What’s that? You’ve never heard of The Realm? Or Arrow Comics? Well, I guess its good that its back to school time! And consider this your first lesson in Local Comics History 101! Arrow Comics was founded in 1985 by Ralph Griffith and Stuart Kerr and was the publisher of black and white comics. They…
DetailsWe have the poll results all tallied up from last week’s survey, “What New DC 52 titles do you plan to pick up?” Approximately 150 subscribers responded and we thank you for your input! Right off, 14% or 22 voters said they’d be getting ALL of the new #1 issues, while 6.3% or 10 voters…
DetailsI’ve spent the past month talking about comic book continuity in this space, so for everyone’s sake out there, including mine, I’m going to take a break from it for awhile. At least until DC or Marvel do something so whack in their comics regarding the issue that I’ll have no choice to address it.…
DetailsWay back in the late summer, probably during August, of the year 1960, D C Comics published Justice league of America # 1. Interestingly, the book is not numbered, nor is there a cover date anywhere to be found on the cover. The second issue was cover dated, January 1961, so I guess issue number…
DetailsWe trust Aquaman will be staying away from dangerous freshwater fish, this round. Check out more DC New Universe house ads here! All characters and graphics trademark and copyright per their respective owners.
DetailsThree weeks ago, as I hope you remember, I wrote about how comic book continuity had become a problem. That was here. Then two weeks ago, as I think you remember, I said that the focus should be on stories, not continuity. That was right here. And last week, as you’d better remember, I went…
DetailsDue to reading preference or economic pressures, we know not everybody is going to spring for all of DC’s #1 issues during September. Where will you draw the line and which books will you pick up? Fill out our anonymous survey and let us know! We’ll publish the results next week!
DetailsWe’re really looking forward to a Superman in jeans & a t-shirt in Action Comics #1 from the super genius mind of Grant Morrison. Really. A lot. Check out more DC New Universe house ads here! All characters and graphics trademark and copyright per their respective owners.
DetailsHello and welcome to this week’s RETRO REVIEW! I’m back from a week long vacation and ready to saddle back up and ride on out to discover another great past issue, or issues in today’s instance, to bring to your attention. This week I’m talking about Marvel Comics’s Amazing Adventures #s 5 through 8. Cover…
DetailsHere’s a test of how long you’ve been a comics reader. Did you buy any Marvel comics *off the rack* with this inhouse ad on the rear cover, or at least the pre-photoshopped version of it? We thought the trade dress was uncannily appropriate for DC happenings of this year. Apologies to Marvel for…
DetailsTwo weeks ago, as you remember, I wrote about how comic book continuity had started out as a neat storytelling enhancement but over the years had grown into an unwieldy monster; something that at one time had made stories better was now often doing the opposite. If you want, you can read that here. Then…
DetailsLast week, as you’ll remember, I tweaked and re-ran an old column talking about the woes of extensive and complicated continuity in comics, and how comics would be better off without it. Now seemed to be an appropriate time to share this again, with DC’s seemingly jettisoning most of its past continuity and relaunching its…
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