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THIS WEEK'S COMICS
Week of May 6, 2024
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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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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Re-Reading the Oz Books
We start with The Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, first published on May 7, 1900.The illustrations are by W.W. Denslow, who depicts Dorothy as a young girl (maybe around eight) with dark hairBaum's "Kansas" is very bleak. From what I've read, it's…
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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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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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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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Comics Guide for week of May 6, 2024
MAJOR PUBLISHERS MARVEL COMICS Week 2 in "Blood Hunt": BLOOD HUNTERS #1 (OF 4) by Mark Russell, Christos Gage, Erica Schultz, Bob Quinn, Javier Garron and Bernard Chang: For some reason, Hawkeye is on the run from the law. And from vampires, like…
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Comics shipping week of May 6, 2024
MAJOR PUBLISHERS MARVEL COMICS AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #49 AVENGERS #14 BLOOD HUNTERS #1 CAPTAIN AMERICA #9 CAPTAIN AMERICA BY J MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI VOL 1: STAND TP CAPTAIN MARVEL #8 CAPTAIN MARVEL BY ALYSSA WONG VOL 1: THE OMEN TP CONTEST OF CHAOS TP…
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From the Archives: Deck Log Entry # 47 "Semi-Imaginary" Stories (Part 2)
As I mentioned last time out, the unbroken popularity of DC’s “Big Three”---Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman---had put the company solidly at the top of the comics-publishing industry. Not wanting to tamper with success, the powers that be…
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