Mark Seifert Archives

In an era in which it's accepted as true fact that global opinion is being swayed by a combination of Russian interests and domestic billionaires utilizing sophisticated psychometrics and analytics, it's difficult to know what's conspiracy theory and what's just... theory.

It's hard to watch the unfolding furor over Roseanne's rebooted television show and the increased scrutiny over her politics without wondering whether the mainstream media is getting suckered... again... over covering the outrageous spectacle of it without really understanding what's happening and why.

According to TMZ, Stan Lee has a business associate who is a bloodsucker. If there are any bloodsuckers associated with Stan Lee, as that TMZ headline suggests, then they certainly do deserve scrutiny, and the courts would seem to be the best way to handle it.

Suspense Comics is a short-lived suspense/horror title best known for some startling covers, particularly the cover of this issue, which has become one of the best known covers of the Golden Age.

I've been revisiting old comics through the lens of world history lately, and the results are often surprising. We tend to think of comics as being influenced by film, books, and other media, and while they have been, it's far less true than one might think.

Harlem Youth Report #5 was published in 1964, distributed by an organization led by Cyril deGrasse Tyson, Civil Rights activist and educator.

Fans have been having this debate about Batman vs Superman for a long time.  Long before the characters actually met in comics, film, or any other format,

Rather tantalizingly captioned "For Your Personal Collection" in the upper left corner, this double page spread from Our Fighting Forces #155 by Jack Kirby and inker D. Bruce Berry is an interesting combination of two things that Kirby is well-known for: "Kirby Machines" and World War II.

There's always something special about this time of year: the snow is mostly gone, it's a little bit warmer, and of course there's the NCAA men's

A few hours ago, Bleeding Cool's erstwhile fun expert Baltimore Lauren tossed me a few pics from a pleasant St. Patrick's Day bar crawl she was in the middle of, and she asked me to toss 'em into a post. Of course... it's never quite that simple for me.

An interesting sequence of events began right after Thanksgiving last year, at a place where a lot of presidential business has taken place  in recent

"I was born into war. Bred into it." Josh Brolin's deadly serious Cable makes for an extreme contrast with Ryan Reynold's typically scenery-chewing act in this trailer, and one suspects that we've got more of the same coming in Deadpool 2.

If you’ve ever visited this site to stare in amazement at a nice high grade copy of Wonder Woman #1 or Superman #2 and wondered how they became known as

As I mentioned with the Funko Kingdom Hearts Box, this is a thing that I know is a thing from observing the BC Staff, who live in various parts of the

I'm not a serious toy collector, but I still know exactly why Jeremy Konrad was excited about The Toys That Made Us, and why Bleeding Cool's audience was

2017 was the year of Funko is a bunch of different ways, and exclusive collector's boxes is certainly one of them.  I am no Funko collector myself, alas,

Friday the 13th: The Game was one of the most interesting and talked-about games releases of the year, and it looks like my colleagues in the BC Games

If you’ve ever visited this site to stare in amazement at a nice high grade copy of Wonder Woman #1 or Superman #2 and wondered how they became known as

If you’ve ever visited this site to stare in amazement at a nice high grade copy of Wonder Woman #1 or Superman #2 and wondered how they became known as

This week, CGC Primary Grader Matt Nelson discusses the effect of reader's creases on comic book grading. Part of the CGC Insider video series.

Captain America Comics #1 is an incredibly important comic. The story by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon features the first appearance of Captain America, Bucky,

A copy of Marvel Comics #1 helped the Houston-area Bedrock City comic shop chain make it through the turmoil in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Kate Durré is a Production Manager for Repurposed Material at DC Comics in Burbank. She and her husband recently purchased what they saw as their dream

Comic book fans value their history highly, and although comic book and original art prices often seem crazy, I can assure you that every collector ever

On this Thanksgiving Day, we take a look at an 1852 satirical cartoon that tried to say something very interesting about the family unit at the time.

DC Entertainment has immediately suspended Mr. Berganza and has removed him from performing his duties as Group Editor at DC Comics.

Bleeding Cool Chatter is a new web series hosted by Bleeding Cool’s head film writer Kaitlyn Booth. This time, Kaitlyn is joined by fellow film and TV

We're starting a new tradition with these convention walk-arounds at Bleeding Cool: lots of pictures of displays of vintage comics.

Author, columnist Dr. Jerry Pournelle passed away yesterday at the age of 84, according to his son Alex. Pournelle's career ran the gamut from science to SF

Charles Dickens is a complicated figure in history, and important as it is, it's interesting to consider him through the narrow lens of A Christmas Carol.