Mark Seifert Archives

I have to admit I probably wouldn't have gone out of my way to watch the new Muppet movie -- despite having a lot of fondness for the tv show -- before

Like many comic book fans, I've been following the legal conflicts of recent years over the ownership of some of our favorite characters with a mixture of

There's something about a good origin story that just never gets old -- even as it gets revamped and retold, and passed down through generations as one of

I suppose we all knew he'd be back, but it was equally likely we'd hear about it soon -- those original Rob Granito posts have been read by legions of

Another creative departure after 6 issues for a new DC launch as writer Ivan Brandon moves on from the title, but Men of War goes on -- as artist Tom

Sometimes, cool comics get cut short by changing circumstances and timing.  Take the case of the original All-Winners Comics, which Marvel launched as a

The check that DC Comics used to buy Superman has to be one of my favorite bits of comic history to surface in quite some time. I have a hunch we'll be

It has long been part of the record of comic book history that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster sold the rights for Superman to Detective Comics, Inc (the

We've mentioned high-end comic book auction house Comic Connect a number of times on BC, primarily because there have been four comic books in the world

My hardcover book fetish is almost exclusively confined to comic-related material, but I may have to broaden my horizons a bit for this one, in bookstores

During NYCC week, DC announced that the New 52 had sold over 5 million comics in 6 weeks.  At the time, second prints on many titles were just starting to

The Elongated Man too obscure to have a new action figure? I don't think so.  First, there's an excellent case to be made that there are no insignificant

In late 1941, just months after the successful launch of Captain America Comics #1, Joe Simon & Jack Kirby parted ways with Marvel over issues with

One of the fascinating things about this Watchmen 2 business is exactly that -- the business implications of it.  Because directly in the wake of the

It's been a bad couple days for Marvel news, with word of the cancellation of some well-liked titles following on the heels of layoffs at the company.

News of several people being let go from Marvel Comics today cast a shadow over the entire industry, just as it had been catching its breath in the wake

You have to be intrigued by a process that ends up code-naming a highly controversial project Panic Room.  Because what were the odds that a secret

And it's a double... or the number of them in shops is being doubled, I mean.  There's a drinking joke there but it eludes me just this second.  But Point

...Launching it toward Earth. Or so went the original version. And in the New 52? We'll start to find out in January, it seems... Most-Read Comic Stories

DC's release this morning of January's Detective Comics cover and solicits -- which happens to feature the Penguin -- reminded me that I wanted to do  a

Between the Court of Owls in Batman and the Penguin in Detective, looks like we're in for some fowl play for the month of January. You know if Adam West

One of the things I like about the new Action Comics is the specific reference to some of the key iconography of the earliest days of the original series,

Or something like that.  But it's a pretty interesting batch of solicits for DC's Justice League Group January releases.  Here's the tale of the tape:

The Last Dog Of Krypton. Apparently gone, but definitely not forgotten.  Need we be reminded there was another side to the 1950s DC era that also gave

Despite the fact that Jack Kirby was an incredibly prolific artist with a career that spanned some 50 years, it's not every day that I see a picture of a

There are two kinds of people in the world: Those who like superpets, and those who don't.  Which type are you? Most-Read Comic Stories Today: The All-New

Not much info yet, but this has been one of the major lingering questions of the DC reboot, and now we know: Big news out of New York Comic Con: Shazam is

More creator news fresh from NYCC on the DC Comics New 52 front: Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens are joining forces to take on SUPERMAN for DC COMICS-THE NEW

BC field team correspondent Josh Kopin checks in from the Marvel Shattered Heroes panel at NYCC: Storm joins The Avengers as part of a larger roster

I was talking to Brendon earlier about how I think the move of Thor 2 from summer to November 2013 has a fair bit of comic-side significance because the