Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Diamond Distributors Files for Bankruptcy
"Dark Horse is now selling PDFs of some of its titles through DriveThroughComics.com https://www.drivethrucomics.com/en/publisher/30792/dark-horse?src=n... DTC is one of several "sibling" digital sales websites that all belong to Roll20.  Most…"
19 hours ago
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Philip Portelli's discussion Fan-of-Bronze: After the CRISIS, What Would YOU Have Done?
"Hindsight is 20/20. I have the benefit of having thought about this back in 1997 or so, after some of the main difficulties and dilemmas made themselves clear aplenty.In any case, extrapolating mainly from the Legion of Super-Heroes between Crisis…"
Jun 13
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"I wish I had better awareness of Eclipse Comics back in the day.  That publisher was truly unique, and had a lot of respect for creators. Mark Evanier built something of a personal franchise there with DNAgents and Crossfire, who he has often…"
Jun 12
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Supergirl (2025)
"Interesting choice to give Kara and the impostor different body types and not point that out in words.  The impostor's thighs were definitely chubbier than Kara's."
Jun 11
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Non-binary / genderqueer self-identification is indeed fairly new far as general awareness is concerned.  I certainly did not learn of it until recently The key for understanding it may be understanding that it is not a matter of sexual attraction,…"
Jun 7
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Because one of the stories reprinted here is "Supergirl #19" (Volume 7) (2018).  The character that Supergirl is giving a lift to is Lee Serrano and was featured in that story. I am not necessarily well-informed on the matter, but apparently Lee is…"
Jun 7
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Aquaman (1994)
"Those names "Scylla" and "Charybdis" turn up with significant prominence in Mark Waid's "Irredeemable". A pair of significant characters (brothers, actually) use those codenames.Important supporting characters, as it turns out."
Jun 6
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"I only know the very basics of heraldry, but yes, this is poor flag design.   Esthetical judgments aside, it is needlessly and unhelpfully demanding of fine color distinction.The example above has at least two very distinct shades of green (which…"
Jun 3
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Master of Kung Fu
"I read some of MoKF - about a third to a half of it - in monthly installments in the mid 1970s to mid 1980s. It was always a bit more adult than usual for Marvel's output.  First because there was so much conflict and mistrust among the main…"
Jun 3
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Supergirl (In Memoriam: Peter David)
"Going by cover dates, #28 was published at about the same time as JLA/Titans #2, which has a scene of Supergirl confronting Zauriel in order to protect Victor Stone's life.Others may disagree, but I found that scene interesting. Zauriel points out…"
Jun 2
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion DC Finest line
"Did I imply that Chase had died before #50?  I must have miswritten somewhere."
May 30
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Rob Staeger (Grodd Mod)'s discussion DC Finest line
"Peacemaker killed the third Vigilante (we are disregarding the Praerie Troubadors here), Dave Winston.  The second had been killed by Adrian Chase himself a couple of years earlier.The time from roughly 1985 to 1991 was a period of DC tapping quite…"
May 29
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Supergirl (In Memoriam: Peter David)
"Oh yes, the boy.I will avoid spoilers, but his character concept would be used in a variant form in later Peter David works of a significantly different genre."
May 28
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Superman vs. Shazam
"I have fond memories of this one.  At a time when very few comics were published at regular USA size here in Brazil, ANCE #C-58 was translated into Brazilian Portuguese and published in the Treasury format that I had only seem previously in our…"
May 28
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Captain Comics's discussion Comics Guide for week of May 26, 2025
"In all honesty, "Emerald Twilight" (which happened in late 1993/early 1994) does not even fit the continuity that existed back in 1995, let alone the Hal-as-Spectre period (late 1999 to late 2004), and the later was always meant to be endured rather…"
May 25
Luis Olavo de Moura Dantas replied to Captain Comics's discussion Peter David suffers series of strokes
"Apparently Peter David died yesterday.  My best wishes to family and friends.https://aiptcomics.com/2025/05/25/peter-david-dead-at-68/"
May 25
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