By Andrew A. Smith
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Jun 17, 2014 -- Who would guess that happy, frivolous Archie Andrews and violent, bloodthirsty zombies would make a good mix?
According to the afterword in the recently released Afterlife with Archie
Given the "Captain Re-Reads Avengers" thread, I thought it advisable to resurrect this old file. It stops somewhere around "Avengers Disassemble," so it's a little out of date. But it includes the expansion of the Avengers line-up in the early years,
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
The treasures of the Louvre museum have inspired an untold number of painters, sculptors, poets, musicians and other artists. Now, comics artists are prominently on that list.
That’s because French
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100TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL -- SPIDER-MAN #1 (Marvel, $3.99): Another in a series of 75th-anniversary books -- Marvel Comics #1 debuted in 1939 -- that shows what Marvel heroes might look like in 2061, 100 years after Fantastic Four #1. If do
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
McClatchy-Tribune
If you’re looking forward to How to Train Your Dragon 2, which premiered June 13, you’ll be pleased to know there’s already a sequel out – in print.
English publisher Titan Comics has launched a new series chroni
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100th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL – FANTASTIC FOUR #1 (Marvel Comics, $3.99): This is the first in a series of comics that will publish one per week in July, looking at the Marvel Universe of 2061 -- 100 years after Fantastic Four #1 launched that
Read more…Do we not have a thread on this? The movie's been out for weeks!
My wife and I finally got a chance to see it (we work different schedules, so movie-going is sometimes difficult to arrange), and we really, honestly enjoyed it.
The moviemakers ma
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EMILY AND THE STRANGERS: BREAKING THE RECORD #1 (of 3, Dark Horse, $3.99): I understand from various Legionnaires that this is one of those rare books that appeals to tween-age girls (and boys). Here's the first issue of another Emily tale,
Read more…ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #24
Written by KARL BOLLERS
Art & Cover by CLAYTON HENRY
Variant Cover by PIA GUERRA
Sister. Sweetheart. ASSASSIN!
Archer and Armstrong…and Mary-Maria?! Archer’s beloved foster sister and world-class hitwoman-for-hire, Mary-Maria,
Read more…’68: HOMEFRONT #1 (OF 4)
Story: MARK KIDWELL
Art: KYLE CHARLES & JAY FOTOS
Cover A: NAT JONES & JAY FOTOS
cover B: MARK KIDWELL, NAT JONES, & JAY FOTOS
cover C: SKETCH COVER
SEPTEMBER 10 / 32 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
In 1968, the horrors of the Vietnam
Read more…ANGRY BIRDS COMICS #4
Writer: Paul Tobin
Art: David Baldeon & Various
Cover: Jean-Michel Boesch
Subscription Variant: David Baldeon
In this issue, the Angry Birds go undercover behind enemy lines. Can they rescue their precious eggs from Piggy Traini
Read more…UNCANNY AVENGERS #24
RICK REMENDER (W) • SALVADOR LARROCA (A)
Cover by PAUL RENAUD
The MARCH to AXIS continues!
• Havok and his team defeated at the hands of the sinister S-Men!
• A dark secret in Genosha!
• The Red Skull’s revenge is now unstoppable
Read more…THE MULTIVERSITY: THE SOCIETY OF SUPER-HEROES: CONQUERORS OF THE COUNTER-WORLD #1
Written by GRANT MORRISON
Art and cover by CHRIS SPROUSE and KARL STORY
1:10 B&W Variant cover by CHRIS SPROUSE
1:25 Variant cover by FRAZER IRVING
1:50 Variant cover b
Read more…#1 for $1: Ghost #1
Kelly Sue DeConnick (W), Christopher Sebela (W), Ryan Sook (A), and Terry Dodson (Cover)
On sale Sept 3
FC, 32 pages, $1.00
One-shot
Ghost, the hero trapped between two worlds, fights to protect Chicago from extradimensional demon
Read more…CRIMSON SOCIETY#1
Writer: Mike Hunau
Art: Carlos Trigo
Cover: Carlos Trigo
Variant: Daniel Logan
In the very near future, supernatural beings live among humans in peace, yet Jack Crimson finds his life as a werewolf frustrating, and wants nothing mor
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ARCHIE #656 ($2.99): Archie expands its cast with another diversity character: Veronica's wheelchair-bound cousin Harper. She's quite attractive of course, and immediately becomes competition for Betty & Veronica where it concerns a certain
Read more…By Andrew Smith
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
May 27, 2014 -- What if Groundhog Day was set in the future during an alien invasion, the day kept starting over because the protagonist kept getting killed and it starred Tom Cruise instead of Bill Mur
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Many have fought. Many have died. Were you one of the ARMOR HUNTERS' honored fallen? How many armors did you destroy in pursuit of a safer universe? And what brough
One more press release of interest:
I don't usually post PR about e-comics, but this one sounds like it might be of interest to the Legion:
VIZ IS NOW ON COMIXOLOGY
More than 500 VIZ Media manga titles are now available on comiXology throughout North America including NARUTO, ONE PIEC
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