Over the course of a long weekend in the '90s, I once watched Lawrence Olivier's movie version of Hamlet, followed by Mel Gibson's, followed by Kenneth Branagh's. Then I read First Comics' Classics Illustrated version. As truncated as it was (to fit
In the Skipper's JSA thread, Commander Benson recently posted regarding his objections to various elements of Darwyn Cooke's The New Frontier. He mentioned certain errors regarding military procedures and uniforms that he has encountered in comics ov
Its been about 10 years since I have done this. The first thing I have noticed is...no Previews!
I learned about 2 weeks ago my LCS has canceled his Diamond account. As someone who has ordered all off his comics from Previews for about 30 years. This
ALIEN VS. CAPTAIN AMERICA #1 (Of 4), $5.99: I don't read all the alien and predator crossovers, but I might get this one in trade. Because A) I'm a big Captain America fan, and B) I'm an even bigger Captain America fa
Batman himself was largely untouched by the Crisis on Infinite Earths, but the same thing cannot be said for those around him, notably Jason Todd, Selina Kyle and Leslie Thompkins. Batman didn't even get an officially labeled "Crisis" crossover issue
I’ve got big news, Legionnaires, and it’s not great.
Most of you are familiar with ClarkKent_DC, aka KC, aka Kelvin Childs. Kelvin isn’t just another Legionnaire, he’s an OG Legionnaire whose genial comments, enormous knowledge and expansive spirit h
I've just recently reread Masks, a 2012 Dynamite sight-issue series where the Shadow, the Green Hornet & Kato, the Spider-Master of Men, the Green Lama, Miss Fury, the Black Terror, the Black Bat and a "new" Zorro must team up to stop an authoritaria
My very first "Batman" comic (and my fourth overall) was Detective Comics #381. My second Batman comic (and my eighth overall) was #388. Both of these were drawn by the art team of Bob Brown and Joe Giella. #381 was written by Frank Robbins, and #388
I have a question about cataloguing comics and would like your opinions.
When one publisher uses the same series name more than once, volume numbers are easy. What about when multiple publishers use a series title over time? There are ot
Emerkeith, real name Walter Loyd Lilly, joined us long ago, too long ago ago for me to find his first post. But he stopped posting in late 2020, and many of us feared the worst. That worst was realized when Le
I have been aware of the Menomonee Falls Gazette for quite some time, but I had never seen a copy until recently. For most of my life I have had an idea for a "comic strip newspaper." Little did I know such a thing already existed. The Menomonee Fall
I didn't buy this Eclipse series when it first came out in 1984. Several years ago, however, I saw the entire series except for issue #1 for sale at Half Price Books. (That's pretty common at HPB. Either selle
This thread led me to think about all of the various movies I've seen over the years which revolved around "World War Three" happening and the aftermath thereof. While I've seen more than seven, seven is the number that I have currently available on
