By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
As of last week, the seven major TV shows based on comics characters have all gone on hiatus until January. Each show ended its 2015 run with big reveals and cliffhangers – some good, some bad. But all worthy
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KING CONAN: WOLVES BEYOND THE BORDER #1 (OF 4)
Writer: TIMOTHY TRUMAN
Art/Cover: TOMÁS GIORELLO
Cover: JOSÉ VILLARRUBIA
FC, 32 pages, $3.99, Miniseries
The return of a fan-favorite Conan creative team!
King Conan grows weary of the
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DARK HORSE PRESENTS #17
Writers: PAUL LEVITZ, ALEX DE CAMPI, SHAWN ALDRIDGE
Writer/Artist: DENNIS CALERO, BRENDAN MCCARTHY, CARLA SPEED MCNEIL, DAVID CHELSEA
Art/Cover: TIM HAMILTON
Art: JERRY ORDWAY, JULIUS GOPEZ
FC, 56 pages, $4.99, Ong
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Richard Willis said:
Read more…The second season of the Agent Carter show begins on January 19.
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Read more…The crossover between The CW shows Flash and Arrow combined the heroes of both shows, including (from left) Speedy (Willa Holland), Green Arrow (Stephen Arnell), Black Canary (Katie Cassidy), Flash (Grant Gustin), John Diggle (David Ramsey), Hawkgirl
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ALABASTER: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BIRD #1 (of 5)
Writer: CAITLÍN R. KIERNAN
Art: DANIEL WARREN JOHNSON
Colors: CARLOS BADILLA
Cover: GREG RUTH
FC, 32 pages, $3.99, Miniseries
“Kiernan is the poet and the bard of the wasted and t
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Tribune Content Agency
Marvel Comics, in the midst of a reboot of its entire superhero universe, dropped 21 first issues of new ongoing titles in November. That’s on the heels of 17 new titles in October.
Of the 38 new titles so fa
Read more…Shigeru Mizuki, the creator of Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths and Showa: A History of Japan, has died at age 93. Here's the obituary from Drawn & Quarterly:
Shigeru Mizuki: 1922-2015 |
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BARB WIRE #6
Writer: CHRIS WARNER
Pencils: PATRICK OLLIFFE
Inks: TOM NGUYEN
Colors: WES DZIOBA
Cover: ADAM HUGHES
FC, 32 pages, $3.99, Ongoing
Grilled like a tough steak by mysterious federal agents, Barb Wire recounts her very fir
Read more…In Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Krysten Ritter’s Jessica (left) is best friends with Rachael Taylor’s Trish Walker. Credit: Myles Aronowitz/Netflix
Marvel’s Jessica Jones uses the color purple as a thematic element for David Tennant’s Kilgrave, who in t
By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
Worried that you won’t be able to find the perfect gift for the fanboy or fangirl in your family this holiday season? Fret not, O mundane one, and simply consult the Captain Comics Holiday Gift Guide below!
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Say, why didn't any of you tell me that I was doing the links wrong to the Facebook page? I'm doing them correctly now, but geez, there are a lot of bad links in previous Guides! Anyway, on to this week's funnybooks!
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ADAM.3 #4 (OF
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Tribune Content Agency
In the month of October, Marvel Comics produced 17 first issues of new series. What th-? Here’s the dillio:
Over the summer, Marvel canceled its entire line after a huge, climactic crossover destroyed its sup
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TIME TRAVEL FUNNIES!
THE ROOK #2 (of 4)
Writer: STEVEN GRANT
Art/Cover: PAUL GULACY
Cover: JESUS ABURTO
FC, 32 pages, $3.99, Miniseries
H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine never seemed so real to Restin Dane—especially since he’s living
Read more…Kara Danvers (Melissa Benoist) combines the best elements of the character’s personalities and costumes from her many iterations in the comics. Photo by Darren Michaels/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. © 2015 WBEI. All rights reserved.
James Olsen (
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ARCHIE ARCHIVES: PROM PRANKS AND OTHER STORIES (TPB)
Writer/Penciller: BOB MONTANA
Inks/Colors: Various
FC, 240 pages, $19.99, TPB, 7" x 10"
Dark Horse and Archie Comic Publications present the archive library series everyone’s talk
Read more…My wife and I watched the first four episodes of The Last Kingdom the other night, and the TLDR is that we enjoyed it enough to continue watching.
The last kingdom of the title is Wessex, which was the last redoubt of the Saxons as the Danes (Vikings
Read more…It's a huge week in comics -- or "YOUUUUUGE," as Trump would say -- with lots of first issues, previews, press releases and great comics worth mention. Hold on to your wallets, and let's go ... !
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ARCHIE VS. PREDATOR (HC)
Writer: ALE
As we've discussed new Number Ones HERE and HERE, I've begun to notice that LGBTQ characters have become so commonplace they're hardly worth mention (because we're not mentioning them). I mean, when Batgirl got a trans roommate and lesbian character
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