Nicholas Brendon, known for playing Xander Harris on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died at the age of 54, March 20, 2026, of heart failure.
Although he did other movies, his career stalled after Buffy came to an end. He had long-standing heart problem
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Captain America Comics #24 (reprinted in the Golden Age Captain America Marvel Masterworks v6 as well as the Golden Age Captain America Omnibus) has a full-page ad for the next issue, which reads: "From the author of 'The Girl in the Golden Atom,' on
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Superman: The Triangle Era omnibus ships next week. It comprises Superman #49-64, Adventures of Superman #472-486, Action Comics #659-673 and Superman: The Man of Steel #1-8. It is named for the sequential numbering of the four regular series which a
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BATWOMAN #1
(W) Greg Rucka (A/CA) DaNi
EISNER AWARD-WINNER GREG RUCKA AND VISIONARY ARTIST DANI BRING ON THE NEXT LEVEL FOR BATWOMAN! Batwoman. Daughter. Sister. Soldier. Hero. But since she was 10 years old, Kate Kan
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Recently, over in the JSA" thread, we've been discussing Golden Age stories vs. modern retellings citing Adventure Comics/Sandman Mystery Theatre and Captain America Comics/Invaders as examples of comic book stories that "really happened." In it, Cap
Read more…"A secret agent resigns, then wakes up to find himself imprisoned in "The Village"... a bizarre community with a cheery veneer, but an underbelly of mystery and threat. All occupants of the Village have numbers instead of names, with our secret agent
Read more…I direct your attention to the article which appeared in this week's Comic Shop News, #2012, March 11, 2026. It's not available online, so those of you who still read comics will have to pick it up at your LCS. The folks who publish CSN these days ar
Read more…Every once in a while a comic book story which doesn’t meet with universal fan approval is published. Soon after, a letter to the editor or a post to a message board such as this one calls for that story to be “Mopeed out of continuity.” But Mopee is
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DC FINEST: THE FLASH — THE FASTEST MAN DEAD TP
(W) Robert Kanigher, Cary Bates, Various (A) Irv Novick, Dick Giordano, Various (CA) Dick Giordano
CAN THE SCARLET SPEEDSTER OUTRUN DEATH? Barry Allen races toward his lan
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Alan Scott first appeared in All-America Comics #16 in 1940 as a construction engineer (although he later switched professions and became a radio engineer). As Green Lantern, he was a founding member of the J
Read more…Question: when is an Imaginary Story not an Imaginary Story?
While you think on that for a moment, I’ll set the Wayback Machine for a little trip. The time: 1959. The place: the National Periodical Publications building at 2d and Dickey Streets,
Read more…Both ClarkKent_DC and Commander Benson encouraged me to share this story, even though it doesn’t have a happy ending.
On Thanksgiving Day in 2017, Gayle had her first significant bone pain. We thought it was Sciatica. Gayle was toughing it out. She fi
Read more…From The Hollywood Reporter: "Mike Richardson Out as CEO of Dark Horse Entertainment After 40 Years"
"Publisher and producer Mike Richardson is out as CEO of Dark Horse Comics, the media company he built up from a comic book store business.
"In his ste
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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…What does it all mean? Beats me, Sarge. But I bet that it'll be ever so momentous.
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JSA #17
(W) Jeff Lemire (A) Gavin Guidry (CA) Dave Johnson
A MAJOR THREAT STARES DOWN GOTHAM CITY!
The heroes have assembled, but can they work together long enough to face down this existential threat to the citizens
Read more…Anthony Tollin has posted the below on Facebook. Haven't seen anything about it elsewhere yet.
"RIP legendary DC Comics colorist TATJANA WOOD who just passed away at age 99. Tatjana had decades long runs on OUR AT WAR/SGT. ROCK and SWAMP THING, and in
Read more…It's another week where I have to cobble together the guide. It worries me how many errors might creep in. And it doesn't leave me a lot of time to actually talk about the books! Annoying.
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From Lunar Distribution
ACTIO
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