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Golden Age Superman Strips Still Teach Us How To Make Comics
IDW recently released a new installment in their Library of American Comics series, featuring Superman in the The Golden Age Sundays, 1946-1949 Seeing it brought to mind my first encounter with early Superman comics through DC Comics collections, and what I found then, not having previously been a historian of early Supe comics, was quite[...]
The New Robin Comes With A Little… Extra
A Robin who can do this. And this. And this. Looks like World's Finest can do without Superman now…. Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London Currently exhibiting the work of Sean Phillips. This is the solicited cover to Batman And Robin #38, coming next year Featuring what appeared to be a returing Damian Wayne, doing a Superman pose and[...]
Who Will Be The Mighty Avengers In Five Months Time? (Spoilers)
Maybe missing a certain dark magician but he was only on board temporarily. Hmm, has any Avengers team ever stayed so constant of late? Comics courtesy of Orbital Comics, London Currently exhibiting the work of Sean Phillips. Today's Avengers continues the Time Runs Out storyline as it builds up to become Secret Wars This issue sees Avengers Vs[...]
Who Remains Inverted? (Axis Spoilers)
And the fact that he is just a head. And as for Carnage? Well, we see the aftermath of his heroic suicide mission to stop the bomb. But, as revealed by solicitations for future issues, the final page of Nova shows that he seems somehow hale and hearty, one week on…   Explanation to come I'm sure… Comics courtesy of[...]
ComicsPRO's Annual Meeting Moves To Portland For 2015
ComicsPRO, the comic book retailer trade organisation are having their annual drink up meeting in Portland, Oregon, next year from February 19th to the 21st, Handy for Dark Horse and Oni, and for the sizeable comic book creative community in the city. Held at the Portland Hilton and Executive Tower, bricks'n'mortar retailers will arrive for a weekend of free[...]