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Anatomy Lessons – Action Comics #761
But he's great, and I think terribly underappreciated given his long résumé and some of the great scripts he's written over the years. Most people will instinctively point to his work on Action Comics #775, and it being considered by many as one of the greatest Superman stories of all time And it is, and we'll[...]
Action Comics – By Your Command
As Action Comics continues it's own version of MODOK and AIM with the big headed Hector Hammond and HIVE, so it also introduces its own version of the Guardians Of The Galaxy, complete with green skinned babe Welcome to the Pax Galactica. Galactica? Oh Scott… As Action Comics continues it's own version of MODOK and AIM with[...]
Greg Pak And Aaron Kuder To Take On Action Comics
I understand from pretty decent sources that the new team on Action Comics, after Scott Lobdell's fill-in, are Batman/Superman's Greg Pak and New Guardian's Aaron Kuder, who recently drew part of Superman #18. Of course, Kuder is also known for writing and drawing his own work elsewhere. I'm hearing the possibility that some people may be looking[...]
Lois And Clark – "Just Good Friends"
From today's Action Comics #21 which, curiously, is not available on ComiXology, Kindle or iTunes Yet Anyway… Much has been made in the New 52 of Superman and Wonder Woman getting it on But what about the classic pairing of Lois and Clark? Well, as of today it seems both closer… and yet further away than[...]
$135,000 (So Far) For An Action Comics #1 Found In A $10,100 House…
Remodeler finds comic book worth over $100K in wall at Elbow Lake house is the headline. amid old newspapers used to insulate a wall of a fixer-upper he was gutting in Elbow Lake, Minn Action Comics #1 is the comic. $135,000 is the current bid at ComicConnect Though it could have gone for more… When his wife's aunt grabbed the[...]
Thirteen Thoughts About Ten Comics – All New X-Men, Superior Spider-Man, Dial H, Age Of Ultron, Phantom Stranger, Thanos Rising, Savage Dragon, Uber, Action Comics And Snow Angel
Old Thanos would have been okay if he hadn't been pushed in a certain direction by a young woman… Savage Dragon tackles racial sensitivities, asking whether language such as this is acceptable when you seem to be fighting a monster such as this; A Fin Fang Fu Manchu? Uber #0 lets reminds us that all war stories need[...]
Fathers And Sons – Guardians Of The Galaxy, Nova, Action Comics And Batman Inc
But then, haven't they always? Last week in Action Comics, through a time travel device we saw Clark's final moments with Jonathan Kent, his adoptive father, who never saw Clark grow into Superman, though he was his inspiration Except we were then given the chance for the older Superman to meet his father before he died,[...]
Grant Morrison And More Action – Thursday Trending Topics
Grant Morrison's extended Action Comics run provides us with another DC Comics April surprise, kind of  But one wonders if that screws up the impetus behind that month's Action Comics #19 gatefold cover for that particular issue of Action That looks like a relatively specific bit of action in Action Well, I'm sure they'll work[...]
Grant Morrison Gets One More Issue Of Action Comics
Although Andy Diggle and Tony S Daniel are lined up to start their Action Comics run with issue 18, I understand that Grant Morrison and Rags Morales will need one more issue to finish their story Which means Diggle and Daniel's debut will be delayed to April and issue 19. So expect some kind of retro[...]
The Many Deaths Of Superman (Minor Spoilers)
Today's Action Comics #16 not only tells us that Superman did indeed die at the hands of Doomsday (and that it happened three years ago, two years into Superman's public existence), but it wallows in it A chance to mourn again as Superman is attacked extradimensionally in a number of different time zones – which[...]
Twenty-One Thoughts About Twenty-One Comics – Detective Comics, Avengers, Animal Man, Swamp Thing, Action Comics, Kevin Keller, Wake The F*ck Up, Deadpool, Amazing Spider-Man, Hawkeye, Hellboy, Daredevil End Of Days, Avenging Spider-Man, Ultimates, Thunderbolts, All New X-Men, Fashion Beast, I Love Trouble, Great Pacific, Minutemen And Creator Owned Heroes
If you don't like Synder's Batman in the main book? I wonder if you will like this one any more… Action Comics gets its own trip to the future, or rather we see the future ahead, and the past, and the present, as Superman is attacked on all counts from the fifth dimension One of the[...]
BC Mag #1: The Vintage Paper Chase
After nearly a decade of the world record price for a comic book holding at $350,000 (the Marvel Comics #1 Pay Copy sold in 2001 for that amount, and a few years later the Edgar Church copy of Flash Comics #1 changed hands at the same price), early 2010 saw two different single comic book[...]
Grant Morrison Explains What Angels Are In The New 52
And in Action Comics #14 out today, he tells you exactly what they are. After fighting them for a bit, of course Now these aren't Weeping Angels, creatures of a singularity of time, but they have something in common They are… something else. Which, one could say, fits into Christian theology quite nicely The four dimensional expression[...]
Monday Trending Topics: The Search For Krypton
This is pretty cool: The star, which is smaller and cooler than our sun, can be seen at right ascension 12 hours, 10 minutes, 05.60 seconds, and declination 15 degrees, 04' 15.66. Tyson was asked to help with Action Comics #14, out this week, in which Tyson will also appear, as Superman tracks down the location[...]
NYCC: Tony S Daniel To Join Andy Diggle On Action Comics
Bleeding Cool already ran the news that Andy Diggle was to take over Action Comics as writer after Grant Morrison's departure with issue 17 But who will join him as artist? Turns out it's Tony S Daniel, recently seen on Detective Comics and Justice League I'm told by DC sources that he's switching to art-only for[...]
Andy Diggle Not Talking About Action Comics
Incoherent Boy reported from Singapore Comic Con; Unfortunately, due to non-disclosure agreements, Diggle wasn't able to say much about his three upcoming major projects, which will be announced next month, or comment on the rumours swirling around the Internet that he is taking over DC's Action Comics. These rumours presumably Gillian Ang managed to record the specific[...]
So… Who Wants To Buy An 8.5 CGC Action Comics #1 On eBay From A Zero Rated Buyer?
Here's the listing. Action Comics #1 rated 8.5 by CGC, linked to a recorded, rated version. Located in Germany but only selling to Americans. A zero rating on eBay for the seller. And not being sold through a professional specialist auction house. So… Will you take the risk? Hope not This very copy of the comic did sell for $1,500,000 back in[...]
Twenty Thoughts About Twenty Comics – Ultimate Spider-Man, Phantom Stranger, Archer & Armstrong, Action Comics, Invincible Iron Man, Hawkeye, The Boys, Thief Of Thieves, Epic Kill, Detective Comics, Thor, Before Watchmen, Think Tank, Green Lantern, Amazing Spider-Man, World's Finest, Earth Two, Green Arrow, Batwing And Action Comics,
Maybe for the Minus One issues next year… But Action Comics #0 instead, just gives us something… rather sweet And emphasising not only Superman's alien origins, but highlighting the stuff he carries around with him as well… it's a zero issue for the character, for the brand, for the image, and for his security blanket as[...]
Andy Diggle To Write Action Comics After Grant Morrison?
I first heard the whiffs of this rumour a few weeks ago, that the new writer of Action Comics to replace Grant Morrison was another Brit with a 2000AD past, but seemingly from pub conversations recalling half-heard conversations and nothing I could actually stand up Then Andy Diggle tweeted the following; So I just landed the[...]
DC Comics Liquidates Hundreds Of Archives And Showcases
2 Superman The Action Comics Archives, Vol 1 Superman The Action Comics Archives, Vol 2 Superman The Action Comics Archives, Vol 3 Superman: Action Comics Archives Vol 4 Superman: The Action Comics Archives, Vol 5 Superman Adventures Vol 3: Last Son of Krypton Superman The Action Comics Archives, Vol 2 Superman Archives, Vol 3 Superman Archives, Vol 4 Superman Archives, Vol 5 Superman Archives, Vol 6 Superman[...]
Rob Liefeld Leaves Grifter – Will January Bring The DC Fourth Wave?
Will Grifter be cancelled with #16? With changes across the line perhaps? Grant Morrison is also leaving Action Comics with the December issue, #16, though they are hardly cancelling that book But it might point to a sea change for the line, with poor performing books cancelled, new books begun, and creators departing and being appointed,[...]
Tuesday Runaround – Grant Morrison To Leave Superhero Comics Behind In 2013
MorrisonWatch: Grant Morrison to leave Action Comics after #16 and Batman Inc after #12. "after that I don't have any plans for monthly superhero books for a while "Multiversity" is eight issues and I'm 30-odd pages into a Wonder Woman project but those are finite stories. "I'm not saying that I'll never write superheroes again It's just[...]