Covered 365: Day 73
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Detective Comics #73 – DC Comics, March 1943 – Artist: Bob Kane with Jerry Robinson…
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Review | Wally Wood T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Artist’s Edition Portfolio
Wally Wood is recognized as one of the finest talents to ever grace the comics medium. In the 1950s, he was one of the brightest stars in the legendary EC stable of artists, including being one of the key artists…
Covered 365: Day 72
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Fantastic Four #72 – Marvel Comics, March 1968 – Artist: Jack Kirby. Day 72 had…
Covered 365: Day 71
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Planet Comics #71 – Fiction House, Summer 1953 – Artist: Maurice Whitman. I may have…
Undervalued Spotlight #436
Sub-Mariner #8, Marvel Comics, December 1968. My buddy Dave and I were talking comics and were arguing about some of the toughest books to get in grade. We were being reasonable and talking late Silver and Bronze. I liked the…
A Tale of Two Captain Newfoundlands
When I discussed Fuddle Duddle during last month’s column, I highlighted that the characters Captain Canada and Beaver Boy were the first attempt at creating nationalistic Canadian comic book superheroes since the end of the Golden Age. Despite Captain Canada…
Covered 365: Day 70
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Star Spangled Comics #70 – DC Comics, July 1947 – Artist: Win Mortimer. I remember…
Covered 365: Day 69
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. G.I. Comibat #69 – DC Comics, February 1959 – Artist: Jerry Grandenetti. The DC War…
Covered 365: Day 68
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Fantastic Four #68 – Marvel Comics, November 1967 – Artist: Jack Kirby. US Marines #68…
Covered 365: Day 67
The Phantom #67 – Charlton Comics, October 1975 – Artist: Don Newton. The Phantom #67 started a beutiful little run of painted covers, I always loved this one by the great Don Newton
Web Arted #350
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Buscema, Kirby, Ayers, Infantino, Giella, Harris, Snyder, Wrightson.
Covered 365: Day 66
Amazing Spider-Man #66 – Marvel Comics, November 1968 – Artist: John Romita. ASM #66 is the best Mysterio cover in the run. A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with…
Review | The Wolves Of La Louvière
Belgium, 1940. The German army is spreading across Europe, and tiny Belgium is conquered in 18 days. During the four long years of the Nazi occupation, the women of La Louvière have to figure out some way to stay alive,…
Covered 365: Day 65
Wonder Woman #65 – DC, April 2019 – Artist: Stanley “Artgerm” Lau. Artgerm is contagious people I’ve caught the bug in a big way – stunning. A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365.…
Comic Culture March 6th, 2019
Every week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk the comic book talk. So kick back, relax and enjoy this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please make sure you go out and support your local comic book shop.…
Triumph-Adventure Comics
What would a Canadian newsstand have looked like in terms of comic books during the summer of 1941? Well, there would have been a dearth of them to begin with because the war-time government ban on the importation of almost…
Covered 365: Day 64
Captain Midnight #64 – Fawcett, June 1948 – Artist: Leonard Frank. I had Dogface Dooley and Sgt. Fury but this one really grew on me – great cover. A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1…
Undervalued Spotlight #435
Amazing Spider-Man #113, Marvel Comics, October 1972. I’ve been buying up a lot of collections these past couple months, I’m getting my convention season game on and am aggressively trying to hunt down and buy quality books for the bins.…
Covered 365: Day 63
Planet Comics #63 – Fiction House, Winter 1949 – Artist: Unknown. I hope I wasn’t too predictable with this pick. I’m a huge fan of the Planet covers and I’ve been a good boy and only picked two. And what’s…
You Can’t Judge A Book…
The English idiom “don’t judge a book by its cover” is a metaphorical phrase which means “you shouldn’t prejudge the worth or value of something by its outward appearance alone”. Thanks Wikipedia. Now you may be thinking that this doesn’t…
Covered 365: Day 62
Detective Comics #62 – DC, April 1942 – Artist: Fred Ray. One of the iconic Joker covers, I love Robin popping the balloon! A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in…