IDW Publishing and award-winning creator Darwyn Cooke announced an exclusive prelude to The Outfit, the second of Richard Stark’s Parker novels that Cooke is adapting. Cooke’s initial Parker release, The Hunter, has been a critical and popular success, appearing on over 50 “best of the year” lists as well as the New York Times best-seller list.…
DetailsOkay, this time around I’ll be writing about one of my all time favorite comic book runs, and that is Spider-Man # 31 through 33, cover dated December 1965, January 1966 & February 1966. The individual books are entitled; “If This Be My Destiny”, “Man On A Rampage” and “The Final Chapter”. Plot, pencils and inks by Steve…
DetailsThis time around, I’d like to write about issue # 148 of Superman, cover dated October 1961. Why would I pick this issue, you ask? Well, considering that next Thursday is April the 15th, and that’s the day that we all have to have our tax returns filed with Uncle Sam, it’s just appropriate, as one of…
Details(Thanks to Gary Kelly for this week’s guest column! – ed.) What makes a “high concept” in comics? It’s a term that you hear tossed around across the internet and in LCS’ across the country, but what exactly is a high concept in comics? I suppose one could argue that the response to the story…
DetailsWith a cover, dated February 1974, DC’s Adventure Comics # 431, featured a new main feature, The Spectre, that great Golden Age hero with God given powers. This version of The Spectre was clearly God avenging spirit. The series was written by Michael Fleisher and beautifully drawn by the often under appreciated, Jim Aparo! Adventure Comics…
DetailsAnd here is the She-Hulk cover that Dave mentions. Not quite the same, but also from “The House of Ideas”, cover dated; December 1991. Or maybe that should be “The House of redo ideas”! This one is definitely poking fun at the Vanity Fair cover, if you ask me. Just check out the cover dialogue…
DetailsThis review is actually covering issue #s 28 and 29 of Marvel Comics,Quasar, The Cosmic Avenger, but it’s the cover of # 29 I have chosen to show here. These books came out, cover dated November and December 1991. Quasar was a lower eshelon character in the Marvel Universe that had a small following and his comic…
DetailsComing this fall is a revolution in the long standing Monopoly world. That is when Hasbro Games is a planning to release a brand new Monopoly game; called Monopoly: Revolution Edition which features a circular board. In honor of Monopoly’s 75th Anniversary, Hasbro is releasing Monopoly: Revolution Edition! What makes it new, you ask? Well how about a circular board, plastic pieces and…
DetailsCover dated September 1972, DC Comics presented to the world, Jack Kirby’s next round of original creations, The Demon, or as the cover touted: “Jack Kirby’s Startling New Epic”! Into his second year at DC, Jack’s fourth world series, incompassing The New Gods, The Forever People, Mister Miracle and Jimmy Olson were losing sales and readers quickly and therefore…
DetailsThe inventor of the Frisbee, Walter (Fred) Morrison, passed away at the age of 90, on February 9, 2010. The Frisbee goes back over seventy years, to 1937, when he got the idea to make a flying-saucer toy when he and his girlfriend tossed a popcorn-tin lid back and forth for fun! The lid eventually became dented…
DetailsThe short lived Atlas – Seaboard line of comics didn’t last very long, when they debuted in the mid 70s, but they did manage to publish at least one truly excellent comic, and that would be: The Scorpion # 1, cover dated February 1975. It was conceived, written and illustrated by Howard Chaykin and would have appeared on…
DetailsWelcome back! This time around I’ll be reviewing Marvel Spotlight # 2, cover dated February 1971. This book, from Marvel Comics, introduces Jack Russell, who becomes the title character, Werewolf By Night! The comic features an interesting, though uncredited, cover by Neal Adams. The comic itself is written by Gerry Conway and drawn by Mike Ploog, his…
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