2009 September
Comic Book Legends Revealed #224
Welcome to the two-hundred and twenty-fourth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. Click here for an archive of the previous two hundred and twenty-three. Comic Book Legends Revealed is now part of the larger Legends Revealed series, where I look into legends about the worlds [...]
Top Five Most Iconic Hercules Covers
Here are the top five most iconic covers featuring Marvel’s Hercules (with iconic being determined mostly subjectively by what covers are called to mind when one thinks of Marvel’s Hercules, but first being determined with a prominent objective standard of whether a cover is homaged a lot or featured a lot in histories of the [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 253
Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the moments posted so far! Today we have a nice little treat – the introduction of this forgettable new hero in the 27th issue of a [...]
Ian Churchill’s Art for Hulk #14 is Great
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
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I know it came out last week, but I just read it and I was taken aback by how great Churchill’s artwork was for the issue. Check out a few of the preview pages here (just click the forward arrow for the next preview page). Isn’t that really strong work? Well done, Mr. Churchill!
A review a day: Mercury
- by Greg Burgas
- in Comic Reviews
Let’s review a comic that won’t even be out until January 2010. I love reviewing comics … from the future!!!!!!!
9/10 – If Only…
Other characters were as considerate as imaginary future Batman and Robin…
Top Five Most Iconic Lois Lane Covers
Here are the top five most iconic covers featuring Lois Lane (with iconic being determined mostly subjectively by what covers are called to mind when one thinks of Lois Lane, but first being determined with a prominent objective standard of whether a cover is homaged a lot or featured a lot in histories of the [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 252
Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the moments posted so far! Today we look at a classic Doctor Strange tale from Steve Ditko and Stan Lee…
Good Luck to Paul Levitz
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
- 53 Comments
As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Paul Levitz resigned today from his position as President of DC Comics. Levitz is a good guy who has been an important figure in comics for decades now, so his departure is a shame, but he’s also a good comic book writer, so his return to comic book [...]
A review a day: It Tolls For Thee
I’m a bit puzzled by the name of this comic. The cover proudly proclaims that it’s called It Tolls For Thee, but the indicia claims it’s really Bring Out Your Dead volume 1: It Tolls For Thee. It tells a complete story, however, so I’m not sure what any theoretical “volume 2″ would include. Oh [...]
Have You Seen This Child?
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
- 36 Comments
Reader Phillip wrote in to ask about the kid, James, that Helena Bertinelli “adopted” at the end of the 1989-90 Huntress series (he remained with her in the 1991 Justice League International Special that served as closure for the series). However, when Huntress showed up again in 1992 in Detective Comics #652, now living in [...]
Magneto Iconic Cover Poll
- by Brian Cronin
- in General
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As I said on the top five most iconic Magneto covers list, the fifth choice on the list was a tough call. In fact, it was so tough that I’m letting you people choose between the pick I tentatively went with for #5 and the five covers I “cut” from the list to get the [...]
Top Five Most Iconic Magneto Covers
Here are the top five most iconic covers featuring Magneto (with iconic being determined mostly subjectively by what covers are called to mind when one thinks of Magneto, but first being determined with a prominent objective standard of whether a cover is homaged a lot or featured a lot in histories of the character). The [...]
A Year of Cool Comic Book Moments – Day 251
Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here‘s the archive of the moments posted so far! Today we look at a cool issue of Detective Comics spotlighting Harvey Bullock…
Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — Black Lagoon vol 7 & 8
Rei Hiroe overreaches slightly with his intricately plotted revenge / rescue saga that spans multiple volumes and kicks into high gear — finally! — in Black Lagoon volumes 7 and 8.
