When I was a kid, there were times when I found myself thinking about some odd topic or other and would stop and say to myself, "Now where did that come from?" And I'd work the logical chain backwards. Okay, I was thinking about W, and that led to X, which led to Y and then to Z.
Surfing the internet can be like that at times. I surfed over to Comics Should Be Good, which is having a poll on next month's features. One of the features was "When We First Met" and so I read about the first time Lois suspected Clark was Superman. A very cool post, I think you'll agree.
In the comments, someone pointed to a comic strip take on the Superman/Lois relationship. Cool and funny stuff.
And at the bottom of that post, was a link to this pitch for a Lois Lane, Girl Reporter series of young adult novels. Nice art, interesting idea.
Elsewhere, Commander Benson has a very challenging trivia quiz for Silver Age Marvel zombies. How challenging? Well, I couldn't get any of them off the top of my head, although I did know where to look for a couple of the answers. BTW, don't scroll down to the comments on that post, as most of the answers are there. When you give up, here's Commander Benson's answer sheet.
With the release of the Green Lantern movie, Jacque Nodell posts a picture of herself with her grandpa, GL co-creator Martin Nodell.
Thứ Tư, 29 tháng 6, 2011
Number 973
Russ Heath's Kid Colt
Russ Heath, Will Eisner Hall Of Famer and Inkpot Award winner, began his comic book career with Timely/Atlas in 1947, drawing Western comics. Quoted in a Wikipedia biography Heath says, "My father used to be a cowboy, so as a little kid I was influenced by Western artists of the time. Will James was one, an artist-writer—I had most of his books. Charlie Russell was my favorite because his work was absolutely authentic, because he drew what he lived..."
Heath was mostly self-taught, but his art had a polish even in his early days, as seen in this Kid Colt story, "Mystery Of The Mad Monk," from Best Western#59, 1949. Heath went on to draw in most every genre Atlas published, then went to DC Comics, doing science fiction (his run on Sea Devils being one of my favorites), but a lot of war comics with other great artists like Irving Novick and Joe Kubert.
Thứ Ba, 28 tháng 6, 2011
Wolves of Midnight / The Horrible Trade
We've got a double shot of horrific animal horrors for you today from the Jan. '54 issue of Horrific #9. First, sink your weird fangs into the long awaited return of Rudy Palais to THOIA with "The Wolves of Midnight", followed by the jolting jungle jitters of "The Horrible Trade" from Marty Elkin. This will be another full issue for you completists, click HERE for Pete Morisi's "A Glimpse of the Pit" and more Elkin HERE for "Claws of Horror", as originally presented over at Killer Kittens back in 2009.
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Thứ Hai, 27 tháng 6, 2011
Gene Colan, RIP
Another Silver Age legend falls by the wayside. Colan was best known for his long, terrific runs on Daredevil, Iron Man and Batman. I'm reposting here some of my favorite panels from various issues:
From the brief Black Widow series in Amazing Adventures. As you can see, he could draw some exceptionally beautiful women.
From My Greatest Adventure #74. Note the almost photographic quality of her face.
Note the action, and again the photographic realism of the man's face. It looks easy.
Colan created the Falcon, the first actual African-American superhero (the Black Panther doesn't count, as he was not American). Here he is in an early appearance:
His run on Iron Man was legendary:
As was his long tenure on Daredevil:
From the brief Black Widow series in Amazing Adventures. As you can see, he could draw some exceptionally beautiful women.
From My Greatest Adventure #74. Note the almost photographic quality of her face.
Note the action, and again the photographic realism of the man's face. It looks easy.
Colan created the Falcon, the first actual African-American superhero (the Black Panther doesn't count, as he was not American). Here he is in an early appearance:
His run on Iron Man was legendary:
As was his long tenure on Daredevil:
Turf #1-5
CBR | English | 5 Issues | 133 MB
New York, 1929. The height of prohibition. The cops turn a blind eye while the mobs run the city, dealing in guns, girls and illegal liquor. But the arrival of the mysterious Dragonmir Family from Eastern Europe with more of a taste for blood then booze co-incides with a series of brutal attacks on the gangsters themselves. As the gangs fall before the fangs, only handful of mobsters survive. But an unlikely alliance formed between tough guy Eddie Falco and a character from a LONG way from New York City – a long way from Earth in fact - offers the humans a glimmer of hope. As the strong willed young reporter Susie Dale from the Gotham Herald tries to survive in the middle of the maelstrom, and an ancient prophecy unfolds, no one can guess who’s going to win the battle for this particular slice of Turf.
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Blue Bolt TPB
English | 92 pages | CBR | 79.9 MB
By Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. This edition reprints the Golden Age Blue Bolt stories for the first time ever! All nine stories are in full color and mark the first time Jack Kirby and Joe Simon collaborated. Forget how much the originals cost, just try finding them on the market. Includes all of the Green Lady's never-ending efforts to seduce the Blue Bolt in this out-of-this world intergalactic adventure.
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Evil's Return #4
CBR | English | 100 MB | 162 pages
Genre: Action, Ecchi, Horror, Romance, Supernatural, Tragedy; Author: Lee Jong-kyu; Artist: Hwan Shin
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Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder: Lost and Gone Forever #1-5
CBR | English | 5 Issues | 141 MB
Horror comes to the Wild West as nineteenth century occult investigator Sir Edward Grey is on the hunt for a member of the Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra.
Lost and Gone Forever marks the second volume of the Sir Edward Grey, Witchfinder series, a continuation from In The Service of Angels. and when put in sequential order with the previous mini series this five issue mini would be issues #6-10 per the indicia.
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Babe Vol.1 #1-4 & Vol.2 #1-2
CBR | English | 6 Issues | 207 MB
Babe was a four-issue comic book mini-series published by Dark Horse Comics under their Legend imprint from July 1994 - October 1994. It was written by John Byrne, with pencils and inks by Byrne, and covers by Gary Cody.
A 2-issue mini-series titled Babe 2 followed in 1995. Babe 2 finds Babe battling the Shrewmanoid, and also features a guest appearance by Abe Sapien.
Babe was set in the same universe as Hellboy, The Torch of Liberty, and Danger Unlimited.
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Taboo Vol.8
CBR | English | 36 pages | 108 MB
Taboo was voted the best ongoing anthology in 1993. It started off as a Horror anthology, with titles like From Hell and the incomplete Neil Gaiman Sweeney Todd. Other genres of stories also came out from Taboo, such as Alan Moore's Lost Girls started as well in the pages of Taboo with its brother From Hell. Steve R. Bissette would be the editor of the anthology, since it was his vision that created the limited ran anthology. Many of the stories in Taboo remain uncollected today.
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Evil's Return #3
CBR | English | 98 MB | 162 pages
Genre: Action, Ecchi, Horror, Romance, Supernatural, Tragedy; Author: Lee Jong-kyu; Artist: Hwan Shin
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Daisy Kutter: The Last Train #1-4
CBR | English | 4 Issues | 50.8 MB
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Fangs Of The Widow (Vol.1): Flesh & Blood #1-3
London Night Studios | CBR | Sept. - Oct. 1995 | B&W | 3 Issues | 111 MB
writer, artist: Mike Wolfer; artist: Everette Hartsoe
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Love and Capes Ever After #1-5
CBR/RAR | English | 5 Issues/Complete | 71.2 MB
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Evil's Return #2
Japanese Manga | CBR | English | 168 pages | 100 MB
Genre: Action, Ecchi, Horror, Romance, Supernatural, Tragedy; Author: Lee Jong-kyu; Artist: Hwan Shin
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The Tomb Raider Compendium Volume 1
English | 1246 pages | CBR | 929MB
There's nothing like going back to the beginning and reading it all over again. For the first time ever, get Tomb Raider issues #1-50 in one giant soft cover! See the video game come to life as some of the industries biggest names bring the adventures of Lara Croft to comics!
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Evil's Return #1
| CBR | English | 170 pages | 95.6 MB
Genre: Action, Ecchi, Horror, Romance, Supernatural, Tragedy; Author: Lee Jong-kyu; Artist: Hwan Shin
Yumi, a seemingly average high school girl, is destined to become the wife of and child bearer for Evil. As soon as her first menstrual episodes begin, all sorts of villainous cretins show up in the hopes of providing the seed for wickedness itself. In response, the forces of Good, a Buddhist priest, the Catholic church, and their attendant holy warriors rush to provide protection for the now-pregnable Yumi. But she reaches out to another warrior, a young punk freshman heartthrob who literally beats off the female population of the school with a stick. But when he sees Yumi in a vision, this cool-as-ice thug melts ... and the adventure begins ...
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Flashpoint - Kid Flash Lost #1
English | 22 pages | CBR | 18.3MB
FLASH FACT! Where is he? Or should we say when?
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The Guild - Bladezz
English | 35 pages | CBZ | 32.1 MB
The Guild creator and star Felicia Day is joined by series director Sean Becker for a new one-shot starring the Knights of Good's brash young rogue, Bladezz! In this issue, it's the secret origin of Bladezz's alter ego, the supernaturally gifted model Finn Smulders! When all he wants is a place to play the Game, and faced with a controlling mother, know-it-all sister, and obnoxious potential stepfather, can Bladezz use Smulders's 'powers' to save the day? Can he keep his new identity secret? And can any good possibly come of fatherly advice from Vork?
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Flashpoint - Lois Lane and the Resistance #1 (of 03)
English | 21 pages | CBR | 18.9MB
FLASH FACT! She is ready to reveal the Amazons' secret!
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Rage #1 (of 03)
English | 27 pages | CBZ | 25.2 MB
The groundbreaking new game from the developers of Doom and Quake is almost here, but first Dark Horse presents an essential introduction to the world of Rage! The Earth has been devastated by collision with an asteroid, with a tiny fraction of the population surviving in life-sustaining arks, only to awaken in a wasteland controlled by a global military dictatorship called the Authority. But a rescued scientist learns that the Authority has lied to her and the other survivors about how this new world came to be.
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All Nighter #1 (of 05)
English | 34 pages | CBR | 17.2MB
STEALING COINS,' Part One. Kit Bradley is a 20 year-old art student and petty criminal who knows it's time to leave her delinquent past behind, but isn't ready for the responsibilities of adulthood. Her social headquarters is an all night diner, and while trying to put the 'off' on an on-again-off-again boyfriend, she runs into an old flame, and an enigmatic loner named Martha, who alters Kit's life forever. Created by Eisner and Ignatz Award nominee DAVID HAHN.
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