Who Will Die In The Fantastic Four?
December 31, 2010
Happy 88th Birthday to Stan Lee!!
December 28, 2010Stan “The Man” Lee needs no introduction to any self-respecting comic book fan. Just a grateful acknowledgment for all his contributions to the art of comic book storytelling and wishes for a wonderful 88th birthday.
Happy Holidays & Season’s Greetings!
December 25, 2010Retro Comic Review – Avengers #4
December 23, 2010Avengers #4 Cover date: March 1964 Writer: Stan Lee Penciller: Jack Kirby Inker: George Roussos as “George Bell” Cover: Jack Kirby “Captain America Lives Again!” The Avengers #4, cover dated March, 1964 arrived on the comic book racks of my neighborhood Rexall Drug Store in December 1963 when I was 8 1/2 years old. “The [...]
Spider-Man #50 Splash Page by Romita Sells for $88,500
December 21, 2010It is often recognized as one of the most iconic and defining moments in comic book history. It was the scene where Peter Parker, at one of the lowest points in his career as The Amazing Spider-Man, decides to quit and throws his Spider-Man costume into a trash can in an alley as he walks [...]
Chris Evans Talks About Being Captain America
December 20, 2010Over at ComicBookMovie.com, they’ve posted an interview with actor Chris Evans from Wizard magazine that deals mostly with his portrayal as Captain America in The First Avenger movie (which recently wrapped production) and the Avengers movie which will soon begin production. We also get an insight into what kind of person he thinks Steve Rogers [...]
Retro Comic Book Review – Superman #233
December 19, 2010Superman #233 Cover date: January 1971 Writer: Denny O’ Neil Penciller: Curt Swan Inker: Murphy Anderson Cover: Neal Adams “Kryptonite Nevermore!” The cover date on the book is January of 1971, but back then the books would usually arrive on the stands 2 to 3 months before the actual cover date, so this book probably [...]
How “Superman” SHOULD Have Ended
December 17, 2010Here’s an amusing animated satire of how the original “Superman” movie should have ended.
Favreau NOT Returning For Iron Man 3
December 14, 2010Web site FirstShowing.net says Jon Favreau will NOT be returning to direct Iron Man 3. Reasons are cited that assign blame to both the studio and the director. Apparently negotiations with the studio for IM2 were so odious to Favreau that he has no desire to be in business with Marvel again, while some sources [...]
Catwoman: Life And Times Of A Feline Fatale
December 13, 2010I was in Barnes & Noble a while back and, as I passed the “Bargain Books” area, this cover caught my eye and I stopped to look through it’s pages to see what it might contain on the subject of one of Batman’s most famous villainesses. Basically, “Catwoman: The Life and Times of a Feline [...]
