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If you like free stuff, mark May 7 on your calendar. That Saturday is Free Comic Book Day 2016, when 2,300 participating comic shops will give out … well, free comics.
The rules vary from shop to shop, with
Read more…What's coming on Free Comic Book Day 2016? Here is all the PR that has arrived at the Comics Cave, including a list of all 50 books arriving May 7, 2016:
Alan Tudyk Covers the Whole ‘Spectrum’ of Free Comic Book Day Details in a New Video
(BALTIMORE
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(BALTIMORE, MD) – (January 22, 2016)- With slightly more than 100 days left until Free Comic Book Day 2016, it’s time for comic fans to start planning how they wi
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It's a big week for Dark Horse in particular, with 10-you-count-em-10 books well worth a look. I didn't have time for them all before writing this Guide, but I'll probably get to all of 'em eventually.
ALIENS: DEFIANCE #1
Writer: BR
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ALIENS 30TH ANNIVERSARY ORIGINAL COMICS SERIES (HC)
Writer: MARK VERHEIDEN
Art/Cover: MARK A. NELSON
B&W, 184 pages, $39.99, HC, 8” x12”
The original sequel to Aliens!
In 1988, Dark Horse’s Aliens comic debuted, with stunning art by
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BATMAN TAKES A VACATION?
THE JUSTICE LEAGUE DISCOVERS THE DIFFICULTY IN KEEPING GOTHAM CITY CRIME-FREE AS WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT AND THE LEGO GROUP RELEASE LEGO® DC COMICS SUPER HEROES -- JUSTICE LEAGUE: GOTHAM CITY BREAKOUT ON BLU-RAYTM CO
Read more…WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT ACCEPTS MPAA “R” RATING FOR BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE
All-New Animated DC Universe Original Movie to Authentically Reflect Best-Selling & Eisner Award-Winning Graphic Novel;
First Non-PG/PG-13 Rated Film in 9-Year Histo
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It’s a good time to be Wonder Woman.
On the heels of Gal Gadot’s impressive turn as the Amazing Amazon in Batman v Superman comes one of the most unusual WW stories ever. Wonder Woman: Earth One Volume 1 ($
Read more…Writing about Wonder Woman this week, what I thought I knew got confused as I tried to look it up to verify. So I'm asking for help:
* First origin, 1941: I gather Diana was just another Amazon, albeit one who won the contest to go to man's world, so
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There are five FCBD books listed this week -- two from Dark Horse, three from IDW -- although I don't know why. Is it just for show? Are they distributing this week, and again on May 7? DH lists a price of "free," but IDW li
Read more…Jeffrey Dean Morgan debuted as Negan (with his bat, “Lucille”) in the sixth season finale of The Walking Dead, and killed … someone. (All photos by Gene Page/AMC)
By Andrew A. Smith
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(Note: BIG HONKING SPOILERS AHEAD for the W
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BALTIMORE EMPTY GRAVES #1 (of 5)
Writers: MIKE MIGNOLA. CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN
Art: PETER BERGTING
Colors: DAVE STEWART
Cover: BEN STENBECK
FC, 32 pages, $3.99, Miniseries
With no bodies to bury, Baltimore lays to rest the memories of good fri
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This is a teaser from Marvel, which I'd normally just throw away. But this one raised a question: Does it look to anyone else that the people who might not be dead any more are all Spider-Man characters? I thi
The battle between Batman (Ben Affleck) and Superman (Henry Cavill) is lifted in large part from the 1986 graphic novel “The Dark Knight Returns.” Photo Credit: Clay Enos/ TM & © DC Comics
Gal Gadot plays a Wonder Woman who’s been around for at lea
By Andrew A. Smith
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Did comic books invent the “weird” Western? Wikipedia seems to think so, and the idea is buttressed by Wynonna Earp, debuting April 1 on Syfy channel – a modern supernatural Western based on a long-running
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CONAN THE AVENGER #24
Writer: FRED VAN LENTE
Art: BRIAN CHING
Colors: MICHAEL ATIYEH
Cover: PAUL RENAUD
FC, 32 pages, $3.50, Ongoing
As Conan lays siege to Khauran, inside the city the soldier Valerius desperately seeks evidence tha
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, which premieres March 25, may confuse those who have thought of the Dark Knight and The Man of Steel as best friends. The strange thing is, the pair have been BFFs for mu
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THE SHADOW GLASS #1 (of 6)
Writer/Art/Cover: ALY FELL
FC, 32 pages, $3.99, Miniseries
A young student of England’s greatest occultist learns her real father is in league with the devil. When Rose finds out that the man who raised her isn’t
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When Daredevil returns to Netflix for its second season March 18, the series will take some liberties with an iconic story. But even comics fans are likely to concede that it’s for the best.
The story in ques
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DANGANRONPA: THE ANIMATION VOL 1 (TPB)
Writer/Art/Cover: TAKASHI TSUKIMI
B&W, 192 pages, $12.99, TPB, 5 1/8" x 7 1/4"
Each year, the elite Hope’s Peak Academy selects only the most gifted and talented students to enroll ... plus one
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