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Forever Evil #7: DC Comics finally brings their epic Trinity War/Forever Evil storyline to its climax with three books this week: Justice League #30, Justice League of America #14 (the final issue) and Forever Evil #7 (of 7). I
Read more…Got this press release from DC today, which is just a glorified link. But the stuff they've posted is pretty interesting -- from an old fan's POV:
Today we posted new, exciting details on DC Comics’ September publishing event on DCComics.com, includ
Read more…ABE SAPIEN #15
Writers: MIKE MIGNOLA, SCOTT ALLIE
Art: JUAN FERREYRA
Cover: SEBASTIAN FIUMARA
On sale Aug 13
FC, 32 pages, $3.50
Ongoing
Roger returns!
Before the Black Flame, Hell on Earth, and the death of Roger, Abe faces a creature that threatens
Read more…BO, PLUSHY GANGSTA: KINGDOM OF BO (TPB)
Writer/Art/Cover: PAVEL BALABANOV
128 Pgs./ Mature Readers/FC/$14.99
Are the legends of Bo, the “teddy bear” gangsta, true? And, did we just say teddy bear gangsta?! You’re about to find out-- when the soul of
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Here are some of this week's noteworthy books:
Archie 1000 Page Comics Bonanza (Archie, $14.99): One of the greatest innovations in recent years at Archie Comics -- and there have been plenty -- has been for the publisher to ac
Read more…Marvel keeps adding to this, and it's adding up to quite a lot. So I thought I'd post it for you guys to comment.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. welcomes you to The Art of Level 7
Top Artists Deliver Unique Vision of Marvel’s First Live-Action TV S
Read more…I thought you guys would want to know about this. Frankly, I'm not sure what I'd pick after the obvious origin stories, first Galactus story, etc. What would you guys pick?
Here's the press release:
Choose the Contents of Marvel’s Massive 75th Annive
Read more…Here's the press release. How can this be? Do these books have a different distributor than Diamond? Why is this the only place I'm seeing these numbers?
PAPERCUTZ'S STILTON SALES PASS THE 1,000,000 MARK
TIME-TRAVELING MOUSE AND HIS SISTER ARE “BRIN
"Son of Batman," the landmark 20th film in the ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies, arrives TODAY -- May 6, 2014 -- on Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. The film is also available via Digital HD.
Read more…Dick Ayers, a legendary Silver Age artist and inker, especially on Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos, died at age 90. HERE'S a short bio from ICv2.com.
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Here are some of this week's books worth special mention:
Alley Oop: The Complete Sundays 1934-36: Dark Horse has begun reprinting the adventures of the time-traveling caveman with the name derived from a French phrase favored
Read more…Al Feldstein, the writer/editor who helmed EC's famous horror titles and took MAD magazines to its greatest circulation, has died at age 88. A titan has passed.
HERE'S a brief obit from ICv2.com.
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McClatchy Newspapers
Free Comic Book Day is back, bigger and better than ever. So big, in fact, that the following guide is necessary
First, the details: On Saturday, May 3, participating comic shops will give away free comics. (To
One of three S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarriers engages in combat in Captain America: The Winter Soldier. All photos © 2014 Marvel. All Rights Reserved.
By Andrew A. Smith
McClatchy Newspapers
April 15, 2014 -- Captain America: The Winter Soldier has blo
Read more…EDITOR'S NOTE: After assembling the Comics Guide throughout the week, and spending six hours writing and editing it today (Sunday, April 27), I have accidentally deleted it.
Yes, the whole damn thing. Twelve takes, an untold number of man hours, a c
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
McClatchy Newspapers
April 1, 2014 -- Last week, the box office charts domestically and internationally were topped by different American movies – and both have comic-book roots.
The big hit was Captain America: The Winter Soldier,
Read more…ACTION LAB
Writers: JEREMY DALE, RAY-ANTHONY HEIGHT, DEWAYNE FEENSTRA
Art: JEREMY DALE, RAY-ANTHONY HEIGHT, NOTE LOVETT
Cover: JEREMY DALE, RAY-ANTHONY HEIGHT
32 pgs./ All Ages/ FC Free
Action Lab Entertainment, The most exciting new comic book publi
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Here are some of this week's books worth special mention:
START ME UP
Two big summer stories launch this week with single issues.
The biggest is Original Sin #0 (Marvel, $3.99), which is numbered accurately -- it isn't the firs
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McClatchy Newspapers
Comics can be many things, from quiet dramas to flights of fancy to superheroic clashes of good and evil. But some times – maybe the best times – they’re just fun.
Case in point: Steve Mannion’s Fearless Dawn, bro
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It's a week chock-full of first issues, and for a change they're not all Marvels!
Dyamite has an exceptional week, with the first issues of Solar: Man of the Atom and Captain Action Cat: The Timestream Catastrophe, and the 100t
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