muerto, colorist
BOOM! Studios, 2021
This collection opens with Archer's Peak in lockdown, with almost the whole town hiding in the high school
Read more…OK, just read issue #0. It involves the current iteration of Nova, who is apparently a kid named Sam Alexander, whose father was an old drunk who claimed to have been an intergalactic space hero, and who eventually disappeared. In time, the son disc
Read more…Mark Waid has announced on Facebook that writer/editor Brian Augustyn has passed away after a sudden, severe stroke.
Read more…LATE ADD (FEB. 24)
Story: Kendra Wells | Art: Kendra Wells | Iron Circus | 120 pages | Adult | $12
The best part of any good role-playing game (and the fantasy novels they're based on!) is pretty simple: it's an adventure with frie
Read more…A comment by Dr. Hmmm? in the "What Comics Have You Read Today?" thread got me thinking about DC Golden Age series/characters that’ve been comprehensively collected. The list is not long. What’s longer is the list of series/characters DC has begun re
Read more…THE BATMAN: THE COMPLETE SERIES
The early years of the Caped Crusader get a closer examination as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings the fully-remastered The Batman: The Complete Series to Blu-ray for the very first time. Produced by Warne
The Beauty Volume Six
Jeremy Haun & Jason A. Hurley, story; Thomas Nachlik, Matthew Dow Smith, Jeremy Haun & Danny Luckert, art; Nayoung Kim & Brett Weldele, color
Image Comics, 2022
The series ends here, after a big pandemic pause. The collection
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BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER VOL 8 TPB
DARK BLOOD #6
FIREFLY #36
GETTING DIZZY #3
HOUSE OF SLAUGHTER #4
ONCE & FUTURE #24
Read more…We had this on the other board so I'm gong to start one for here.
Currently, I'm Constrictor. The picture picture is from Avengers the Initiative #10.
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1.1 The Charge of the Night Brigade - p
1.2 War Wounds - p
1.3 Distant Voices - p
1.4 Field Trip - p
TIMEJACKED!
2.1 Flight to Calandra - p
2.2 Split Second - p
2.3 The Weight of History - p
New York magazine does a thorough look at "The Undoing of Joss Whedon."
Or, as the sub-head reads: "The Buffy creator, once an icon of Hollywood feminism, is now an outcast accused of misogyny. How did he get here?"
Read more…I've been trying to think of Western characters in fiction that are examples of the "tsundere" archetype. Manga and anime are lousy with them, but for some reason I'm having a difficult time thinking of popular Western examples.
For those of you who
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ANGEL #1
Script: Christopher Cantwell | Art: Daniel Bayliss | Cover: Nimit Malavia | $4.99
BOOM! Studios reveals a first look at ANGEL #1, the premiere issue of a brand new eight-issue comic book series. Producer and director of AMC’s
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