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"BALDER THE BRAVE #2:
Today we move away from Thor to cover the rest of the Balder the Brave…"
Today we move away from Thor to cover the rest of the Balder the Brave…"
"To follow my post yesterday, here's another García-López look at The House of Mystery."
"That's a Kirby Spider-Man, as much as I admire Kirby (in case my previous posts didn't make it…"
"JUNGLE ACTION #12:
Don McGregor has described his approach to this series as being akin to a movie…"
Don McGregor has described his approach to this series as being akin to a movie…"
"I have always thought Asgard (and New Genesis/Apokolips) to exist in another dimension, but…"
"This month, seven variant comics from DC have covers taken from the DC Comics Style Guide (and some…"
"Although Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez still draws, for some reason DC now considers him a "period…"
"Sorry I didn't post this when I first saw it, but as we are honoring José Luis García López, this…"
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THIS WEEK'S COMICS
Walt Simonson's Thor
This will be a discussion of Walt Simonson’s run on Thor. I’ll be covering issues of Thor from 337-382, as well as the Balder the Brave mini-series.
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A Cover a Day
Ok, how about this for an idea. We take it in turns to post a favourite (British spelling) comic cover every day. This went really well on the comic fan website that I used to frequent. What we tried to do was find a theme or subject and follow…
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Black Panther: "Panther's Rage"
There was a time when Black Panther was my favorite character. But I can't tell you exactly how he became my favorite character. Unlike the way John Byrne's Fantastic Four and Walt Simonson's Thor led me directly to the Lee/Kirby runs, my path to…
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Your Head Canon Regarding Gods in the Marvel Universe
Jeff's recent "Venus" conversation got me to thinking about various theories regarding the nature of "gods" in the Marvel Universe that I've heard over the years. I have my own thoughts about which one I like, and I'm curious to see what other…
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Atlas Era Venus
Venus was one of several heroines introduced by Marvel at the tail end of the 1940s. Her title underwent a curious sequence of transformations in comics genres in its 19-issue run, starting as a glamour comic, becoming a romance comics, then a…
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Dark Shadows
I’d like to start this continuation of the Dark Shadows discussion from the old board with a look at some of the new and upcoming Dark Shadows audio stories from Big Finish Productions. There aren’t nearly as many Dark Shadows audio adventures as…
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What Comic Books Have You Read Today?
Report what comic books you have read today--and tell us a little something about it while you're here!
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RIP Roger Corman
StoryHe was the King of the B Movies. I can't begin to guess how many of his pictures I've seen. I know that something like seventeen of his pictures were used on MST3K.
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Comical Comic Cuts
So - I know I've only been here a week, but I thought I might be able to brighten up everyone's lives a little with a new thread devoted to comical cartoons based around superheroes. I have loads of funny material that I've picked up over the…
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Frankenstein Landing Page
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wrote Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus in 1816, then married the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley the same year, to become the more familiar Mary Shelley. It is considered one of the first science fiction novels, if not…
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