Archive for the ‘DC Comics’ Category
Friday, October 12th, 2007
Batman doesn't hate you, Weeper. He just needs quiet to get the work done.Bahlactus has no time for tears, either._________________________________________JLA (1st Series) #136, by E. Nelson Bridwell, Marty Pasko, Dick Dillin and Frank McLaughlin (DC Comics 1976). Reprinted in Crisis On Multiple Earths, Volume 4.
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Friday, October 5th, 2007
Who wants to see Batman stuck in the 31st Century, fighting Karate Kid in mid-air under zero gravity, drawn by George Perez? Um... me? And you? And everyone else with a soul?Bahlactus could take both these clowns with gravity tied behind his back.__________________________________________________________From Brave and the Bold (current series) #5, ...
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
...you had a chance to do something magical Wednesday, and you were emphatically disappointing. I have the discipline of a meth addict when it comes to New Comic Day, and I can almost always talk myself/force myself into buying at least 2 extra comics on top of my regular purchases. ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2007
When I first entered the comics game in the early 70's, I had one pusher available to me: the local 7-11. Fortunately for my parents, 7-11's only stocked the standard cover price DC's each month. Unfortunately for my post-adolescent checkbook, those comics were loaded with in-house ads for 100 PAGE ...
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Two links you've probably seen before if you're at all part of the comics blogosphere, but these seemed like bits and pieces you should know about anyway: • Occasional Superheroine gets tells us exactly what ...
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Death in comic books means nothing. We all know that. Beyond the fact that "death" rarely sticks (even the "characters what never ever came back!" are starting to come back now), c'mon... let's not forget that these are fictional characters, most ...
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Friday, August 17th, 2007
It's starting to look like some Colossal Boy-sized happenings are in store for the Legion of Super-Heroes in the year to come, just in time for their fiftieth birthday. There's the whole multiple-Legions thing running through the contemporary DCU, and the current team looks like it's going to be getting ...
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
Brad Meltzer seems like a pleasant enough fella in interviews. I enjoyed a lot of things he put into Identity Crisis. His Green Arrow arc was certainly decent. He is decidedly unabashed in his crush on 1970's DC and the Justice League in particular, so what's not to like?
Apparently his ...
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Monday, August 13th, 2007
Mike Wieringo has passed away at age 44. By all accounts, the friendly, welcoming nature of his artwork paled in comparison to the gracious and kind nature of the man.Thank the internet and curse it at the same time; Wieringo's availability to us all through bulletin boards and the like ...
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
To the media: YEEEEEAHHHH!!!!! BARRY BONDS IS NOW THE MAN!! 7-5-6!! 7-5-6!!
Barry, I hope you’re reading this. You changed your number on me when that BALCO shitstorm began, so I haven’t been able to tell you personally how excited I am that you took down that arrogant, self-righteous, brooding ...
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