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"THE ETERNAL:
I was not interested in this series at all when it came out in 2003. I did not buy it and I did not read it. First of all, it's a "MAX" title, which places it out of [what we now refer to laughingly as] continuity. Second, it's written…"
I was not interested in this series at all when it came out in 2003. I did not buy it and I did not read it. First of all, it's a "MAX" title, which places it out of [what we now refer to laughingly as] continuity. Second, it's written…"
"LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES:
After reading All-New Collectors' Edition C-55, I decided to go back to the beginning... my beginning, that is, "The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton" from Adventure Comics #320 (which I first read reprinted in Superboy…"
After reading All-New Collectors' Edition C-55, I decided to go back to the beginning... my beginning, that is, "The Revenge of the Knave from Krypton" from Adventure Comics #320 (which I first read reprinted in Superboy…"
"CONAN:
I'm well on the way to my goal of reading through #57. I just finished reading The Chronicles of Conan v6, which takes me through #42. I read the Thomas/Smith stuff a cople of times, but almost none of the Buscema era, and very few of the…"
I'm well on the way to my goal of reading through #57. I just finished reading The Chronicles of Conan v6, which takes me through #42. I read the Thomas/Smith stuff a cople of times, but almost none of the Buscema era, and very few of the…"
"I've spent a lazy day reading comics on DCUI -- the latest available issue of Fury of Firestorm, three issues of the new Batwoman series (as always with Rucka, it reads better in chunks), and a Veitch/Alcala Swamp Thing issue that brings me a wee…"
"I can't believe it's been only two years since the last time I read The Eternals, but inspired by Kirby Genesis and the Secret City Saga, I decided to read a somewhat truncated version (i.e., series one #1-12 and series three #1-7). The reason I…"
"Every year for Independence Day I read something patriotic. Usually it's one Captain America story or another, but this year, inspired in part by Alex Ross and Jim Krueger's Project Superpowers, I've decided to read IDW's Super Patriotic Heroes…"
"Cockrum's Legion and Futurians and (one issue of) X-Men led me to read the two-issue Starjammers series for the first time ever. I must have been in one of my "cutback phases" in 1990 when X-Men Spotlight On... Starjammers was released, because I…"
"I finally got around to reading Gotham City: Year One, another Tom King miniseries that plays with characters, placing them on the edge of continuity. Here, it posits how the city turned from a paradise to a crime-ridden dump, throiugh a…"
"Jack Kirby's Starr Warriors Starring Adam Starr and the Solar Legion (2023) is a faithful adaptation of Jack Kirby's work from Crash Comics #1-3, when he was just 22 years old, "remixed" by Tom Scioli. (If you want to see the original version,…"
"Kirby: Genesis led me back to Jack Kirby's Secret City Saga by Roy Thomas and Steve Ditko (plus Walt Simonson, #0), a much more "traditional" comic book reading experience than Kirby Genesis is. It's too bad the short-lived Topps Comics didn't…"
"KIRBY GENESIS:
I recently read Dynamite's Project Superpowers and discovered (as I suspected all along) that it "reads" better in a "satisfying chunk" than it does in monthly installments. With that observation in mind, I decided to revisit another…"
I recently read Dynamite's Project Superpowers and discovered (as I suspected all along) that it "reads" better in a "satisfying chunk" than it does in monthly installments. With that observation in mind, I decided to revisit another…"
"I recently finished reading the Cockrum/Grell era of the LSH through Archives v11, then skipped ahead a bit to the Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes TE HC (2022). By the time DC released All-New Collectors' Edition C-55 in 1978, I had long…"
"Dave Cockrum's The Futurians (see above) and John Byrne's Elsewhen put me in the mood to read some Cockrum/Byrne X-Men, so todat I read #107-108."
"San Pueblo translates as Saint Town."
"Besides the inexpensive EC Archives series, I've been getting and enjoying the Clover Press DICK TRACY collections that contain an entire calendar year in each volume. Of course, the drawback is that the story doesn't end on December 31st so one has…"
"THE FUTURIANS (v2):
The Futurians, the story of eight extraordinary humans with super-powers gained by way of genetic namipulation from the future, began as Marvel Graphic Novel #9. The graphic novel went to three printings and a series was called…"
The Futurians, the story of eight extraordinary humans with super-powers gained by way of genetic namipulation from the future, began as Marvel Graphic Novel #9. The graphic novel went to three printings and a series was called…"
Comments
They're good fun. I think I'm scratching the itch I had as a kid when I couldn't afford those big lumps of colourful plastic that looked so cool in the ads.
Actually I'm downloading them as I just know I'm going to visit that site some day and see that they've been taken down...
If you happen to find out the creative credits for the different episodes and their publishing dates I'd be grateful for the info. I couldn't find them anywhere.
Here's a birthday present for you.
http://www.geocities.com/cheezelordmaxwell/UKcomics.html
Good luck finding the pertinent bits!