Beta Ray Bill, The Dark Knight Rises, Looking To Fan Expo
I miss my old comic shop of Big B Barrie but my new shop, Big B Hamilton is starting to rank up there. Their used section for instance has been mountains of joy to my bookshelf and a bit of…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Review | The Dark Knight Rises
Last night got a chance to check out the new Batman flick The Dark Knight Rises and in Comic Book Daily tradition, Scott and Anthony are going to go Head to Head and let you know what they thought of…
Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes
Available for: Xbox 360, PS3, Vita, MS Windows, Nintendo 3DS, Wii System Reviewed: PS3 There has never, in the history of video games, been a good Superman game. Sure, there have been passable games, and quite a few awful ones,…
Comic Book Things That Make You Go Hmmm!
There are a lot of things that happen in comic books that we accepts as fact. Many of these events have happened generations ago. It’s hard to fathom it sometimes, but yes it’s true, many things happened in comics when…
Batman Incorporated #1
From 2006 forward, Grant Morrison's name has been synonymous with Batman. Through the main title and his definitive Batman tale, to the depths of certain oblivion through time, back to the re-ascension of Bruce Wayne to the mantle of the Bat, Morrison's Batman opus has garnered a fair and justified amount of acclaim over the last six years. His name was missing, however, from the new crop of "New 52" titles in Fall 2011 when DC relaunched its titles. Moving several months forward, we find Morrison has returned to finish his Batman Inc. story, it leading the way for DC's second wave of "New 52" titles.
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Sorry, what?
I was going about my business yesterday lunchtime in the most normal way with a trip to Tesco’s for a £2.50 meal deal: a ploughman’s sandwich, a packet of prawn cocktail crisps and a Kit Kat. I then meandered over…
Earth 2 #1
When DC relaunched its line of comics in September 2011, noticeably absent were any titles featuring the classic JSA characters of Golden Age infamy. Even still, at a DC panel at Fan Expo 2011 in Toronto, Canada, it was acknowledged that before long fans of classic versions of Green Lantern, Flash and Superman would get their fill. After many months of anticipation, fans of the characters received the first issue of Earth 2 #1 last week as it thundered onto store shelves and into our loving hands.
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The Dark Knight Rises (new trailer)
This week saw the release of the new trailer for Dark Knight Rises. The trailer shows us more footage, but at the same time it raises more questions. Did Batman disappear? What did Bane do to Batman? Is Catwoman…
Are #1 Issues Overvalued?
Are #1’s Overvalued? The very high end of the comic collecting world is crowded with character 1st appearances. Of the top 10 Golden Age comics 7 are 1st appearances of a character, same thing for the Silver Age 7 out…
My Batman
The first comic I ever bought was Batman Vs Judge Dredd from 2000AD in about 1994. I honestly wish I still had it, the art was beautiful and the story was cool enough to claim me as a comics guy…
Please Come Back Michael Keaton
The Dark Knight Rises is coming to theatres this summer, and from the very beginning we’ve been told this will be the third and final film in the franchise by Christopher Nolan. So what does the future hold for Batman…
Death and Resurrection
It’s Easter weekend and many of you may be recovering from a chocolate bunny induced coma. It’s also a time of year that we think about death and resurrection. Whether it is in the biblical sense, or the changes of…
Episode #16: Where have all the good ideas gone?
Let's face a simple fact. If you look up and down Diamond's top selling books, it's made up of numerous DC titles, some choice Marvel titles, and from there, a selection of niche books which have their cemented places in fans' comic shop pull lists.
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Undervalued Spotlight #114
Detective Comics #32, DC Comics, October 1939 As far as I’m concerned there is no greater comic book title than Detective Comics. The iconic cover to the March 1937 1st issue is one of the most identifiable covers in the…
Detective Comics #6
After a tour of duty on Batman with Dick Grayson as the man behind the cowl, Daniels returned to the Dark Knight's world in writing Detective Comics. Not with Bruce Wayne firmly entrenched as the undisputed caped crusader, Daniels' run has hit its stride after five issues. This week Comic Book Daily takes a look at issue six of Tony Daniels' take on Bruce Wayne and the world of Batman.
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Web Arted Feb 3rd
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days. Daredevil issue 6 splash by Wally Wood. Source. Cosmic Odyssey by Duncan Fegredo. Source. Machine Man by Kalle Malloy. Source. Avengers ad by Jack Kirby. Source. Rocketeer…
Undervalued Spotlight #111
World’s Finest #71, DC Comics, (July/August, 1954) World’s Finest #71 was printed at both an historic low point for superhero comics and a major turning point for the American comic publishing industry. Though crime and horror comics ruled the day,…
Web Arted Jan 27th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days: Kirby, Zaffino, Dodson, Cooke and more!
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Batman #5
Batman is on trial as the mythic Court of Owls is closing in on the Dark Knight. Issue five of the relaunched series was released last week, bringing with it new revelations about the shadowy cabal purportedly to have run Gotham since the pioneer days.
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Web Arted Jan 13th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days. The Spirit by Darwyn Cooke. Source. Kraven by Mike Mignola. Source. Powers by Michael Avon Oeming. Source. Secret Avengers cover by Art Adams. Source. Rawhide Kid splash…