Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod) replied to Captain Comics's discussion 2025 Free Comic Book Day
"Cap, the first DCU character who's encountered the Absolute Universe is Booster Gold, right as the universe launched. We haven't seen him since, as far as I know. And I've heard that Absolute Martian Manhunter has been so well received it's been…"
23 minutes ago
Captain Comics replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Superman Family
""The Day Superman Married Lana Lang!" by Jerry Siegel and Kurt Schaffenberger (cover story) - "A Brand-New 'Imaginary' Story!" This one shifts the emphasis from Lois to Lana. (For details see the "Imaginary Stories on Infinite Earths" thread.) It…"
42 minutes ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Captain Comics's discussion 2025 Free Comic Book Day
"I haven’t read the Marvel Fanfare story in decades... Marvel probably thinks it better to run something new and current...
I was referring to Fantastic Four Fanfare  #1, which came out last week.

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1 hour ago
Captain Comics replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Superman Family
"It's a pretty lightweight story with so many coincidences and plot holes that it seems petty to list them. And I still hate Streaky's cartoon eyes.
I will say that when I was a kid I'd question some of the use of super-powers that seemed…"
1 hour ago
Captain Comics replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Superman Family
""Here's another souvenir, Jimmy -- a fast-acting poison from another planet with no earthly antidote. I'll just put it here on the table and leave." "
1 hour ago
Captain Comics replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Superman Family
"These are all great questions!
If Superman was always planned to go on a space mission, why go with Jimmy and Lois to the West Indies? Why not just stay in Metropolis or say he's going someplace else?
Add this to the list of reasons Clark Kent…"
1 hour ago
Captain Comics replied to Captain Comics's discussion 2025 Free Comic Book Day
"DC: ALL IN 2025 SPECIAL EDITION #1: This is a flip book. The front side is Superman Unlimited and the flip side is an overview of the "Absolute" universe. I found Rafael Albuquerque's to be so unappealing I had to force myself to finish it.
It…"
2 hours ago
Captain Comics commented on Richard Willis's video
"Got my wife excited. We may even go to the theater for this one!"
3 hours ago
JD DeLuzio replied to Captain Comics's discussion 2025 Free Comic Book Day
"I really liked the Eisner bio one as well. I will probably read the complete version at some time."
21 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Captain Comics's discussion 2025 Free Comic Book Day
"If anybody has any books they'd like to comment on, I'll gladly join in.
I should be able to knock this out pretty quick. As I mentioned above, my LCS had a limit of three, which i abided by and didn't go anywhere else.
DC: ALL IN 2025 SPECIAL…"
yesterday
Captain Comics replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Superman Family
"And yet, it's large enough to accomodate "rocket-ship" travel. Even the size of the tweezers is problematical, AFAIAC. … I think they must be very, very small, and the bottle itself provides a magnifying distortion effect which enlarges one small…"
yesterday
Captain Comics replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Superman Family
""The Boy in the Bottle!" by Jerry Siegel and Curt Swan - Supeman asks Jimmy to exchange places with Van-Zee in Kandor so that the scientist can assist him with his experiments to enlarge the bottle city. No sooner do they exhange places than the…"
Tuesday
Richard Willis replied to Captain Comics's discussion Peter David suffers series of strokes
"Today by Kathleen David, Beneficiary
Here is what happened. His fistula was fine but they found a blockage in his right shoulder that was not allowing blood to flow freely. They corrected that so the fistula should now work. If it does consistently,…"
Tuesday
Captain Comics replied to Captain Comics's discussion 'One World Under Doom'
"I’m back for more “One World Under Doom.” I order the peripheral books from Westfield Comics, which arrive once a month, so as it happens I’m not far behind on what I have in hand. I do get One World Under Doom the maxiseries “live” at the comic…"
Tuesday
Captain Comics replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Lois' thought balloon says "Kryptonian instrument," so that's what it is, as far as I'm concerned! Lois wouldn't lie, even when evil!"
Tuesday
Captain Comics replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Superman Family
"Evidently we followed the same path, Richard. I remember seein "R. Berns" in early Thor and thinking, "Who?" And I wasn't very impressed. At some point I learned he had done some Superman work, which made sense, because those Thor stories were…"
Tuesday
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