Jeff of Earth-J replied to Captain Comics's discussion Comics Guide for week of Jan. 27, 2025
"Marvel says this one-shot anthology is a 10-year celebration of their second run with the Star Wars franchise.
Geez, has it been that long already?
(The first was 1977-86, which is not being celebrated. Sad.)
Just wait two more years and it'll be…"
2 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion DC Finest line
"DC FINEST: SUPERMAN: KRYPTONITE NEVERMORE
Put me down for "Kryptonite Nevermore." Back in 2009 I bought the HC DC Comics Classic Library edition, but it collected only Superman #233-237, 240-242, and the DC Finest edition goes beyond that. To be…"
8 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Supergirl, The Girl of Steel
"SUPERMAN'S GIRLFRIEND, LOIS LANE #20 - "Lois Lane's Super-Daughter!"

DC's first "Imaginary Story," "Mr. and Mrs. Clark (Superman) Kent" (which can be found in the DC's Greatest Imaginary Stories tpb) appeared in Superman's Girlfriend, Lois Lane #19…"
10 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man's discussion What Comic Books Have You Read Today?
"The insides are by Curt Swan (Superman) and Ross Andru & Mike Esposito (The Flash). Storywise, I can appreciate them, but they didn't really do a lot for me. I should have read them for the first when I was younger."
10 hours ago
The Baron replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Ultraman R/B
"Meanwhile, down on their luck, several Ultramen, along with some of their former opponents, perform street theater to earn extra cash. Actually, I've seen this sort of thing depicted in vaerious manga over the years, but never actually seen one…"
20 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Ultraman R/B
"ELEMENT OF KIWAMI: "Defeated by enemy Grigio King transformed by the 'mad hero' Makoto Aizen, Katsumi and Isami fight even harder. They stand before Grigio King but their combination is awful, leading them to be bombed dreadfully by the Bombing Bone…"
21 hours ago
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Supergirl, The Girl of Steel
"Doesn’t sound like anybody was going to check on the kid, anyway. If they did...
...that's something they maybe should have done before the adoption."
21 hours ago
Richard Willis replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Supergirl, The Girl of Steel
"Supergirl follows, and the "Crandalls" reveal that they are robots. Supergirl is to take Buster to the Fortress of solitude while the robots drive their car into a convevient pool of quicksand, so that neither they nor Buster can ever be traced.…"
yesterday
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Doctor Who Reactions: The Daleks' Master Plan
"Sometimes I think I'm better at predicting my own future than remembering my own past. For example...
We watched [the recreation of "Mission to the Unknown" as performed by the University of Central Lancashire] several weeks ago...
I have no memory…"
yesterday
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Wandering Sensei: Moderator Man's discussion What Comic Books Have You Read Today?
"LIMITED COLLECTORS' EDITION #C-48:

Superman and the Flash have raced many times over the years, and this week DC released a replica edition of the 1976 Treasury Edition that reprinted the first two of them (Superman  #199 and The Flash #175,…"
yesterday
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Supergirl, The Girl of Steel
"Supergirl next appears in "The Untold Story of Red Kryptonite" (Superman #139) which has already been covered in the "Silver Age Superman" discussion (p.35), which brings us to...
SUPERMAN #140 - "The Supergirl Bizarro!"

A couple find an apparently…"
yesterday
Philip Portelli replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Supergirl, The Girl of Steel
"That's what he gets for always calling him "Chief"!"
yesterday
Richard Willis replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion DC Finest - Supergirl, The Girl of Steel
"Weirdly, Jimmy is old enough to date Lucy Lane, an adult with a full-time job (among other women), but the powers that be can’t tell he is an adult.
As we know, most people adopting a child want a baby or toddler. Two couples of creepy people decide…"
Friday
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Diamond Distributors Files for Bankruptcy
"IIRC, the DC Implosion of the 1970s was in part a result of distribution issues due to weather problems."
Thursday
Jeff of Earth-J replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Doctor Who: The Last Day
"EPISODES ELEVEN & TWELVE: Much of what I've learned for this post I gleaned from the "extras" section. For example, I know now that "The Last Day" is the epic conclusion to the "Dark Universe" series, with which I am wholly unfamiliar. All of the…"
Thursday
The Baron replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Diamond Distributors Files for Bankruptcy
"Other issues led up to that, but it was distribution that was the enforcement arm. That makes sense. You can make the best product in the world, but if you can't get it to consumers, you're out of luck."
Thursday
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