Archive for June, 2006
Superman: Metropolis #9 (of (filipino comic book art) 12)
Superman: Metropolis #9 (of 12)
Superman: Metropolis #9 (of 12)
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/s/smanmetropolis9.jpg\") The Creeper and Jimmy Olsen try to stop the carnage as Metropolis is plunged into a power failure! The city has turned against the Tech, and heroes are racing to the disaster to help. But what happened to Killgrave, the new master of Metropolis Tech?… |
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For the premiere of Superman Returns, we had an office party featuring a "Superman" contest. So, we all dressed up to win some cool prizes.
Superman’s stunt double.
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(This is the first time I am using the on-camera flash so I had it on the wrong setting. It was set to AV…aperture priority….hence the shallow depth of field and the missed focusing.)
Adventures of Superman #505 (Deluxe Cover)
Adventures of Superman #505 (Deluxe Cover)
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/a/adv_superman_505dlx.jpg\") Warehouse Find — We don\’t normally offer less-than-mint-condition books for sale, but with the continued demand for back issues, we\’ve decided to add our Warehouse backstock to our website. The majority of our comics are in mint condition, but there are some with minor dings. We will accept no retu… |
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What would you do if you suddenly discovered that you could fly? The answer for this Clark Kent is to spend every spare moment flying. But then he sees someone in danger and saves their life. The good deed does not go unnoticed and Clark has to decide
Flash Fire
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There are few characters in literature more quintessentially American than Superman and few more difficult to write. Just compare the number of five star Batman stories with the number for Superman. The problem is trying to come up with a compelling story (ali vs superman comic book)
There are few characters in literature more quintessentially American than Superman and few more difficult to write. Just compare the number of five star Batman stories with the number for Superman. The problem is trying to come up with a compelling story
Batman Begins
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DC Direct: Superman The Animated Series - Green Lantern Maquette
DC Direct: Superman The Animated Series - Green Lantern Maquette
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/g/greenlantmaq1999.jpg\") Thrilling the world for decades, the World\’s Greatest Super Heroes from DC Comics jumped from comic book pages to television screens. Now, DC Direct proudly presents true-to-animation Maquette statues that span the history of DC\’s heroes in classic animation series through the decades. After saving … |
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Like the previous volumes in the Ruin trilogy, this story has problems all over the place. For one thing, it\’s inaccessible to people who aren\’t long time Superman readers. I\’ve been reading comics for years, but no effort is made to explain Ruin\’s id
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DC Super Hero Magenet Set (foreign comic books)
DC Super Hero Magenet Set
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/d/dcshmagset.jpg\") This Magenet Set includes all your favorite DC characters. Superman, Green Lantern, Batman, Flash, and Wonder Woman range in size from 3.5 inches to 6 inches…. |
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Video Flash Card: Subtraction
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PWCW Roundtable On Comics New Era
I know and like most of the people involved in this PWCW roundtable on comics’ new era, including the moderator, but I have to be honest: the resulting article wasn’t very good at all. It feels like Internet filler rather than the kind of focused, editorially accomplished article that should come from an institution backed by Publishers Weekly.
I’ve done my fair share of lazy roundtables, where the quotes are all collected under the same question put to people individually rather than people sitting down for a give and take and the building upon ideas that makes a roundtable worth doing in the first place. This one feels particularly disconnected and unfocused. The questions are too broad, while some of the answers are vague to the point of evasion and are never supported with the kind of facts or stringent example for which such strong assertions beg. The only perspective new to me at all is that of Gerry Donaghy at Powell’s, and he provides most of the stretches of analysis I took away from the piece partly because they’re novel. Everyone else, save for one nice bit by ADV’s Chris Oarr, seems to be working from their core material, although Eric Reynold’s matter-of-fact responses end up being kind of funny in their terseness.
The introduction starts things out poorly. There’s no reason on earth any introduction from a magazine of record on an entire era in the art form they cover should ever be that vague, date-light and fact-free; I think it over-simplifies a long and complicated period of economic malaise and makes this most recent period of mainstream press coverage sound like an older phenomenon than it is. I even disagree strongly with one of the introduction’s few, specific examples. I admire and respect Neil Gaiman, but he’s so not a good example of a creator whose new comics works have been emblematic of the marketplace rising out of the previous period, as Sandman ended in 1996, and his thimbleful of new comic works in the decade since have come from that legacy or from his take on Jack Kirby’s.
This would not have been a good article for a random web site. I expect more of PWCW, mostly in that a lot of what was really low-quality about this piece could have been taken care of by editorial guidance early on and stricter editorial standards applied to the result. Typos are one thing, but no article that is seen by a paid employee other than the original writer should fail in the basic fact-checking department on a proper name (or, as I think takes place in another article, the right publisher). There are very few journalistic bodies in comics with the pull to assemble a roundtable worth our attention, but if the execution isn’t going to be there on multiple levels, why bother?
All in all, a fun read for light or heavy comic book fans.
If I Were In NYC, I’d Go To This
I have a feeling it might make me feel fat, old, and untalented, but I’d still go.
Advertiser Apologizes For Cartoon
In an eyebrow-raising “I don’t recall seeing that before” moment, a Mercedes dealership in Atlanta has apologized for an editorial cartoon run in the newspaper where they advertise, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The dealership ran a full-page ad to carry the message.
It occurred to me recently that a big reason editorial cartoons seems to be in such a period of acrimonious decline — as opposed to the regular decline of the comics-page strip — is that the reduction of staff positions has actually increased the pressure on editors to, well, act like editors. When you have a staff cartoonist with a regular place in your paper, they take care of a lot of that for you. When you don’t have a staff cartoonist, someone has to select the cartoon that runs and then someone also probably has to choose where that cartoon runs. I’m reminded of this only because the distate that greeted the Luckovich seems to have had a lot to do with how the cartoon was placed in proximity to the recent story of the two kidnaped and murdered soldiers.
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The Comic Book is one of America’s unsung contribution to culture.
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Superman in the Fifties TPB
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/s/supesinfiftiestpb.jpg\") The fifties… A decade in which Americans were still reeling from the end of the second World War, and the "American Way" became the way to go. It was a period that would see Superman - the original, quick-tempered, social activist Superman of 1938 - evolve into an icon embodying … |
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Nightwing Vol. 5 TPB: The Hunt For Oracle
Nightwing Vol. 5 TPB: The Hunt For Oracle
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/n/nighwinghuntfororacletpb.jpg\") Blockbuster wants Oracle dead. Time and again, Oracle–the mysterious Robin Hood of cyberspace–has stolen the ill-gotten gains of Bludhaven\’s crime boss, Blockbuster for her own use. Declaring enough to be enough, Blockbuster has unleashed a team of costumed mercenaries to track her down. Their fir… |
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I tried to tolerate it personally as a comic book fan back then in spite of all the changes, and try to accept them as a very clever and valid means to revise the characters thus in particular to the SUPES conundrum, Lois Lane\’s not as doty dumbness an
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Superman: They (comic book retailer online) Saved Luthor\’s Brain! TPB
Superman: They Saved Luthor\’s Brain! TPB
Superman: They Saved Luthor\’s Brain! TPB
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/l/luthorbraintp.jpg\") Ridding Metallo of his power source, Lex Luthor fashioned himself a ring from Metallo\’s kryptonite heart. Luthor wore it for years, keeping Superman at bay. But now he\’s got kryptonite poisoning. What\’s a man to do? What Lex Luthor does is die. But not before he implements a contingency plan. You\’ll… |
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Superman: For All Seasons TPB
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/s/supermanforallseasonstpb.jpg\") Before the legend. . . Before the icon. . . Before the Man of Tomorrow. . . There was Clark Kent, a young man coming to terms with the awesome power that fate had granted him. Experience the majestic tale of his transformation from country boy to the world\’s greatest hero! This book collects: Superm… |
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Fun read. Intelligent read. Satisfying read. In other words, a very worthwhile take on the Superman character that might make you think, but, more importantly, will keep you entertained.
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Detective Comics #814
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/d/detective_814.jpg\") The action-packed conclusion of David Lapham\’s 12-part epic \’City of Crime!\’ Batman unravels the mystery behind the fear in Raleigh Park and \’the Body\’ retaliates with an all-out invasion of masked madmen. Can the Dark Knight restore order in a city that\’s eternally defined by chaos, corruption and … |
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Inking (dallas comic book store) stuff
Zaylea posted a photo:
yay my first set of technical pens
He\’s Clark Kent. That\’s what his parents named him. Growing up, the other kids made fun of him. He\’s heard every possible joke that can be imagined about having the same name as the comic book character Superman; but he\’s never considered them funn
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Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity TPB
Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity TPB
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/t/trinity_tpb.jpg\") A softcover edition of Matt Wagner\’s triumphant story that sheds light on the first meeting of DC\’s triumvirate! Will the combined might of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman be enough to save the world from the mad schemes of Ra\’s al Ghul?… |
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Rising Stars: Battle Damaged Variant Patriot Resin Bust (free comic book values)
Rising Stars: Battle Damaged Variant Patriot Resin Bust
Rising Stars: Battle Damaged Variant Patriot Resin Bust
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/r/risingstarspatriotdamaged.jpg\") The "Specials" . . . gifted with incredible powers the day the flash hit Pederson, Illinois. Throughout their lives they had been preparing for disaster from the outside, from a hostile world reacting in fear to what they could do. But when the killing came, none of them could have… |
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Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe Vol. 2 TPB
Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe Vol. 2 TPB
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/j/jislcreatingdcunivvol2tpb.jpg\") Living legend Stan Lee–the co-creator of the X-Men, Spider-Man, the Hulk, and the Marvel Universe–imagines original characters based on the names of classic DC characters! Robin! Shazam! The Flash! JLA! And he gets to collaborate with some of comics\’ biggest names: John Byrne! Gary Frank! Kevin Ma… |
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Batman looks EXACTLY the same as the series 1 figure.
The Comic Book is one of America’s unsung contribution to culture.
The Soviet Superman is never meant to be evil just overprotective and stifling. Unfortunately the author chose to absolve the alternate Superman of most of his crimes by blaming them on outside manipulations reducing the impact of the story. I also have t
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Comic Books portray our fears, our desires and ethos.
The art may take some comic fans a while to get used to. Everyone looks huge and bulky. But the action is intense throughout.
Power Rangers Dino Thunder: Day Of The Dino Volume 1
Power Rangers Dino Thunder: Day Of The Dino Volume 1
Because the world is never out of danger, three Reefside High students must rise up to meet their destiny head-on. While on a fossil-finding field trip, Conner, Kira, and Ethan fall into a sinkhole and discover powerful Dino Gems that give them each awesome super abilities. But alarming evil is afoo… |
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I think the worst injustice Byrne commited to this revamping of Superman was the poor characterisation. Awfully done. It\’s a shame too, with a rich, strong supporting cast like Superman\’s it shouldn\’t have been that hard to pull off. But instead the ch
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DC Archives - Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Vol. 2 HC
DC Archives - Superman: The Man of Tomorrow Vol. 2 HC
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/s/superman_motarch_hc_2.jpg\") The exploration of the Silver Age of Superman continues with this volume collecting stories from ACTION COMICS #248-254 and SUPERMAN #127-131 (1959)! Featuring the introductions of Lori Lemaris, Metallo and Bizarro, the return of Mr. Mxyzptlk, and more…. |
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The Comic Book is one of America’s unsung contribution to culture.
What\’s next? Superman happen to be Gay?! And Jimmy Olsen is Clark Kent\’s boyfriend! Might as well revise Supes into SUPERGAY then. Sheeez !
Comic Books portray our fears, our desires and ethos.
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Statue de Gaston Lagaffe Bruxelles en Belgique
Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/d/ddwa15502.jpg\") Unmasking the Phantasm is just one of the twists in Batman: Mask of Phantasm, "one of the most imaginative films of the past year" (Chuck Rich, Westwood One). Only here will you discover all-new revelations about Batman\’s past, his archrival the Joker and the most grueling battle o… |
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Batman (best old comic books) Beyond: Return Of The Joker
Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker
Batman Beyond: Return Of The Joker
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GREAT! Okay, I\’ve been waiting for the Showcase Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane.BUT why together??? I love both series but the two together? This has got to be the worst that DC can do to these wonderful series!What happened to the Perry White book anyhow? LOL
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Batman Strikes! Vol. 1 TPB: Crime Time
Batman Strikes! Vol. 1 TPB: Crime Time
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/b/batmanstrikes_tpb_1.jpg\") The Batman stands ready to strike in this new digest-sized collection from Johnny DC! Reprinting the first five issues of the brand-new series THE BATMAN STRIKES - based on the hit new Kids\’ WB show - CRIME TIME boasts five action-packed adventures…. |
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Scratch #5 (of 5)
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/s/scratch_5.jpg\") Batman returns in the conclusion of the story of misbegotten werewolf Scratch! A bloodthirsty mob wants Scratch dead. Can Batman protect him from his hometown and discover the secret of the Ouroboros in the midst of this frenzy?… |
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Justice League of America: Another Nail (comic books devoted) #1 (of 3)
Justice League of America: Another Nail #1 (of 3)
Justice League of America: Another Nail #1 (of 3)
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/j/jleaguanail1.jpg\") The JLA joins forces with its newest recruit - Superman - and faces a sprawling adventure that catapults them to other worlds, other dimensions, other eras and even the mystical realms that lead to Hell itself!… |
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Justice League: Batman Paperweight
Justice League: Batman Paperweight
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/j/jla_pweight_batman.jpg\") Although he has no superpowers, Batman is the world\’s greatest detective and has one of the sharpest analytical minds on Earth. He is often the key to Justice League\’s victories, despite the fact that he is uncomfortable in the spotlight and only joins a team operation when absolutely necessary. But… |
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The Soviet Superman is never meant to be evil just overprotective and stifling. Unfortunately the author chose to absolve the alternate Superman of most of his crimes by blaming them on outside manipulations reducing the impact of the story. I also have t
Batman: Harvest Breed TPB
![](\"http://affimg.tfaw.com/coverst/100/b/batmanharvestbreedtpb.jpg\") Six years ago, a series of grisly murders rocked the city of Gotham. Despite the efforts of the police and the legendary Batman, the crimes remained unsolved, the victims unavenged. Now, the killer has returned and Batman has been granted a chance at redemption. But the pursuit of a murderer unlike … |
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The Comic Book is one of America’s unsung contribution to culture.
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