2011 September
Committed: Jason Aaron – Macho Men for a Modern World
- by Sonia Harris
- in Committed
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It takes a certain kind of character to make a violent, bloodthirsty superhero likable. It certainly isn’t an easy task. There are plenty of superheroes with “codes”, rules which prohibit them from killing and so forth, these are more enjoyably relatable, we all want to think that, even when pushed to the edge of endurance, [...]
2011 Top DC Characters #20-18
After nearly 1,400 ballots were cast, YOU the reader ranked your favorite comic book characters from 1-10. I assigned point totals to each ranking and then tabulated it all into a Top 50 list. We’re now revealing that list throughout September. Here is the master list of all the characters revealed so far. The countdown [...]
Silver Age September – The Introduction of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents!
After a month of spotlighting the strange (if endearingly strange) history of comic books (and especially the Silver Age), I think it is worthwhile to show the comic books of the Silver Age that are simply great stories period. Here is an archive of all the Silver Age comics features so far! Today we look [...]
Random Thoughts! (September 13, 2011)
Random Thought! If the link is going to be automatically shortened, why do all of the characters count towards the final total, Twitter? It’s Random Thoughts time! Get excited!
Silver Age September – Herbie, the Fat Fury
After a month of spotlighting the strange (if endearingly strange) history of comic books (and especially the Silver Age), I think it is worthwhile to show the comic books of the Silver Age that are simply great stories period. Here is an archive of all the Silver Age comics features so far! Today we take [...]
2011 Top Marvel Characters #25-21
After nearly 1,400 ballots were cast, YOU the reader ranked your favorite comic book characters from 1-10. I assigned point totals to each ranking and then tabulated it all into a Top 50 list. We’re now revealing that list throughout September. Here is the master list of all the characters revealed so far. The countdown [...]
2011 Top DC Characters #25-21
After nearly 1,400 ballots were cast, YOU the reader ranked your favorite comic book characters from 1-10. I assigned point totals to each ranking and then tabulated it all into a Top 50 list. We’re now revealing that list throughout September. Here is the master list of all the characters revealed so far. The countdown [...]
Silver Age September – The Flash and “The Doorway to the Unknown”
After a month of spotlighting the strange (if endearingly strange) history of comic books (and especially the Silver Age), I think it is worthwhile to show the comic books of the Silver Age that are simply great stories period. Here is an archive of all the Silver Age comics features so far! Today we take [...]
My comic book shoppe – Kings Comics
FotB Kris Bather has written about his local comic book store in Perth, and now he’s going to tell us about two different stores in Sydney, which, I believe, is about an hour’s drive away from Perth (if there’s one thing Americans know, it’s geography!). First up is Kings Comics, which is right here, at [...]
2011 Top Marvel Characters #30-26
After nearly 1,400 ballots were cast, YOU the reader ranked your favorite comic book characters from 1-10. I assigned point totals to each ranking and then tabulated it all into a Top 50 list. We’re now revealing that list throughout September. Here is the master list of all the characters revealed so far. The countdown [...]
Silver Age September – Jim Steranko’s “At the Stroke of Midnight”
After a month of spotlighting the strange (if endearingly strange) history of comic books (and especially the Silver Age), I think it is worthwhile to show the comic books of the Silver Age that are simply great stories period. Here is an archive of all the Silver Age comics features so far! Today we take [...]
2011 Top DC Characters #30-26
After nearly 1,400 ballots were cast, YOU the reader ranked your favorite comic book characters from 1-10. I assigned point totals to each ranking and then tabulated it all into a Top 50 list. We’re now revealing that list throughout September. Here is the master list of all the characters revealed so far. The countdown [...]
Silver Age September – Deadman’s Search for the Hook!
After a month of spotlighting the strange (if endearingly strange) history of comic books (and especially the Silver Age), I think it is worthwhile to show the comic books of the Silver Age that are simply great stories period. Here is an archive of all the Silver Age comics features so far! As I mentioned [...]
So let’s Talk About the DC Number Ones 9/7/11
- by MarkAndrew
- in General
- 66 Comments
‘Cause I’m curious what you guys thought. I got eight of them, and I would’ve collected them all if they hadn’t sold out.
Comic Book Legends Revealed #331
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirty-first in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, shockingly enough, it is a LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE theme week! Did I just blow your mind? Good! This week, be shocked at the truth about whether Annie creator Harold Gray [...]
