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Old Marvel Review IV: Fantastic Four 9, 10 and 11.

Well, I’ve been sitting on this for, like, six years.  Might as well hit “Publish” So here’s the deal -  I’m doing a critical/historical examination of the first ten-or-so stories from each of Marvel’s major franchise titles -  Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man, Iron Man, X-Men, Avengers, Daredevil, Captain America, and Kid Colt Outlaw.   Sorta.  [...]

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Let’s Talk About the DC # 1s: 9/21/11 and 9/28/11.

So, whadya think of week four and week five? I’ve got this BIG ASS pile of comics in front of me, so… tell you what.  Reviews for the last few weeks will be by request only.  If there’s a DC # 1 that wasn’t sold out at my shop and I didn’t already review that [...]

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So We’re All Going to End Up Talking About Catwoman anyway 9/21/11

In lieu of this week’s review post, let’s talk about Batman and Catwoman #$%^ing. Specifically:  The last scene of this week’s Catwoman # 1, which fairly explicitly shows the two lovebirds getting it on. This has caused…. some controversy in the comics blogsphere.  Basically, I figured it was gonna eat up all the comments to [...]

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Let’s Talk About the DC # 1s: 9/14/11

So last week’s post is here.   Brian Cronin’s review of JLA # 1 is here. Greg Burgas’ review of ALL th3 52 will be here as soon as he finishes. Last week a bunch of the DC number ones sold out before I came waltzing into the shop a day late.  This week, I decided [...]

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So let’s Talk About the DC Number Ones 9/7/11

‘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.

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52 Responses to the DC Reboot

I’m excited. Are you excited? I’m excited.

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Old Marvel Review Part III: Fantastic Four 6, 7, and 8

I really, really need a better name for these things than “Old Marvel Review.”   “Everything Was Better Before I Was Born?”  “All You People Dissing On Stan Can Suck My Left One?” I am not good at titles. Anyway, here’s the thing where I talk about the first handful of issues -  One Marvel Masterworks [...]

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the Zabime Sisters Review

This one’s stuck with me for a while now, so I should probably write about it.

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Old Marvel Review II: Fantastic Four # 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Here’s the deal: I’m talking about the very first couple of issues (one Marvel Masterworks volume worth)   of each of the  long-running Marvel comics franchises – Fantastic Four, Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Daredevil, Avengers, X-Men, and Captain America – in more-or-less chronological order by series.  I’m attempting to provide (A) historical context on these [...]

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Cursed! Pirate! Girl!

Man, I’ve been excited about this for.  Ever. I heard about it, I saw some preview art, I put in on my pull-list. Copies Never Made it to Iowa. I cried bitter tears of rage. I swore revenge to the very heavens themselves. But now there’s a collected edition. Which I assumed was gonna be [...]

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Fantastic Four # 1 Review

So here’s the deal.   A while back Bill Reed linked to a long-form essay by Colin Smith comparing  the first eight issues of the Avengers from way back in 1963 to the current model. I thought “Hey, that was fun!” After which I thought “I wish there was more blog-style writing on the earliest Silver [...]

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Joe the Barbarian # 1 Review.

AAAAAHHHHHHH!  THIS COMIC!  IT IS SO BAD!  SO!  SO!  SO! BAD!  GAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!  LET US GATHER TOGETHER AND CLEANSE THE  UNHOLY DAMNED THING WITH FIRE!  IT IS SOOOO BAD!  SOOOOOOO BAD!  BAD BAD! BAD!  BAD!  BAD!

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Lest We Forget: The Best Comics of 2008 Meta-List. Top Ten Examined.

So, hey, just in time for the BEST COMICS OF 2009 lists to come rolling in, We have the  Best Comics of 2008 meta-list!  (based on a methodology devised by our own Chad Nevett) Thanks to Sandy over at the I Love Rob Liefeld who finally got the results tabulated, after the guy who did [...]

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The Top 16 Best Team-Up Book Runs: # 1

The best comics ever! (For a very specific definition of best.)

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DC Comics and Milestone

Disclaimer: These here opinions are solely the province of MarkAndrew, and do not reflect the views of Comic Book Resources or even Comics Should Be Good. Let’s just get THAT out of the way.

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