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Week of May 6, 2024
From the Archives: Deck Log Entry # 48 "Semi-Imaginary" Stories (Part 3)
As the Silver Age moved into the early 1960’s, Mort Weisinger’s concept of Imaginary Stories became established. Fans grasped and accepted the idea of a Superman tale that was completely out of continuity. All that was necessary was to put a blurb…
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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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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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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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R.I.P. Jeannie Epper, a real Wonder Woman
Jeannie Epper, a founding member of the Stuntwomen’s Association of Motion Pictures, and the chief double for Lynda Carter on The New Adventures of Wonder Woman, passed away at 83. She also doubled for Linda Evans and Kathleen Turner over a 40-year…
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Black Panther: "Panther's Prey"
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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Watchmen (Before & After)
I just finished re-reading Watchmen for the first time in many years. Every time I read I notice some new detail or nuance I had never noticed before. I used to pretend that non-comics readers might one day ask me to recommend a comic book or series…
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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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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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