Review: Soldier Zero #1 Oct25

Review: Soldier Zero #1

Soldier Zero is the first of three new books coming from the Poobahs at Boom! in association with Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment. Does the first’s pow lower the boom on readers and offer a great read? Let’s gander this bad boy.

Comic Culture Radio Podcast – October 12th

Comic Culture Hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk about a wide variety of comic book related stuff this week including the New York Comic Con, Stan Lee teaming up with the NHL, DC Comics cutting the prices of their comics and a whole lot more. Now just kick back, relax and enjoy the...

Stan Lee Scores a Deal with the NHL

Hockey season has begun and what better way to celebrate than with some bizarre comic news.  What do hockey and comics have in common, you may ask?  Why, Stan Lee, of course.  In a strange marketing move, Stan ‘The Man’ has teamed up with the National Hockey League to establish a new...

CBD’s 52Qs | #6: “What is Stan Lee & Jack Kirby’s Greatest Creation?” Oct06

CBD’s 52Qs | #6: “What is Stan Lee & Jack Kirby’...

Every week CBD’s Editor in Chief Pete DeCourcy asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers, we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans_Daily for the inspiration. Today’s Question: What is Stan Lee & Jack Kirby’s...

Comic Factoids: Steranko's Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D #5

Here is the page from SHIELD #5 that somewhat infamously, Stan had Romita redraw the panel that is the closeup of the phone to replace the mouthpiece back on the hook. Deemed too racy to indicate Fury and Val were about to get busy.  The last panel is also a pick-up detail from the first...

Fan Expo | Post Fan Expo Musings Aug31

Fan Expo | Post Fan Expo Musings

The lines were long, attendees were rude, security was proportionally worse, the building was overcrowded and above all I didn’t meet Stan Lee. There are a lot of justifiable reasons to criticize Fan Expo over the weekend, an event in which the organizers clearly over-sold tickets beyond...

Stan Lee is Still quite the Huckster!

You’ve got to love Stan Lee. He’s basically the fun Uncle everyone wants to hang out with and hear his stories. Well, as much as he wants you to hang with him, he still wants you to listen to his stories… and he’s making it clear to all the Comic Book Retailers that...

Reviews: The Amazing Spider-Man #640 (One Moment In Time: Part 3) Aug23

Reviews: The Amazing Spider-Man #640 (One Moment In Time: Part 3)

Writer: Joe Quesada, Stan Lee (Spidey-Sundays) Artist: Paolo Rivera; Joe Quesada, Danny Miki, and Richard Isanove (pages 1 and 24); Marcos Martin (Spidey Sundays) All Peter and Mary-Jane wanted was to save Aunt May. Laying in a hospital bed after catching a bullet meant for Peter, The Parkers...

Stan Lee is More Odin than Odin

from UGO.com. No words.. but Anthony...

Fan Expo Announces Its Guest List 2010

Where and When: August 27-29, 2010; Metro Toronto Convention Centre, baby! Fan Expo has just announced the guest list for the Comic Book Expo portion of the event! In addition to Adam West (Batman, Family Guy), William Shatner (Star Trek, Boston Legal), and the most beautiful and awesome...

Just A Thought: New Kirby!

It was revealed earlier this week that Joe Ruby and Ken Spears (best known for Thundarr the Barbarian) and Syd and Marty Krofft are teaming up to bring to light a ton of Jack Kirby ideas to the public. These were ideas that Jack created while being employed by Ruby-Spears’ animation...

Stan Lee is coming to Toronto FanExpo

Stan “The Man” Lee is officially booked to appear at the August Fan Expo in Toronto (Aug 27-29). First time at the event for him. Stan’s getting up there in age, but has not let it slow him down. This is pretty huge, especially in light of some of the other guests that are...

Norman Osborn: Worst of the Worst

The first issue of Siege has come out and it’s not too bad. The fact that it’s only four issues means that this could be the most compressed storytelling that writer Brian Michael Bendis has ever given us. Bendis is a tremendous writer; he specializes in portraying intimate moments...

Happy 87th Birthday Mr. Lieber

Happy Birthday Stan, ’nuff...