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Shazam Rises – Saturday Trending Topics

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Rich Johnston

A distant sound of thunder: For two days in a row, we’ve been told by DC panels that Shazam fans will be “very happy”. I’m going to read into that an ongoing Shazam series, aren’t you? Most-Read Comic Stories Saturday: It’s …

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SHAZAM: First Appearance Of Captain Marvel In Whiz Comics #2 (#1) CGC 9.0 Sells For Record $281,001

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Mark Seifert

The highest CGC-graded copy of Whiz Comics #2 (#1) CGC 9.0 has just sold for $281,001 at high-end comics & collectables auction house Comic Connect.  The February 1940 cover-dated comic book from publisher Fawcett includes a 13 page story by …

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Last Week’s Comics In Nineteen Panels

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Dr Manolis V writes; The internet’s most opinionated and greek comics column. This week: the all-new all-obnoxious SHAZAM, Guillem March’s answer to the Catwoman #0 debacle, Princess Amethyst and a whole mess of Robins and retcons (they do seem to …

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Friday Runaround – Shazam Or Sadism?

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Rich Johnston

BackWatch: Does the Warners ad on the back of DC comics this month that is meant to say SHAZAM on the license plate, actually say SADISM? GuestWatch: How carefully did you read Gambit #2? Jack the Radio guitarist and vocalist …

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The Most Tenuous DC Universe Movie Rumour Of The Day: And It Involves The Rock

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Michael Moran

Trawling celebrity Twitter feeds for gossip is the lowest kind of journalism. So guess what we’ve done….

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Sunday Trending Topics: The Wizards Of The New 52

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Mark Seifert

It looks like DC’s FCBD release has kicked off another interesting New 52 mystery: So we’ve all read the DC New 52 issue now right? Right? After all, Free Comic Book Day was yesterday, so you know. It’s time to start …

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A Comic Show – Everybody Say Shazam!

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Aaron and Tony from A Comic Shop in Florida look at this week’s comics. This is what they have to say… Aw Yeah Comics! Justice League’s back with Geoff Johns and SHAZAM, Wonder Woman rocks, and Scott Snyder’s BATMAN rounds …

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Monday Trending Topics: The World’s Mightiest Mortal

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Captain Marvel is another one of those characters about which I find myself in random internet arguments over how viable they are in modern comics. It’s like this: 1) Any character, with any history anywhere is just one reboot away …

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Shazam! The New Cloaked Look Of Captain Marvel

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Rich Johnston

It’s the New York Post so I think we can believe it. Possibly. DC Comics have given them details on the new Captain Marvel, renamed Shazam! so as not to give their rival any free advertising whatsoever. Geoff Johns gives …

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Hope Springs Eternal For Captain Marvel And The Shazam! Movie

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

I would probably put the jigsaw puzzle together incorrectly, but here are the pieces I remember. There was going to be a Captain Marvel movie, called Shazam! John August took a pass at the script. Then Bill Birch came on …

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Justice League #2, The 22 Page $3.99 Comic And Magical Abductees

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool has been rather critical to Marvel lately over price points of comic books, maybe we should also keep an eye on DC. Because during the DC Relaunch we were led to believe that they would be holding the …

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DC Answers One Of The Major New 52 Questions: Captain Marvel Returns

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Mark Seifert

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 coming to DC COMICS-THE NEW 52. Written by …

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