Archive for December, 2006
(Comic books plus) Still, this is a fun comic with some dark tones that should entertain serious DC Comics fans.
Still, this is a fun comic with some dark tones that should entertain serious DC Comics fans.
Comic Books portray our fears, our desires and ethos.
Batman Superman Movie
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FoxTrot’ says goodbye, new comics arrive (Red Bluff Daily News)
Starting on Monday, there will be a few changes to the comics page. “FoxTrot” will no longer appear in the Red Bluff Daily News after Saturday because artist Bill Amend has decided to focus solely on a Sunday-only comic starting with Dec. 31.
Comics page change (The Charleston Gazette)
Over the Hedge will replace FoxTrot in the daily comics page of the Gazette, beginning Jan. 1. FoxTrot creator Bill Amend decided to start producing his cartoon only on Sundays so he could spend time on other pursuits.
Super Friends!: Truth, Justice and Peace TPB
Super Friends!: Truth, Justice and Peace TPB
 Your favorite television super team is back again! Super Friends was a TV cartoon phenomenon when it debuted in 1973, and it continues to see airtime on the Cartoon Network to this day! DC’s legendary super-heroes, Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman are joined by super-hero trainees … |
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Bottom line.as the years pass, I predict this will be a seriously sought after collector’s item. So buy it soon or now .before someone on “Amazon Marketplace”, “Ebay”, or some “other seller” in the next 20 years tries to sell you a used copy of i
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(Comic books included) Batman: Contagion TPB
Batman: Contagion TPB
 Plague in the streets! A city in the throes of chaos! Gotham’s wealthiest citizens locked in a luxury ghetto, willing to pay any price for a cure. A band of heroes desperate for a solution. A Mysterious and lethal virus is unleashed on the unknowing inhabitants of Gotham City, causing excruciating p… |
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Nightwing Vol. 5 TPB: The Hunt For Oracle
Nightwing Vol. 5 TPB: The Hunt For Oracle
 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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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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Michael Turner has made a name for himself in comics but I can’t stand that sketchy art style he uses. It seems he puts little effort into showing us the texture of objects and his characters have little variety in facial expression and emotion. It is on
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(Comic book classified) Superman/ Popeye/ Betty Boop
Superman/ Popeye/ Betty Boop
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Batman: No Man’s Land Vol. 5 TPB
Batman: No Man’s Land Vol. 5 TPB
 In the last days of No Man’s Land… Gotham’s deadliest villain returns with a vengeance! As the United States government moves towards a resolution to end the controversial policy of sealing off the post-Cataclysm Gotham City from the rest of the world, a new threat arises for those trapped within…. |
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Pipeline Podcast
Augie concludes his chat with Chris Eliopoulos this week, and offers an odd assortment of comics for the week’s Top Ten releases.
DC Direct: Superman The Animated Series - Green Lantern Maquette
DC Direct: Superman The Animated Series - Green Lantern Maquette
 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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I have to wonder if there’s any writer besides Alan Moore capable of writing a truly great Superman story.
Oddball Comics: Popeye And Communication And Media Careers E-3
In all of comicdom, there’s probably nobody who routinely butchers the English language more than Popeye The Sailor! So just what is the salty-mouthed seafarer think he’s doing by dispensing information and advice on how to earn a lotta spinach in jobs in the communications industry? Has Popeye taken so many hits to the head that he’s forgotten that “I yam what I yam”? Find out in POPEYE AND COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA CAREERS, an Oddball educational giveaway comic that’s guaranteed to blow you down!
Popeye The Sailor — the creation of cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar (1894 - 1938) - was introduced in the King Features syndicated newspaper comic strip, THIMBLE THEATRE on January 17, 1929 (nearly ten years into the strip’s run). The strip - created at the urging of newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst — originally concerned itself with the exploits of two adventurers, Castor Oyl and his pal Ham Gravy. Popeye was introduced (as a non-recurring character) when the duo required nautical transportation to a casino located on remote Dice Island, where they planned to strike it rich with their magical Whiffle Hen named Bernice. Segar - whose signature included a cartoon of a cigar butt - discovered that he enjoyed writing and drawing the pugnacious sailor, so much so that he extended his presence in THIMBLE THEATRE. According to COMICS BETWEEN THE PANELS, a verbal history of comics by Steve Duin and Mike Richardson, Segar once expressed that “Popeye is much more than a goofy comic character to me. He represents all my emotions, and he is an outlet for them. I’d like to cut loose and knock the heck out of a lot of people, but my good judgment and size hold me back.” Soon after his introduction, the squinty-orbed seaman became THIMBLE THEATRE’s star character. Although scrawny overall and without a tooth in his head, the squinty-eyed seafarer had muscular forearms the size of hams, possessed amazing strength and was nearly indestructible. Never one to shirk from a challenge, Popeye’s super-abilities were originally attributed to contact with the Whiffle Hen, but was eventually linked to the sailor man’s intake of spinach. (In the 1930s, Popeye’s dependence on the leafy legume supposedly increased spinach consumption by 33%!) In addition to his emaciated girlfriend, Olive Oyl (Castor’s sister and originally, Ham Gravy’s girlfriend) THIMBLE THEATER’s cast eventually grew to include such classic characters as hamburger-thieving J. Wellington Wimpy, Eugene the Jeep (from the 5th Dimension), Poopdeck Pappy (Popeye’s long-lost father), the sinister Sea Hag, the brutal thugs Bluto and Brutus, enigmatic Alice The Goon, demented inventor O.G. Wotasnozzle and many others. When Segar died tragically young (from leukemia), THIMBLE THEATRE - known now in many newspapers simply as “Popeye” - carried on under Charles H. “Doc” Winner and later by Segar’s former assistants, Bela Zaboly and Forrest “Bud” Sagendorf. Before Sagendorf took over production of the comic strip entirely in 1958, he wrote and drew dozens of memorable POPEYE comic books, variously published by Dell, Gold Key, King and Charlton, among others. When the POPEYE strip was re-launched in the mid-1980s, it was written and drawn by former underground cartoonist Bobby London; his version of the sailor man combined Segar’s classic approach with a distinctive contemporary flavor. Unfortunately, syndicate politics ended Bobby’s outstanding run on POPEYE far too prematurely. Since then, chameleon-like “ghost” cartoonist Hy Eisman has been grinding out new Sunday strips for King Features, which currently reprints old POPEYE dailies by Sagendorf.
The Fleischer Studio first animated Popeye in a tryout guest appearance in the 1933 cartoon short BETTY BOOP MEETS POPEYE THE SAILOR. (Other King Features comic strip characters to receive this treatment were Otto Soglo’s “Little King” and Carl Anderson’s “Henry”.) The animated Popeye met with such interest that the Fleischer brothers, Max and Dave, starred him in the first of hundreds of his own theatrical cartoon shorts, I YAM WHAT I YAM, later that year. The Fleischer also produced three memorable (and rather experimental) “Popeye” featurettes, POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR, POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES and POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS ALADDIN AND HIS MAGIC LAMP. Studio Renamed Famous Studios when Paramount Pictures bought them in 1942, the cartoon studio continued to produce new theatrical “Popeye” cartoons through 1957. In the early 1960s, a batch of new low budget “Popeye” cartoons was made in “limited animation” for television by a number of studios. A bizarre animated “special” titled POPEYE AND THE MAN WHO HATED LAUGHTER - featuring dozens of other King Features characters — was produced by Hal (MILTON THE MONSTER) Seegar (no relation) for ABC’s SATURDAY SUPERSTAR MOVIE. Hanna-Barbera also made new “Popeye” TV cartoons in the 1970s and 1980s, including the notorious POPEYE AND SON, featuring the adventures of the offspring of a now-married Popeye and Olive. 1980 saw POPEYE as a live-action feature film, written by cartoonist (and former assistant to Will Eisner on THE SPIRIT) Jules Feiffer, directed by Robert Altman, with music by Harry Nilsson and starring Robin Williams as Popeye, Shelly Duval as Olive Oyl, Paul Smith as Bluto, Ray Walston as Poopdeck Pappy and Paul Dooley as J. Wellington Wimpy, In recent years, Popeye has appeared in video games, on slot machines and in a CG made-for-television special.
POPEYE AND COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA CAREERS was one of fifteen specially-produced educational “custom comics” in the CAREER EDUCATIONAL SERIES, prepared, packaged and printed by Charlton Comics and published by King Features and sold directly to school systems. Titles in this series included:
E-1: POPEYE AND HEALTH CAREERS
E-2: POPEYE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CAREERS
E-3: POPEYE AND COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA CAREERS
E-4: POPEYE AND TRANSPORTATION CAREERS
E-5: POPEYE AND CONSTRUCTION CAREERS
E-6: POPEYE AND CONSUMER AND HOMEMAKING CAREERS
E-7: POPEYE AND MANUFACTURING CAREERS
E-8: POPEYE AND HOSPITALITY AND RECREATION CAREERS
E-9: POPEYE AND MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION CAREERS
E-10: POPEYE AND BUSINESS AND OFFICE CAREERS
E-11: POPEYE AND PUBLIC SERVICE CAREERS
E-12: POPEYE AND PERSONAL SERVICE CAREERS
E-13: POPEYE AND MARINE SCIENCE CAREERS
E-14: POPEYE AND FINE ARTS AND HUMANITIES CAREERS
E-15: POPEYE AND AGRI-BUSINESS AND NATURAL RESOURCES CAREERS
Exactly why anyone at the King Features Syndicate thought that Popeye was the ideal character to extol the virtues of such inappropriate careers (with the exception of POPEYE AND MARINE SCIENCE CAREERS) is anyone’s guess. But when you consider that the “real” Popeye seems unable to replicate the English language with any sort of proper grammar or “pronunskiashun”, it’s especially ironic (and Oddball) to have the sailor-man hosting his own comic on COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA CAREERS
POPEYE AND COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA CAREERS’ untitled, 31-page cover-story was written by Joe Gill and drawn by Ray Dirgo. It begins on its inside-front-cover, as Popeye launches into an exhaustively long-winded introduction - in perfect English, no less - to Swee’pea:
POPEYE:
In this country, we get more information than any other people on Earth, Swee’pea, and I am going to explain to you how we get our information. We can talk to people almost anywhere in the world with this telephone, Swee’pea. Communications help to bring people of the world closer together and increase our understanding of people of other nations. We can find what’s happening all over the world from the MEDIAthe word they use for television, radio, newspapers, magazines, movies, tapes and records. Besides the news, Swee’pea, television and radio provide information and entertainment for millions! The entertainment field, of course, is another field with many careers to choose from. More than TWO MILLION PEOPLE work in communications and media, Swee’pea, and many more will be employed in television, radio, newspapers, magazines and the telephone industry in the future. No matter what jobs thee people do, they will all play a part in bringing information to people and helping everyone to communicate with one another. There are many different jobs for men and women, young and old, and anyone can find a job if he is interested and shows he has the ability.SWEE’PEA:
What will I have to know to get one of these jobs, Popeye?POPEYE:
That depends on the kind of job that you want and the type that will make you happy, Swee’pea.
Then Popeye takes Swee’pea into the city, showing him examples of the three largest groups of jobs in communications: print, broadcast and telephone/telegraph. (It’s interesting to note that this comic was published long before the concept of the Internet!) Then the squinty-eyed swab takes his adopted son into an office building marked “NBS Television”, where newscast is in progress. While showing Swee’pea around the place, he addresses the reader with some surprisingly blunt information:
POPEYE:
There are NO SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS for television and radio announcers. TV and radio announcers don’t have to be college graduates, but the companies prefer them. They also want men and women who look nice and have clear, pleasing voices.
After a rather jarring scene-shift to a battlefield - demonstrating that radio and TV announcers “have to get out where the news is being made” - Popeye lays some more drier-than-dry information on Swee’pea about the requirements of working as a broadcast technician. Then, Popeye and Swee’pea move on to the offices of the CITY TIMES newspaper, outside of which, Popeye is “mowed down” by an over-enthusiastic journalist. Strolling around the newsroom, Popeye explains the duties of the City Editor and the Sports Editor. Then he delivers an extraordinarily lengthy bit of dialog - by necessity, hand-lettered at a very small size — all within a single word balloon:
POPEYE:
As you see, newspaper editors are well informed, and can put thoughts into words. Some newspaper only hire men and women to be editors who have a college education and some insist on a degree in journalism, but there are other newspaper jobs for those who have not gone to college. Newspapers also need printing press operators, artists of all kinds, photographers, delivery men and may more. How would you like to be a copy boy, Swee’pea?
(Hmmm, looks to me like this is an example of some last-minute editing. Popeye had better watch out; with any more of these extra-verbose word balloons, he might develop a hunchback!) After visiting the CITY TIMES’ nutty-looking Society Editor, staff photographer J. Wellington Wimpy runs by. Popeye assumes he’s on the trail of a big story, but typically, Wimpy’s on a coffee break and running off to order a dozen hamburgers from a nearby diner. Then Popeye visits a fashion photographer (who’s shooting a session with Olive Oyl), the wilderness (where he’s chased by a camera-shy bear), an art gallery (where fine artwork is being photographed) and a room marked “Top Secret” (where a suspicious-looking guy is taking photos of classified material with a very tiny camera!) Following a long screed on the requirements for becoming a photographer, Popeye visits a photoengraving company, an art school and a commercial art studio. After posing for a life-drawing class and annoying one of the art school’s instructors, a towering stack of magazines topple over on Popeye while he delivers a message about the life of a commercial artist:
POPEYE:
SOMETHING NEW IS HAPPENING EVERY MINUTE OF THE DAY. PEOPLE WORKING IN COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA HELP TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS! THEY LOVE THEIR WORK LIKE I LOVE SPINACH!
Geez, calm down, ya swab! Next, Popeye pays a visit to a factory to see how a newspaper is printed. (One of these panels has been very poorly printed - with smudged and bleeding black ink that makes it difficult to read its hand-lettered copy — which is rather ironic, considering that this comic was actually printed on Charlton’s privately-owned printing presses!) As Swee’pea re-joins him, Popeye tells him about potential careers in the telephone business. Visiting the offices of a phone company, we see Olive Oyl working as a phone operator, one of over 400,000 of them in the country:
POPEYE:
Nearly all telephone operators are girls, Swee’pea, but there are a few men too.
Then the old salt takes Swee’pea to a privately-run office building and introduces the human tadpole to women who works as a receptionist and phone switchboard operator, one of whom has skin the color of a ripe lemon. (I guess she’s supposed to be Asian; either that, or it’s just another example of Charlton’s hit-or-miss printing.) This sequence ends with Popeye sleeping on a park bench located outside the phone company’s headquarters!
POPEYE:
One of the drawbacks to being a telephone operator is you may have to work nights sometimes and you may have to work on week-ends or holidays.
Later, we catch up with Popeye at the local airport, where he takes us inside the control tower to watch various air traffic ground controllers doing their job. One of ‘em, apparently another lemon-skinned Asian, receives a comedic electrical shock while tightening a loose wire in his instrument console. Then, after a mind-numbing page on the legal requirements needed to work in airline radio-operator jobs, Popeye finally gets to do what he does best. (No, he doesn’t beat the snot out of a bully.) He rows a dinghy out to an offshore ship to visit its Morse code operator. Then he visits a train yard, where he watches a train dispatcher use the telegraph to do his job. Apparently, Popeye’s so immersed in his mission to teach Swee’pea about jobs in the communication and media that he forgets that he’s standing on the train tracks - it takes a warning cry from Swee’pea to alert him to an oncoming train - and he leaps to safety at the last second! Finally, Popeye takes a look at the job of phone company linemen, “some of the most important communications workers”. In the middle of a blinding snowstorm - one so thick that cartoonist Ray Dirgo is able to get away with leaving one panel blank - we’re shown a phone company’s cable splicer working in a canvas shelter high above the ground. In a rare bit of humor, Popeye wryly comments:
POPEYE:
They told him he’d get plenty of fresh air on this job!
Later, back at home, while Popeye reads the newspaper, Swee’pea reads a POPEYE comic book, considering his options regarding a future career in communications and media. But when he’s interrupted to answer the ringing telephone, he’s amused to realize it’s a wrong number - the caller’s speaking Chinese!
Also included in this issue of POPEYE AND COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA CAREERS are the following features:
- “Can You Answer These?”, a quiz regarding the contents of this educational comic book.
- “Hey, Kids - Discussion Questions!”, an inside-back-cover list of questions to consider and discuss with classmates.
- A back-cover “Popeye” gag cartoon/pin-up, drawn by George Wildman, of the sailor-man working as a lineman for the phone company (!?!) while dealing with an over-aggressively territorial woodpecker.
ODDBALL Factoid - Cover-cartoonist George Wildman has not only written and drawn the comic book adventures of Popeye The Sailor. He’s also worked on such characters as Mickey Mouse, the Ghostbusters, the Snorks, the Jetsons, Alf, Nancy and Sluggo, Curious George, Tiny Toons, Casper The Friendly Ghost and Clifford The Big Red Dog!
Bonus ODDBALL Factoid - ODDBALL Factoid - POPEYE AND COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA CAREERS’ incredibly prolific writer Joe Gill was responsible for countless scripts for Charlton, including ones for such Oddball series as KONGA, GORGO and REPTILICUS!
Double-Bonus ODDBALL Factoid — Statues of Popeye The Sailor have been erected in Elzie Segar’s home town of Chester, Illinois and in “the spinach capital of the world”, Crystal City, Texas!
Fantastic Four 2, Speed Racer, Avatar: December 27th Comic Reel Wrap
Where can you find everything you need to know about the new teaser trailer? Right here, plus a crazy rumor about Pops Racer’s pride and joy and James Cameron takes his time in today’s look at links, legends and lies.
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HOLIDAY GIFT Number Four of Four - COMICS WITH PROBLEMS HOLIDAY ISSUE (woman comic book character)
HOLIDAY GIFT Number Four of Four - COMICS WITH PROBLEMS HOLIDAY ISSUE
As our final gift for the year - Few things say the Holidays like Charlie Brown and Sally. Click the link for the only Government Health Comic ever drawn by Charles Schulz. You’ll love the title. Thank you and Happy Holidays - Much more in 2007 - Best to you and Keep in touch - Ethan
HOLIDAY GIFT Number One of Four - TWO POODLE CARTOONS
You’ll love this. Our Big Item. This is the finished and final edit for the two animated pieces from POODLE SAMIZDAT. Instructions removed and re-edited into a standalone set of cartoons with added voice talent and a new animated introduction. Click to watch and download. Please Distribute. Thank you - Ethan
Hello - Your Four Holiday Gifts for Dec 06
Greetings from EP.TC - Continuing our annual December tradition, we’ve posted our Holiday Gifts for 2006. Four of them this year - They are - Two Poodle Cartoons, Childrens Hospital Fundraiser Comic Strips, A Dog and His Elephant now free, and a Peanuts issue Comics with Problems about Amblyopia. Click the link for more information. Thank you, Enjoy, and Have a Great New Year - Ethan
If you would have two Superman books to buy, I would recommend “Whatever Happened to the man of tomorrow” and this one, hands down.
Birds Of Prey #94
 Written by Gail Simone Art by Paulo Siqueira & Robin Riggs Cover by Terry & Rachel Dodson The Society pulls out the big gun: Prometheus! Can the Huntress outwit a kidnapper who’s got the skills of thirty assassins and an escape route to the Ghost Zone?… |
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Superman: Last Son Of Krypton
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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 (heroes comic books)
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
Superman Classics
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Unfortunately, as Revealed is the final part of a trilogy, it spends a great deal of time tying up loose ends and completing the story from the other two books. In addition, as it is a tie in to other stories like The OMAC Project, Day of Vengeance and Su
Superman: The Death of Superman TPB
Superman: The Death of Superman TPB
 "Superman dead! Metropolis marvel killed in action." Can it be! The man of steel is no more? This is a collection of all the DC single comic issues that originally covered the demise of Superman. This book collects: Superman: The Man of Steel #s 17-19 Superman Vol. 2 #s 73-75 Adven… |
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GRAPHIC NOVELS (artist book comic wanted) (Miami Herald)
GRAPHIC NOVELS (Miami Herald)
COLLECTION’S SUPER DESPITE NO HEROES The Best American Comics 2006. Edited by Harvey Pekar and Anne Elizabeth Moore. Houghton Mifflin. 294 pages. $22.
The Comic Book is one of America’s unsung contribution to culture.
To really understand this book, you have to keep in mind these stories were written at a time when the government didn’t regulate what chemicals went into drinking water, pregnant women were encouraged to smoke, and doctors regularly prescribed cocaine a
Business Digest (Louisville Courier-Journal)
Gee whiz! Comics character growing up After 65 years, Archie, Betty, Veronica and friends are, for better or worse, growing up. The publisher of Archie comics — Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Complex hero makes for 2006’s best series (Philadelphia Daily News)
IN A YEAR that saw the comics industry gain substantial sales and publish more quality titles than I can remember, it was difficult to pick the best series of the year.
Superman: Animated Series Vol 2
Superman: Animated Series Vol 2
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The Comic Book is one of America’s (artist book comic donald green lantern pencil) unsun….
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Robin Cook’s Invasion
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Like all the S/B stories, this one features more twists than a bag of pretzels.
Marvel.com - Spider-Man, the X-Men, Wolverine, Hulk, Fantastic Four …
Stephen King’s Dark Tower: The Gunslinger born comes to life thanks to an exciting mix of art … Comics On Sale: …
Batman and the Monster Men #6
 The spine-tingling conclusion of Matt Wagner’s 6-part miniseries! Hugo Strange and his cadre of freakish henchmen descend on The Roman’s crew of ruthless mobsters. Can Batman rescue the woman he loves from the bloody carnage?… |
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Superman vs. (dc comic book hero) Aliens TPB - nick & dent
Superman vs. Aliens TPB - nick & dent
Superman vs. Aliens TPB - nick & dent
 He came to earth in a rocket, a strange visitor from another planet. Now, years later, signals from space could be the beginning of a trail to his home planet Krypton. Can anything stop a man of steel from discovering his long-lost heritage? Can anything stand between a Superman and that which he l… |
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Superman Adventures Vol. 4 TPB: The Man Of Steel (Digest Edition)
Superman Adventures Vol. 4 TPB: The Man Of Steel (Digest Edition)
 The Man of Steel battles the sinister Toyman, the mysterious Multi-face, the Parasite, Mr. Mxyzptlk and the deadly Brainiac. Plus an appearance by Supergirl! All in this manga-size super specatacular! Reprinting issues #35-39 of the ongoing series…. |
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This time, however, it’s just not all that great. Sure, the art is fun to look at, and the characters retain their.character, but the time twisting storylines and over the top actions and.gaint robots just don’t suit Loeb’s writing talents. For great w
Meteor Man
 Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle) leads an all-star cast including Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones and Bill Cosby in this laugh-out-loud, feel-good comic fantasy about a reluctant superhero on a crusade to save his neighborhood. Move over, Superman! Spineless Jeffe… |
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HOLIDAY GIFT Number Two of Four - 1949 CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL FUNDRAISER COMIC STRIPS
Featuring titles like LIFE IS HARD ENOUGH and WHAT IF HE’S A CRIPPLE? these are the comic strips we’ve been intentionally holding out on sharing with you all year. Used in 1949 by the Children’s Medical Center in Boston during Christmas Season fundraising. Click to read, more information at http://www.ep.tc/intro.html
HOLIDAY GIFT Number Three of Four - A DOG AND HIS ELEPHANT - now free
We’ve decided to offer our DOG AND HIS ELEPHANT story for Free. Happy Holiday, click to read, more information at http://www.ep.tc/intro.html
Hello - Your Four Holiday Gifts for Dec 06
Greetings from EP.TC - Continuing our annual December tradition, we’ve posted our Holiday Gifts for 2006. Four of them this year - They are - Two Poodle Cartoons, Childrens Hospital Fundraiser Comic Strips, A Dog and His Elephant now free, and a Peanuts issue Comics with Problems about Amblyopia. Click the link for more information. Thank you, Enjoy, and Have a Great New Year - Ethan
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Adventures of Superman #562
 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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Superman Adventures Vol. 2 TPB: The Never-Ending Battle (Digest Edition)
Superman Adventures Vol. 2 TPB: The Never-Ending Battle (Digest Edition)
 A new digest reprinting five issues of the comic inspired by the animated TV show. Reprints Superman Adventures #25-29…. |
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One Hour Photo
 Robin Williams delivers his "finest hour" (USA Today) in "one of the eeriest, most absorbing, effective thrillers in years" (NBC-TV). Sy "the photo guy" Parrish (Williams) has lovingly, painstakingly developed photographs for the Yorkin family si… |
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Comics Review: The Bakers Meet Jingle Belle (Blogcritics.org)
Though I know they’re coming this time o’ year — and I enjoy reading ‘em — I never seem to pick up Paul Dini’s seasonal Jingle Belle funnybooks until after their holiday’s passed. So when I actually managed to purchase this year’s Dark Horse one-shot, The Bakers Meet Jingle Belle , on the Wednesday before Xmas, I couldn’t help feeling unreasonably proud of meself. Look at me buying …
One main concern I have is that readers really need to have a strong background in DC history to fully “get” what is going on with the story.
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THE (comic book bondage cover of the day) CLEAN COMICS CLUB: (Chicago Sun-Times)
THE CLEAN COMICS CLUB: (Chicago Sun-Times)
Sample joke: “I don’t understand senior-citizen discounts. Why do they get half price when they’ve had twice as long to raise the cash?”
Ultraman Tiga #2 (of 10)
 Hailed as a cultural icon in Hong Kong, on par with our own Superman or Batman, Ultraman has punched, kicked and karate-chopped his way into the hearts of fans internationally for nearly four decades. Known and loved the world over, the monster-smashing sci-fi superstar comes to Dark Horse courtesy … |
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Zeta One
 This sexual cocktail of "Austin Powers"-type kitsch is based on a story from the popular sixties magazine Zeta. Following a game of strip poker, blonde bombshell Ann Olsen (Yutte Stensgaard) learns that Special Agent James Word (Robin Horden) is investigating Public Enemy No.1, … |
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For instance, I did not read the “Hush” storyline in Batman, so I was left out on the impact a character made on this story at one point.
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Power Rangers: Ultimate Rangers
Power Rangers: Ultimate Rangers
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Comics go from crude to clean (Chicago Sun-Times)
American comedy feels ruder and raunchier than ever. Satellite radio has embraced the dirtiest minds on the planet, with Howard Stern leading the discussion.
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(Devil may cry comic book) If you read through the unending twists and turns of this story to the final. Then you should get an A for effort but give an F to DC for showing us a Superman pushed over the edge and the final battle with Wonder Woman is both unbeliveable and among the
If you read through the unending twists and turns of this story to the final. Then you should get an A for effort but give an F to DC for showing us a Superman pushed over the edge and the final battle with Wonder Woman is both unbeliveable and among the
Comic Books portray our fears, our desires and ethos.
Esta coleccion de Superman/Batman quita el aliento, te cautiva y quiere devorarlo lo mas pronto posible, es super excelente la combinacion de dos grandes superheroes incluido el increible BATMAN. Supergirl.WOW!!!! Altamente recomendable.
DC Comics
The official DC Comics web page. Plenty of information about all their titles. Listen to the Superman radio show. Chat, trivia questions, and an Email newsletter.
Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups Vol. 1 TPB
Crisis on Multiple Earths: The Team-Ups Vol. 1 TPB
 In these eight stories from the pinnacle of the Silver Age of DC Comics, thrill to the exploits of Green Lantern, Flash, Dr. Fate, Hourman, Black Canary and Starman as they oppose the Shade, Captain Cold, Solomon Grundy, and more! This volume collects THE FLASH #123, 129, 137, 151; GREEN LANTERN #40… |
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If you read through the unending twists and turns of this story to the final. Then you should get an A for effort but give an F to DC for showing us a Superman pushed over the edge and the final battle with Wonder Woman is both unbeliveable and among the
Outsiders Vol. 3 #27
 Batman and Katana guest-star in the explosive conclusion to ‘Tick Tock!’ Batman and The Outsiders are together again as the sins of the past blast back, forcing the team into a confrontation with a deadly terror that is not what it seems…. |
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Batman TPB: Dark Detective
 Don’t miss this collection featuring the 6-issue miniseries reuniting one of the great Batman creative teams of the 1970s! In Dark Detective , The Joker enters a gubernatorial election using the campaign slogan ‘Vote for me or I’ll kill you!’ Will it persuade voters?… |
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Damn
I am picking my first Top 5 for an issue of Razorcake. This is SERIOUS BUSINESS. In every issue, all the writers and staff pick a top 5, which is…
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Comic Books portray our fears, our desir…. (comic book wallpaper)
Comic Books portray our fears, our desires and ethos.
Outsiders Vol. 3 #26
 Guest writer Peter Tomasi ( The Light Brigade ) joins artists Will Conrad and Sean Parsons for Part 1 of the 2-part ‘Tick Tock’ that reunites Batman with Black Lightning, Katana and Metamorpho! Old and new members team up as Arsenal helps one of the original Outsiders atone for a mistake made long a… |
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Action Comics #834
 Once upon a time, the Queen of Fables unleashed Kryptonian nightmares on the people of Metropolis and she would not stop until Superman was hers. Will the Man of Steel live happily ever after - or not at all?… |
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BIRTHRIGHT begins with Clark on a freelance writing assignment in Africa. The violence Clark witnesses while there lead him to wonder if there’s a way he can use his powers to benefit mankind. So he returns to Smallville, where with the help of his p
Jurgens was nothing special on Superman, this story and his Thor run are among the most boring of stories. Heck, Death of Superman was in a way the end of comics as we know it, with few issues being left undamaged by the no talent work.
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I’m reading book number 67 for the year, THE TENTH CIRCLE by Jodi Picoult, and I’ve found that I’m getting a two for one deal. One of the main characters in the book is a writer of comics, so periodically it breaks into a few pages from his comic book….I like the mixture.
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SUPERMAN: EXILE is a worthwhile read for any kind of Superman fan. Both pre and post Crisis aficionados will find something to like in this story. And hey, it occurs prior to Superman’s exaggerated death, so that’s a plus either way you look at it. (the big apple comic book convention)
SUPERMAN: EXILE is a worthwhile read for any kind of Superman fan. Both pre and post Crisis aficionados will find something to like in this story. And hey, it occurs prior to Superman’s exaggerated death, so that’s a plus either way you look at it.
One Fan’s Opinion
With the death of Dave Cockrum earlier this week, Erik Larsen looks back on the tremendous career Cockrum had and the important role he played in the history of American comics.
Permanent Damage
Steven asked you guys to check in with gift ideas this holiday season for the comics fanatic in the under $50 range and you guys came up with some goodies. Plus, reviews of “Zombee,” “Let Us Be/Perfectly Clear,” “Scars and Bars” and more.
Batman: All-Star - Jim Lee T-Shirt (XXL)
Batman: All-Star - Jim Lee T-Shirt (XXL)
 The Dark Knight gets into some heavy evening action on the new Batman: All-Star T-Shirt. Features the pencil art of Jim Lee screenprinted in red on the front of a natural-color 100% cotton shirt…. |
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DC Preivews: “Grifter/Midnighter,” “Y: The Last Man,” “Teen …
DC Comics has unleashed upon us a bevy of full-color previews of some of the publisher’s most popular titles shipping in January. Take an advance look at “Superman/Batman” # 34, “Teen Titans” #42, and the first issue of “Grifter And Midnighter.”
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Adventures of Superman #647
 The final battle between Superman and Ruin is here, and Superman must choose between his best friend and justice! Will Lupe get her revenge against Pete Ross?… |
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Post-Apocalypse Now: Johnston’s “Wasteland”
Writer Antony Johnston catches readers up on Oni Press sci-fi epic, Wasteland, and explains how RPG’s made him the writer he is. We provide a full primer on the series, plus a preview of issue #5.
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Augie wants to save Wizard Magazine. This week, he’s playing armchair Editor In Chief, and sharing with you his plan to revitalize the struggling publication. Plus, a look at Marvel, DC, and CrossGen releases for February.
Superman Vol. 2 #207
 Superman’s battle "For Tomorrow" marches on! In issue #206, Big Blue came face-to-face with a seemingly unstoppable foe backed by a ruthless dictator. While Superman has vowed not to take sides in a civil unrest, he finally must decide on whether he maintains his neutrality or take… |
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It’s not often you get to see Superman hitting bottom, and the creators really pulled it off nicely. The first half of this book details his slide into despair and self destruction, and really says a great deal about loss. We can’t always live up to t
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DC Archives - Superman Vol. 1 HC (Introductory Edition) (comic book stores central missouri)
DC Archives - Superman Vol. 1 HC (Introductory Edition)
DC Archives - Superman Vol. 1 HC (Introductory Edition)
 Available at a new low price, the classic Archive Edition collecting SUPERMAN #1-4! Relive the early adventures of Superman with this great, hard cover edition…. |
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Justice League: Mega Armor Superman Action Figure
Justice League: Mega Armor Superman Action Figure
 The Justice League was created to uphold justice through out the galaxy. These brave super heroes are always ready to take on evil. The Mega Armor Superman Figure stands approximately 4 1/2-inches-tall and comes with a gun and Mega Armor. Recommended for ages 4 and up…. |
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After reading the affordable DEATH OF SUPERMAN trade, I can say that I’m not very impressed with it. The story, from Dan Jurgens, Louise Simonson, and others, is a simple affair: an unknown threat emerges from an unknown location with an unknown agenda
Happy 38th Birthday, Matt Hollingsworth!
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JLA: Secret Origins TPB (writing for comic books)
JLA: Secret Origins TPB
 Do you think you know the complete origins of the cornerstone members of the JLA? Well, you don’t. Collected here are the origins of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern and Aquaman by some of the finest comic talents around…. |
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It’s this sort of superficial investigation that dooms “Red Son” to superficial stabs at political comment, and third rate reimaginings of history that are, frankly, tiresome.
Comics.com Home Page
United Media offers online editions to many comic strips, like Alley Oop, Dilbert, Marmaduke, Nancy, and Peanuts.
King Features Syndicate - Comics
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(Adult comic book) McCloud Family Tourcasts
McCloud Family Tourcasts
Winter grills Webcomics entrepreneur R. Stevens of “Diesel Sweeties” about technology, romance, videogames and drawing with big fat pixels. Includes robots and action sequences.
Official Press Release
The New Universe is alive again thanks to the all-star creative team of Warren Ellis and Salvador Larroca and fans have responded to their all-new take on the 80s comic line in newuniversal. newuniversal #1 has sold out at Diamond and Marvel is going back to press with an all-new painted variant cover by Esad Ribic, the man behind the covers for last years House of M.
newuniversal #1 Second Printing Variant features a homage cover by Ribic of Justice #1, one of the titles that kicked off the New Universe in the 1980s.
Steven G. Saunders of SilverBulletComicBooks.com calls it “a truly wonderful kick-off for a new series, one of which I think is some of Ellis best work.”
For a sprawling, realistic but epic take on super humans by Ellis and top-notch Larroca art, you must check out the New Universe reborn in the pages of newuniversal.
Be advised, copies of newuniversal #1 may still be available at the retail level.
newuniversal #1 SECOND PRINTING VARIANT (NOV068018)
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Penciled by SALVADOR LARROCA
Cover by ESAD RIBIC
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
FOC 12/28, On-Sale 1/17/2007
But above all, for me, this is what Superman is all about. Forget Kal El, for me he will allways be Clark Kent and that says a lot. He is a real good guy, who has these amazing powers and decide to sacrifice himself, his personal life, to do good. He has
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Augie wants to save Wizard Magazine. This week, he’s playing armchair Editor In Chief, and sharing with you his plan to revitalize the struggling publication. Plus, a look at Marvel, DC, and CrossGen releases for February.
Superman Batman #26 (Robin Cover)
Superman Batman #26 (Robin Cover)
 Written by Sam Loeb with Jeph Loeb, Allan Heinberg, Joss Whedon, Joe Kelly, Brad Meltzer, Mark Verheiden, Brian K. Vaughan, Geoff Johns, Joe Casey and Paul Levitz. Art by John Cassaday, Joe Madureira, Jeff Matsuda, Ian Churchill, Ed McGuinness, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, Tim Sale, Arthur Adams, Joyce Chi… |
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(Good old comic books) Witch Hunter Robin: Complete Collectio
Witch Hunter Robin: Complete Collectio
Witch Hunter Robin: Complete Collectio
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Comic Books portray our fears, our desires and ethos.
Happy 53rd Birthday, JM Dematteis!
Batman: The Chalice TPB
 "Oh, but you can’t expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you!" Somebody has sent Bruce Wayne a package and it isn’t even his birthday. Upon openning it he discovers the Holy Grail. This is no Monty Python movie. Catwoman, Penguin an… |
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Happy 38th Birthday, Matt Hollingsworth!
I have been reading comics for almost 20 years now, and Superman stands as the one I like the most ok, it is old fashioned, he can be pretty boring, but what can I say, he was the first and still the best .
Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity TPB
Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity TPB
 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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(Online pornographic comic books) Batman: Mission Masters 4 - Shadow Copter Batman Action Figure
Batman: Mission Masters 4 - Shadow Copter Batman Action Figure
Batman: Mission Masters 4 - Shadow Copter Batman Action Figure
 Suddenly the sound of blades slicing the night air reveals Batman in his Shadow Copter! Firing his super-stun Night Sting Missile into the fray, the Dark Knight vanishes as quickly as he appeared, leaving a dazed collection of notorious crooks for the police to collect the next morning. The Shadow C… |
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Happy 52nd Birthday, Beau Smith!
Star Trek: The Key Collection Vol. 5 TPB
Star Trek: The Key Collection Vol. 5 TPB
 Volume five collects issue #33-40 of this archetypal comic book series! Pioneering comic book artist Al McWilliams (Flash Gordon Sergeant Spook) lends his talent to this comic book classic. Story titles include ‘The Psychocrystals’ ‘A Bomb in Time’ ‘Furlough to Fury’ and more!… |
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I cant say that i care much for the art in this third book, but i totally dig the story. It is engaging , while at the same time filled with mystery and jaw dropping scenes. Overall, i like this book for the story, but feel that the art should have been d
CR Week In Review
The top comics-related news stories from December 9 to December 15, 2006:
1. Major Danish Cartoons Controvery fall-out continues 14 months after pubilcation of cartoons: a fatwa reissued, more Yemeni journalists sentenced, and Denmark’s best-known business gets some of its business back.
2. The Angouleme festival overhauls its well-known awards.
3. Comics loses two of its most colorful characters: the kindly and solicitous Golden Age artist Martin Nodell; the maverick logger/cartoonist and unlkely modern graphic novel pioneer Bus Griffiths.
Winner Of The Week
Diesel Sweeties: the strip syndication version of the popular on-line webcomic launches with a small suite of big papers and several open or brand-new slots in play.
Loser Of The Week
Me, for not reading a story right the first time and then not changing the URL name after I change and post my updated story.
Quote Of The Week
“If someone chops your head off and your skin rots you look like this.” — Hayley Campbell, age 7.
I thought my friend Gil might get a kick out of this one
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DC Direct: Golden Age Flash Statue
DC Direct: Golden Age Flash Statue
 As a university science student, Keystone City’s Jay Garrick accidentally inhaled chemical fumes which endowed him with the power of super-speed. As the Fastest Man Alive, the Flash has fought crime and injustice across seven decades, both on his own and as a member of the Justice Society of America… |
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Happy 38th Birthday, Matt Hollingsworth!
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As Clark Kent is showing Kara the outside world Wonder Woman, Harbinger and Artemis ambush them. They insist of taking Kara to Themyscira home of the Amazons for training because Harbinger had a vague vision that bad things would happen due to Kara bein (wars comic book art)
As Clark Kent is showing Kara the outside world Wonder Woman, Harbinger and Artemis ambush them. They insist of taking Kara to Themyscira home of the Amazons for training because Harbinger had a vague vision that bad things would happen due to Kara bein
Anime Supercon Adds Four New Guests
Official Press Release
Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Anime Supercon has just added four new guests to it’s growing lineup. Voice Actors Christine Auten (Full Metal Alchemist, Bubblegum Crisis, Lady Death), Brittney Karbowski (Gilgamesh, Yumeria, Jinki: Extend), Spike Spencer (Evangelion, Gunsmith Cats, Bubblegum Crisis, Battle Angel) and Mike McFarland (Dragonball Z, Full Metal Alchemist, Lupin The Third).
Christine Auten has voiced such notable characters as Lady Death in Lady Death, Priss in Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040, Misato Yukimaru in Aquarian Age, Marvel Frozen in Aura Battler Dunbine, Marin in St. Seiya, Barbara Fuccon in The Fuccons, Shino in Princess Nine, Rizel in Chrono Crusade, Izumi Curtis in Full Metal Alchemist and
Sakaki in Azumanga Daioh. Christine has also done voices in a number of other titles
including Princess Tutu, Yugo the Negotiator, Godannar, Divergence Eve, Samurai Gun,
Rune Soldier, Full Metal Panic!, Kaleido Star, AD Police, Shadow Skill, Maburaho, Excel Saga, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Noir, Neo Ranga, Oh! Super Milk Chan and many more!.
Brittney Karbowski, a 19-year-old theater major at the University of Houston, is one of the newest dub voices for ADV Films. To date Brittney’s work includes Fuko in Gilgamesh, Mone in Yumeria, Nahki in Madlax, Reiya in Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok, Momochie in Godannar, and Aoba in Jinki: Extend. She has also done work in Misaki Chronicles, Chrono Crusade, Ghost Stories, Samurai Gun, Vermillion Pleasure Night, and The Legend of Moby Dick. She points to Fuko (Gilgamesh) as her favorite role so far. “She’s cute and wicked, but wicked in a good way,” said Karbowski.
Spike Spencer has been a voice actor since the early nineties. He has voiced hundreds of episodes of Anime including such notable titles as Evangelion, Battle Angel, Suikoden, Orphen, Spriggan, Nadesico, and currently in production on MAR. He has also voiced many radio and television commercials, video games (including the next “World of
Warcraft”, and several other projects. An accomplished actor, he has worked with such notable stars as Tommy Lee Jones, Sandra Bullock, Frank Langella, Tia Carrere, and Scott Glenn and has been on set with many other stars. Spike is also an author, including How to Be A Frickin Genius Voice Actor, Step One, What Happens At The Con, Stays At The Con?, And a Dating Cookbook. Spike is also a screen writer with several projects in various stages. Spike is soon to begin production on his first
feature film that he scripted, Dwindle Down. Spike has traveled to many parts of the world and enjoys a nice hearty Zinfandel or a frothy pint of Guinness. Spike also has his official website up and running at: WORLDOSPIKE.COM
Mike McFarland got his start in anime as one of the first voice actors in Texas to be hired by FUNimation Productions in 1997. Notable roles include Master Roshi, Yajirobe, Android #8 and Pui-Pui in Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z, Baby and Baby-Vegeta in Dragon Ball GT, Goemon in Lupin The Third (Movie Specials), Ritsu Sohma in Fruits Basket, Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist, Leo in Burst Angel, Bruce J. Speed in Galaxy Railways, as well as various roles in Yu Yu Hakusho, Blue Gender, Case Closed,
Spiral, Kodocha, Baki the Grappler, Desert Punk, and Kiddy Grade. He has also worked with ADV Films on Parasite Dolls, Gantz, Shadow Skill, and Diamond Daydreams, and with Geneon on Ghost Talker’s Daydream, Koi Kaze, and Rumiko Takahashi Anthology. As an ADR/Voice Director, Mike has worked on Dragon Ball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho, Case Closed, Dragon Ball, Galaxy Railways, as well as Fullmetal Alchemist, as seen on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. ADR Scriptwriting credits include Fullmetal Alchemist, Kodocha, and the uncut versions of Dragon Ball Z. Mike is also an accomplished improv comedian, musician, and has appeared in numerous commercials and independent films, including The Rage Within, House Of The Generals, the award-winning Schtickmen, and the upcoming Placebo.
Anime Supercon is a convention for Anime and Animation fans taking place April 13-15, 2007 in Ft. Lauderdale. FL. The show will include celebrity guests, writers, artists, vendors, Q&A’s, parties, costume contest, anime programming, manga, cosplay, workshops, panels and more.
The current guest list includes: Dana Snyder (Master Shake in Aqua Teen Hunger Force), Christine Auten (Full Metal Alchemist, Bubblegum Crisis, Lady Death), Brittney Karbowski (Gilgamesh, Yumeria, Jinki: Extend), Spike Spencer (Evangelion, Gunsmith Cats, Bubblegum Crisis, Battle Angel) and Mike McFarland (Dragonball Z, Full Metal Alchemist, Lupin The Third), Wendy Lo (Author) and Terribly Odd (Artist/Designer).
For more information, including tickets, the latest guest additions, vendor tables and artist tables please visit www.animesupercon.com
The Barbarian Who Would Be King
Writer Josh Dysart talks to CBR News about the upcoming Dark Horse mini-series, Conan and the Midnight God, the tale of a forty-six year old Conans mid-life crisis, inspired by Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft and Sam Peckinpah.
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Action Comics #839
 Written by Geoff Johns & Kurt Busiek Art by Pete Woods Cover by Terry Dodson & Rachel Dodson Part 6 of the 8-part ‘Up Up and Away!’ While Superman goes all-out to clean up the plague of villains overrunning Metropolis Lex Luthor finally strikes with a devastating attack that could literally … |
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Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu SC Novel
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu SC Novel
 For millennia, the immortal Sin Tzu has reveled in the joy of death as he enslaved kingdoms and reduced nations to wastelands. A master of mystic powers who can control thousands of minds, Sin Tzu is virtually all-knowing and all-powerful. Now after many years of hunting, the evil genius has finally… |
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For instance, I did not read the “Hush” storyline in Batman, so I was left out on the impact a character made on this story at one point.
Flash: Dead Heat TPB
 Meet Wally West. The fastest man alive… or so he thought. A new contender for the title has emerged… and with him comes death at near light-speed. His name is Savitar. And at his side is an army of speedsters dedicated to the malevolent will of their master and the destruction of those who would… |
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Go, Read: Where The Spiral Begins (comic book retailer online)
Go, Read: Where The Spiral Begins
Alan Gardner at Daily Cartoonist links to and discusses a piece on the collapse of the daily newspaper business model. This should interest both those who see a future for comics on the Internet, and those who are invested in the traditional newspaper revenue model as it trickles down into syndicated cartooning.
By all means this series should have worked. It’s John Byrne and it’s in the 1980s. He’s at his peak. I wanted it to work but frankly, this is a terrible story.
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Batman Justice Symbol T-Shirt (L)
Batman Justice Symbol T-Shirt (L)
 The Dark Knight becomes super-sized on the new Batman Justice T-Shirt. Inspired by the current Alex Ross, Jim Krueger and Doug Braithwaite series from DC Comics, the shirt features a larger-version of the classic bat-symbol screen-printed in black on the front of a graphite grey 100% cotton shirt…. |
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(Lenore comic books) King Features Syndicate - Comics
King Features Syndicate - Comics
Marvel.com - Spider-Man, the X-Men, Wolverine, Hulk, Fantastic Four …
Sandman vs. Spider-Man! The black costume! Eddie Brock, Mary Jane and more!… … Comics On Sale: …
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Batman: 1:43 Scale 1940’s Batmobile
Batman: 1:43 Scale 1940’s Batmobile
 Live the Batman experience with Corgi’s new line of DC Comics Batman vehicles from past decades. This series of 1:43rd die-cast collectible vehicles with unique action features will be a "must-have" for Batman fans worldwide! This 1:43rd scale 1940’s Batmobile measures approximatel… |
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As Plato said in the “Republic”, his Utopian state needed heroes and myths to set higher standards to the people. Well, this is the standard we should follow, morally and in comics.
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The book is really 3 4 stories in one; it is back from a time when a comic took more than 5 minutes to read. It will take you sometime to get through this, and in this case that’s a good thing. (dc comic book cover)
The book is really 3 4 stories in one; it is back from a time when a comic took more than 5 minutes to read. It will take you sometime to get through this, and in this case that’s a good thing.
Quick hits
Exhibits/Events
SLG Holiday Party
NCS Holiday Party
Fantagraphics Holiday Party
Industry
Ambrosia Launches Digital Comics Arm
Missed It: 2006 Ranan Lurie Cartoon Awards
Jeff Darcy Expected To Return To Work in 2007
Via Dirk: Tokyopop Presents At Conflicted Library
Interviews
Fleen: Scott Kurtz
Fleen: David Berner
Not Comics
Origin of The Cad
Gifts For Manga/Anime Fans
Publishing
12/7 BC Pulled For Insensitivity
Last Son Storyline Moved Back An Issue
Writing Assignment Questioned By Previous Comments
Reviews
Paul Gravett: Herge
Don MacPherson: Meltdown #1
Marc Sobel: Love & Rockets #9
Dorothea Cantero: Civil War #1
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Oddball Comics: Four Color (I Aim At The Stars) No. 1148
Despite its title, Dell’s I AIM AT THE STARS is not a comic about a top paparazzi! Instead, read the life story of Dr. Wernher von Braun, the man who entered the USA into the Cold War’s Space Race, in this adaptation of a biographic feature film - starring an actor who would someday be much better-known as one of James Bond’s most fiendish foes! It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to realize that this week’s Oddball Comic aims to please!
So what’s so odd about this extremely rare Dell film adaptation? Well, this military story spans World War II and the “Cold War” between America and Russia, yet doesn’t feature a single battle scene, swastika or mention of Nazis or Communists!
Dr. Wernher von Braun (3/23/12 - 6/16/77) was one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology during and after World War II. Originally creating Germany’s deadly V-2 rockets, which devastated London during WWII, he eventually entered the United States though the then-secret “Operation Paperclip”. There, he not only became a citizen, but worked on America’s ICBM program and served as director of NASA. Dr. von Braun is generally regarded as the father of the United States’ space program.
The film I AIM AT THE STARS was a somewhat fictionalized account of von Braun’s youth, wartime experiences and rise to front-page prominence during the “Space Race” between America and Russia in the late 1950s and 1960s..
I AIM AT THE STARS (1960) was a Columbia Picture and a Morningside Production, produced by Charles H. Schneer and directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Jay Dratler based on a story by George Froeschel, U. Wolder and H. W. John. It starred Curt Jurgens as Dr. Wernher von Braun and Victoria Shaw as Elizabeth Beyer, with Gia Scala, Herbert Lom and James Daly.
Comic books fans probably best know actor/director/journalist Curt Jurgens for his portrayal of James Bond’s foe, shipping magnate Karl Stromberg, in 1977’s THE SPY WHO LOVED ME. But interestingly, the career of the Munich, Germany-born Jurgens (12/12/12 - 6/18/82) echoed that of Dr. Wernher von Braun, being one of the first German-born actors to achieve Hollywood stardom the post-WWII western world. First appearing in German films in 1935, Jurgens was deported to a Hungarian concentration camp by the Nazis in 1944, declared “unreliable” by Dr. Joseph Goebbels. After the war, he returned to acting and directing, and in 1955’s THE DEVIL’S GENERAL, Jurgens portrayed a German WWII hero who renounces the Nazi creed, thereby attracting international attention to his performance. Other notable films that Jurgens appeared in include THE ENEMY BELOW (1957, in his first American production), AND GOD CREATED WOMAN (1956), LORD JIM (1965), THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU (1968), BATTLE OF BRITAIN (1969) and THE MEPHISTO WALTZ (1971), in addition to many others.
This 32-page adaptation of I AIM AT THE STARS was drawn by cartoonist Jack Sparling. It begins in 1925 Berlin, as young Wernher von Braun and his chubby friend Mischke visit a local planetarium:
PLANETARIUM LECTURER:
And someday mankind will reach out to these unknown planets, stars - these unknown worlds! For whatever man dares to dream, he will accomplish!MISCHKE:
Wernher, let’s go! You’ll catch a cold way out there in deep space without a sweater on!WERNHER VON BRAUN:
All right, Mischke, I - I’m coming! You’ll see, Mischke, someday man WILL get to the stars!MISCHKE:
You and your stars! If you want to get there, you’d better start growing tail-feathers!
As they leave the planetarium, Wernher and Mischke spot a poster for the Berlin Avus Speedway that advertises the “speed trial of Fritz von Opel’s rocket-powered automobile”, a concept that excites Wernher so much that he can’t even sleep that night — only daydream. (That is, if it’s possible to daydream at nighttime) The fact that his mother nags Wernher about his math class grades doesn’t particularly help things, either! The following day, at the speedway, Mischke introduces eager Wernher to his friend Anton Reger, who works at the Opel auto factory. When Wernher bombards Anton with questions about the operation of his rocker-powered racecar, von Opel recommends that Wernher read a book by Professor Hermann Oberth called ROCKET TO THE PLANETS. Soon, obsessed with his dreams of space travel, Wernher experiments with model rocketry; in the process, he winds up crashing a rocket into the neighbor’s greenhouse, earning his father’s ire:
MR. VON BRAUN:
Wernher, thanks to your experiments, I’ll have to pay for Becker’s greenhouse! What good are those rockets of yours, anyway?WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Father, what good is a newborn baby? You can’t tell until it grows up, can you?MR. VON BRAUN:
A good question! But anyhow, I insist that if a von Braun shoots off a rocket, it should go where it’s supposed to!WERNHER VON BRAUN:
I’ll try to remember that, sir!
Soon, Wernher receives his own copy of ROCKET TO THE PLANETS in the mail, he’s frustrated to discover that much of its contents are “a lot of mathematics and equations”. He decides to ask the aid of his school’s new math professor, never realizing that the new instructor is Dr. Hermann Oberth himself:
DR. HERMANN OBERTH:
Young man, I’ve checked your record! A boy who fails in Latin and math couldn’t hope to understand this book!WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Then I’ll study harder until I pass!DR. HERMANN OBERTH:
Tell me why all this means so much to you, my boy!WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Because rockets are important, sir! Someday they’ll take mankind to the stars! And someday they’ll build a statue to the man who wrote this book!DR. HERMANN OBERTH:
The man who wrote this book - most people call him a crack-pot! A mad scientist!WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Professor Oberth is a great man! A genius! How can they say such a thing?DR. HERMANN OBERTH:
Calm yourself, my boy. If I don’t mind those names, why should you? All right, Wernher, I’ll help you with your math! And just between us - I hated Latin, too!
As the years pass, Wernher becomes Dr. Oberth’s assistant. One evening, they prepare a rocket motor demonstration for the Rocket Society. While Dr. Oberth, Mischke, Anton Reger and their gorgeous friend Elizabeth huddle behind a wooden shield, Werner insists on risking his neck by their rocket full of liquid oxygen and igniting its motor by hand. The launch proceeds perfectly! Soon, Dr. Oberth introduces Mischke to Captain Dornberger, a German army official who offers to underwrite their further experimentation by providing “unlimited material, laboratory facilities and test equipment”. But as time passes, and Wernher von Braun continues his rocket experiments under Army auspices, the world outside is plunged into the chaos of World War II. But Wernher’s activities have not gone unnoticed outside of Germany. In the offices of British Intelligence, a Major Drummond expresses his suspicions regarding Germany’s “Peenemunde” area:
MAJOR TOFTOY DRUMMOND:
All our information says that enormous quantities of building materials are being poured into that sector! We’ve had persistent reports from Dutch, Danish ad Polish sources that the Germans are building a secret weapon there! I’ll order special photo reconnaissance missions at once, Major! We’ll photograph the Peenemunde area regularly!
Meanwhile, “at that very moment”, Wernher narrowly avoids getting blown out of the sky while flying a small plane to observe his rocket post-launch behavior up close and personal. Later that afternoon, Anton is putting romantic pressure on Elizabeth — who’s now Wernher’s personal secretary - but she’s not particularly receptive to his overtures:
ANTON REGER:
Elizabeth, ever since I got you hat job as Wernher’s secretary, you have almost no time for me at all? May I see you tonight?ELIZABETH BEYER:
You know I’m just as fond of you as ever, Anton! But - well, I just can’t see you tonight!
That night, after screening film footage of their latest rocket model, Wernher locks horns with a German army engineer named Neumann:
DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
The vapor trail shows a structural failure in the control vanes!A failure due to the poor quality of steel in the vane!NEUMANN:
We wouldn’t have so much difficulty getting the proper materials if we had closer contact with the S.S. and the heads of the Party!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Look, Neumann, I’m a SCIENTIST! I couldn’t care less about Hitler and that Party stuff!NEUMANN:
It’s your attitude toward the people in power that keeps us from getting better materials and more money, von Braun!COLONEL DORNBERGER:
Wernher, this is the third year of the war! The High Command isn’t interested in your dreams of space flight! All they want is a rocket that can reach London!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Colonel Dornberger, a rocket that can reach the stars can also be aimed at London - if they insist!COLONEL DORNBERGER (whispering):
Let’s build that rocket before Himmler and the S.S. move in on us! They’ve already planted Neumann here! He’d love to have your job!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN (whispering):
I know! If he wasn’t such a good engineer, I could really dislike him!
That weekend, Wernher returns home to help celebrate his mother’s birthday. There, he’s greeted by Maria, his lovely sweetheart, but they’re interrupted by a man named Weber, who badgers the young scientist about joining the “:Party”. (It’s interesting to note that, in this post-WWII Dell comic book movie adaptation, the word “Nazi” nor the image of a swastika are ever used even once!), But soon, Wernher and Maria are out in the garden, where she accepts his proposal of marriage. Later, after the party, Wernher’s mother inquires:
MRS. VON BRAUN:
Wernher, I heard Weber speaking o you! What are you going to do about joining he Party?DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
I don’t have much choice, Mother! Not if I want to stay at Peenemunde!MRS. VON BRAUN:
Long ago they said that witches made a pact with the Devil so they could fly their broomsticks!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
MY broomsticks fly without the Devil’s help! But if they didn’t I’d be willing to sign up with him!
In the weeks that follow, Himmler and his S.S. - particularly in the form of General Kulp - increase their pressure on Wernher von Braun. With each unsuccessful launch, Wernher’s efforts are dismissed as being mere “fireworks” by Kulp. One day, Dr. von Braun and his staff are issued an ultimatum from the High Command: “Unless there will be a successful launching within thirty days, Peenemunde will be closed!” With the pressure on them, the scientist and his staff work harder than ever, night and day. One afternoon, Anton Reger could swear that he sees his beloved Elizabeth using a lipstick-case-camera to photograph the plans for Wernher’s new rocket design!
ANTON REGER (thinking):
Strange! What’s Elizabeth doing at that drawing board?
But Wernher’s work proceeds, and soon, his latest rocket model proves to be a success, exceeding its maximum altitude and delivering a “hit with the force of 50 locomotives at full speed”. But summoned to a meeting with Himmler, Wernher refuses to cooperate with his Nazi (oops!) bosses:
REICH-FUHRER HEINRICH HIMMLER:
My congratulations, von Braun! You will want mass-production for your rockets, no doubt! For best results, I suggest you join my PERSONAL STAFF!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
I’d like to think about it, Reich-Fuhrer HimmlerREICH-FUHRER HEINRICH HIMMLER:
Hesitating, von Braun? Under the S.S., you’d be free of army stupidity and red tape!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
I already AM! Colonel Dornberger is an excellent superior! It was HIGH LEEL indifference that caused our difficulties!REICH-FUHRER HEINRICH HIMMLER:
Better think about it, Doctor! The S.S. runs Germany now - and what the S.S. wants, the S.S. gets!
Sure enough, the following day, Wernher von Braun finds himself under government arrest on charges of treason! Soon, he’s being interrogated by his old “pal”, General Kulp:
GENERAL KULP:
You should have been working on military weaponsyet you were wasting your time planning spaceships like this!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
But scientists MUST plan for the future, General Kulp! Or we’d all still be riding in oxcarts!
For his refusal to cooperate with the Nazi regime, Dr. Wernher von Braun is imprisoned. Fortunately, Colonel Dornberger pulls some behind-the-scenes strings to get his scientist friend released from incarceration:
COLONEL DORNBERGER (talking on the telephone):
I will talk plainly, my Fuhrer! The V-2 may be our last chance for victory! If you want that rocket, you need von Braun to build it!
Returning to Peenemunde, Wernher is soon overseeing production on the V-2 rockets, but confides to his fiance Maria that he has misgivings he’d prefer to ignore:
MARIA:
This rocket weapon of yours, how can you be sure it wouldn’t hit a children’s hospital when you fire it?DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Maria, we’re fighting a WAR! Women and children are being killed on BOTH SIDES! We CAN’T let ourselves think about it!
Meanwhile, Wernher’s V-2 rockets are reducing London into rubble. One rocket lands near the British Intelligence office:
COLONEL TOFTOY:
That was close! That V-2 is quite a firecracker! I’d like to lay hands on the guy who thought of it!MAJOR TAGGART:
Don’t worry, Toftoy! We’re planning our own fireworks for those V-2 geniuses!
A week later, Elizabeth receives a mysterious phone message containing a signal for her to leave the V-2 factory before British bombers attack Peenemunde, flattening the rocket base. Wernher and Anton manage to survive, aiding the wounded however they can. Meanwhile, from a caf at the edge of town, Elizabeth beholds the awful destruction and - spy or not - she’s compelled to re-enter the base to help her co-workers. By the next morning, the death toll has reached over seven hundred people. In the middle of the ruins left by the bombings, Anton Reger confronts Elizabeth about her loyalties; she admits she’s been working for “the enemy”; she hates the Nazis (oops!) after the S.S. mistakenly murdered her husband in cold blood. Anton is tempted to turn her in, but since he still loves her, he can’t bring himself to do it. Meanwhile, as Germany’s defenses begin to crumble, the U. S. Army prepares to sweep into Peenemunde and grab all of their equipment before the Russians get it. They even have plans for the scientists who developed the V-2 rocket, whether or not they’re considered to be war criminals. Unaware of these plans, Wernher gathers his staff and makes a startling decision:
DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
If we remain here, we’ll be grabbed by the Russians! If we head south, the Americans will capture us! Let’s face it! Within a week we’ll all be prisoners! So I suggest we head south toward the American line!
Wernher’s staff agrees with his decision to surrender - all but Anton Reger:
ANTON REGER:
You can’t do this, Wernher! It’s treason!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Reger, we can’t throw away all our years of work advancing rocket technology! We’ve got to make our knowledge available for others - and complete the job we started!ANTON REGER:
I’m sorry! I can’t follow your smooth reasoning! I’m a German! I stay here!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Then, good-bye, Anton!
Soon, Wernher’s convoy of scientists are headed south, arriving at American headquarters to surrender - but they receive a very cold welcome:
MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
Von Braun, you developed the V-2 that killed thousands of innocent people! Don’t you consider yourself a war criminal?DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
In a war, everyone wants his country to win! War itself is a crime - and we are all war criminals!MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
If all you Germans had stood up together, you could have stopped Hitler and all his butchery!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
You never lived under a dictatorship, Major! Every man distrusts his neighbor and fears for his own life! In that respect I am guilty of being human!MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
You are guilty of putting an infernal weapon into the hands of the most evil government in the world! For that you will be TRIED and HUNG!
Fortunately, Wernher is made an alternate offer:
COLONEL TOFTOY:
Doctor, we recognize your achievements! If you want to go to the United States to continue your research, we have the resources!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
I’m happy to agree, sir! That’s why I surrendered! But I can’t make rockets by myself!COLONEL TOFTOY:
We have other volunteers, Doctor! You’ll all be sent to America on probation! You’ll have to face a lot of criticism!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
We didn’t expect to be received with open arms!
Wernher learns that this deal was based on the recommendation of one of an undercover U. S. agent, who’s waiting in the next room to identify him. After he’s gone, Wernher’s the topic of a heated conversation:
MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
Colonel, you don’t mean they’re not even going to put him ON TRIAL?COLONEL TOFTOY:
Bill, we’ve been friends for a long time! Try not to take this as something personal!MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
Listen! One of his V-2’s killed my wife and child in London! It’s downright immoral to use him! He’s our enemy!COLONEL TOFTOY:
Yet, when a man is as brilliant as von Braun, I guess he has a special kind of value of his own!MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
Colonel, as a newspaper man before the war I fought the von Brauns of this world - and I can’t stop fighting them now!
Next door, Wernher discovers that the “enemy agent” who’s saved him is none other than Elizabeth Beyer! As she checks off a list - which includes Dr. Hermann Oberth - she tearfully realizes that Anton Reger isn’t among them. Soon, plans are set in motion to relocate the scientist-prisoners:
COLONEL TOFTOY:
All right, Taggart, here are the orders to ship von Braun and his group to the White Sands proving grounds by plane!MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
I was going to suggest passage on a leaky boat, sir!
Accompanied by Taggart and Elizabeth, the captives arrive at White Sands and resume their rocket research. But first, Wernher’s former secretary attempts to clear the air between them:
ELIZABETH BEYER:
Gentlemen, we’re going to work together, so let us speak of the past and get it over with! It will be easier if we can be friends!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
We’re not blaming you, Elizabeth! The stupidity of war is not your fault or ours! You did what you felt you had to do!
Under the resentful observation of Major Taggart, Wernher and his transplanted staff soon make some significant advances with their rocketry development. But no matter what he achieves, Wernher is unable to impress Taggart of his sincerity:
MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
Staying late again, Doctor? I suppose you’re working overtime to earn your citizenship!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Taggart, I can’t help how you feel about me, but I was brought here to build rockets, and that’s what I’m doing!MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
I hope that someday one of your rockets blows up and that you’re as close to it as my wife and kid were in London!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
I’m sorry about that, Taggart, but I’m not responsible for what happened!MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
Then who was responsible? Hitler? Himmler? Everyone but you, eh?ELIZABETH BEYER:
Bill! You’ve got to stop this!MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
These scientists! They hold the whole world in their hands, but men and women mean nothing to them! They have no loyalty to anything but their own research!ELIZABETH BEYER:
Bill, you just can’t go on living with this hatred!
But as the months pass, the general attitude toward the German scientists finally softens and their status legalized, which eventually leads to citizenship. Maria joins Wernher at White Sands, where he unsuccessfully asks for funding to build “the world’s first satellite orbiting the Earth”. In June, 1950, the Korean War necessitates that Wernher’s group transfers to a new army installation at Redstone Arsenal. Soon, Major Taggart pays a visit to Wernher and his new bride Maria:
MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
Your traveling orders, von Braun! Not long ago you made rockets to fire at us! Now you’ll be building rockets to fire at our enemy!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Do you prefer that I sit back and do nothing, and allow American to lose?MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
How would that affect you, Doctor? You’d be right there working for the Russians!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
If you feel that way, why are you wearing that uniform?MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
I won’t be wearing it after today! I’ve got a job as a TV news commentator! But you’ll be hearing from me! I’ll be making it hot for you!MARIA VON BRAUN:
Taggart is right, Wernher! You’ll be making rockets for war again! You could REFUSE! Others have!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Can’t you see? I must stay with my work! I can’t fall behind! Progress, research, knowledge are MY LIFE!
As Wernher’s work proceeds, he and his staff are commended for their design of the Redstone missile. But Taggart now uses his nationally televised forum to criticize Dr. von Braun’s goals:
EX-MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
Taxpayers must demand that their hard-earned dollars be spent for more hospitals, schools and higher salaries for teachers, rather than on a wasteful rocket program!
When the Korean War is over, the government cuts the funding for Wernher’s space research. In response, he accepts an invitation to appear on live television in a debate with William Taggart regarding the worth of the exploration of outer space:
EX-MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
Rocket experiments mean war! We must solve human problems before we think of conquering space!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Our future lies in space! The country with the first satellite will capture the world’s imagination!EX-MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
Von Braun talks of pure science, but he is the man responsible for the bombing of London!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Man must learn to live with atomic power and rockets, or he will perish!
When the Army missile program gets a new chief, General Medaris, they petition the Pentagon to participate in an attempt to collect and analyze samples of the upper atmosphere with a satellite. Things look good for Wernher and his staff, but they’re crushed when the Navy gets the gig instead. Taggart shows up to gloat over his old enemy’s defeat, but Elizabeth convinces him to instead offer his sympathies to Dr. von Braun, who reacts badly to Taggart’s obvious insincerity. In October, 1957, Wernher - and the entire United States - receives an even more bitter blow as Russia launches the first artificial satellite into orbit around the Earth! But a third stroke of bad luck turns out to be in Wernher von Braun’s favor when the Navy’s Vanguard missile - the one to be used in the space mission that they lost out on - explodes on the launch pad. Frustrated and embarrassed, the Pentagon turns to Wernher for help, asking him to initiate a crash program to enter the “space race” between America and Russia. At Redstone, Wernher and his crew work on a new satellite-carrying rocket, the JUPITER-C, which is launched into space on January 31st, 1958. The three-stage rocket blasts off and its operation performs flawlessly - with the exception of a six-minute lag — as it settles its satellite into orbit. Even Bill Taggart is impressed:
EX-MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
Well, you did it! You know, von Braun, I’ve almost grown to like you!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
I could say the same about you, Taggart, except that one never really likes one’s conscience!
Then Taggart gestures toward his heart:
EX-MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
But I’ll never really understand what have you scientists got in here - in the place of human values?DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Concern for the future, perhaps! The universe is waiting for us - and we must explore it! That’s what makes us men - not vegetables!EX-MAJOR WILLIAM TAGGART:
Good-bye, von Braun, and good luck with the universe!DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN:
Thank you, Taggart! I’ll need it!
This film adaptation ends on an optimistic note, with a panel of Dr. Wernher von Braun observing another rocket launch:
DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN (thinking):
Well, we’re catching up at last! The great powers must ultimately be equal in space! It is this balance of power which will secure peace and allow mankind to reach the stars!
Also included in this issue of FOUR COLOR (I AIM AT THE STARS) are the following stories and features:
- An untitled, black-and-white, inside-front-cover introductory page, featuring still production photos from the feature film, I AIM AT THE STARS.
- “The Rocket In History”, a black-and-white, inside-back-cover educational strip drawn by Jack Sparling.
- “Types Of Rocket Propulsion”, an educational back-cover feature.
ODDBALL Factoid - Actor Curt Jurgens’ career had an unlikely comic book connection; he starred in 1973’s THE VAULT OF TERROR, an anthology film adaptation of stories originally published in EC’s notorious horror comics!
Bonus ODDBALL Factoid - I AIM AT THE STARS producer Charles H. Schneer also produced many of the classic sci-fi and fantasy films of Ray Harryhausen!
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DC Archives - Superman Vol. 7 HC
DC Archives - Superman Vol. 7 HC
 The Golden Age of Superman hits its stride in Superman Archives Vol. 7, reprinting Superman #25-29 (1943-1944)! With World War II heating up, Superman fights subversion and sabotage at home while foiling villains like the Toyman and the Prankster…. |
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Batman: Mission Masters 4 - Night Shadow Batman Action Figure (philadelphia comic books)
Batman: Mission Masters 4 - Night Shadow Batman Action Figure
Batman: Mission Masters 4 - Night Shadow Batman Action Figure
 Batman inhabits the night, swooping through the darkened skies like a silent shadow to strike at those who terrorize the city. As though a shadow himself, he blends in with the darkness, unseen by the human vermin scurrying in the alleyways below. When it’s time to deliver justice, Batman’s two Hype… |
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Superman/Aliens II: Godwar TPB
Superman/Aliens II: Godwar TPB
 Superman and the New Gods find themselves face to face with one of the most terrifying species in the universe. A doomed ship carrying the Alien brood has found its way into the domain of Darkseid who’ll use them as the ultimate biological weapon, infesting his own minions and unleashing them on th… |
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Seven Soldiers Of Victory Vol. 1 TPB
Seven Soldiers Of Victory Vol. 1 TPB
 One of the most creative minds in comics, Grant Morrison (ALL STAR SUPERMAN, THE INVISIBLES, JLA, ANIMAL MAN) delivers his most groundbreaking and ambitious project yet: SEVEN SOLDIERS ! Comprising seven different 4-issue miniseries and two bookend Specials, this colossal 30-part tale of death, betr… |
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On top of all this, the writing is melodramatic enough to make Jeph Loeb wince. It opens, for instance, on a six to eight page flashback of Ruin’s previous attacks played on tape , with a monologue from Lois explaining the rationale behind Ruin’s strat
And some readers are bothered by Loeb’s shifting between Batman’s and Superman’s perspectives throughout a given scene or page with the use of captions.
Airports no place for comics (Sun-Sentinel)
It was early in the morning and I was in no mood. I sailed through airport security in Tucson, Ariz., mostly because I don’t have the sense to carry anything like food with me, even on a long flight. My wife had brought some yogurt for both of us, but she was stopped by a screener who then spent 20 minutes removing every single item from her carry-on to scrutinize it before he gave a final
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Justice League: Mission Vision - Batman (A) Action Figure (crime comic books)
Justice League: Mission Vision - Batman (A) Action Figure
Justice League: Mission Vision - Batman (A) Action Figure
 These Justice League super heroes are on a mission. Your job is to help them gear up and go! The Batman (A) figure stands approximately 4 1/2-inches-tall and comes with a mission display shield and missile launcher. Recommended for ages 4 and up…. |
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He would count as a repaint, but the Batman? NO WAY.
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Nightwing Vol. 4 TPB: A Darker Shade of Justice
Nightwing Vol. 4 TPB: A Darker Shade of Justice
 The cataclysm in Gotham floods the city of Bldhaven with thousands of refugees seeking to escape the No Man’s Land their city has become. Nightwing is compelled to ally himself with his mentor, Batman, once again with the hope that bringing order to Gotham will return order to his adopted city of Bl… |
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Batman Adventures Vol. 2 TPB: Shadows & Masks
Batman Adventures Vol. 2 TPB: Shadows & Masks
 The animated adventures of the Dark Knight Detective make up the newest addition to DC’s line of digest-sized collections! A deadly new gang is threatening Gotham City, and it’s up to the Dark Knight Detective to take it down–from the inside! Follow his undercover mission through these riveting sto… |
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On top of all this, the writing is melodramatic enough to make Jeph Loeb wince. It opens, for instance, on a six to eight page flashback of Ruin’s previous attacks played on tape , with a monologue (jerry g bails and comic books) from Lois explaining the rationale behind Ruin’s strat
On top of all this, the writing is melodramatic enough to make Jeph Loeb wince. It opens, for instance, on a six to eight page flashback of Ruin’s previous attacks played on tape , with a monologue from Lois explaining the rationale behind Ruin’s strat
Adventures of Superman #501 (Regular Cover)
Adventures of Superman #501 (Regular Cover)
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Superman Cartoons Vol 2
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Batman: Strange Apparitions TPB
Batman: Strange Apparitions TPB
 The Joker, Dr. Phosphorus, Hugo Strange, Clayface, Deadshot, Penguin. They’re all here and their goal is to drive the Dark Knight to the brink of annihilation. Strange Apparitions reprints the classic seventies run of Detective Comics by Steve Englehart, Marshal Rogers and Terry Austin. Len Wein, Wa… |
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So much for all of these prattle, however in every case there’s a propagator about it all and for this instance, i do recall that the main man responsible behind all of these revisions is a second rater comic book writer/artist whom DC Comics hired to
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Batman: No Man’s (other comic books) Land Vol. 1 TPB
Batman: No Man’s Land Vol. 1 TPB
Batman: No Man’s Land Vol. 1 TPB
 Gotham City has seen better days. First it was brought to it’s knees by Ra’s A Guhl and his Clench epidemic. Then it was the Cataclysm, the city, Wayne Manor and the Batcave destroyed by an earthquake. That was all before. Now the American government has abandoned Gotham to recover on it’s own. What… |
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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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DRM-free comics for sale (Addict 3D)
Bazzargh sez, “Pullbox is a new site selling downloadable comics, like the print version of ‘Family Guy’. Unusually, instead of yet another DRM-laden ebook format, they’re supporting the CBR format used in ‘pirate’ readers, and PDF. $0.99 a pop.
In “Superman the Animated Series” Brianiac is a computer from Krypton. I would’ve gone on assuming that was true in the real Superman comic if it wasn’t for this book. It was definately wonderful and nesscessary for me to buy this book.
Batman Paper Ball Lamp
 The Dark Knight is available for nighttime ambiance, and sets the mood for dark quiet consultations as he looks out from the lamp shade of this paper ball lamp! This lamp includes everything you need except for a light bulb…. |
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Save your money, unless you feel that $20 for a Superman flat paint scheme is okay. (book comic convention diego san)
Save your money, unless you feel that $20 for a Superman flat paint scheme is okay.
Comic Books portray our fears, our desires and ethos.
There is another Superman movie coming out this year, but we have known for a long time from all of the comic books, television series, and movies that this is an archetypal character. Whether we are talking about one of the Elsewhere comic books where t
Detective Comics #812
 Part 10 of the 12-part ‘City of Crime!’ Bruce Wayne forgoes cape and cowl to investigate the mysteries of Gotham’s seediest neighborhood, Crown Point. Plus, Gordon’s back in town to help Robin uncover the Ventriloquist’s secrets - only Scarface ain’t talkin’…. |
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Superman: Peace on Earth TPB
 The holiday season approaches. Superman finally decides to use his incredible powers to solve world hunger and meets with some surprising resistance. This really big book is written by Alex Ross and Paul Dini. It measures 10"x13" for a great look at Alex Ross’s painted art!… |
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Art Showing at Royal Edinburgh Hospital - With Daniel Johnston, Renee French, others
Work from TEDDY and CHARLIE PICKLE is currently on exhibit at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital in Scotland. The show is put together by FUNCTIONSUITE and is located in the Hospital’s Link Gallery. Other artists include Mark Martin, Graham Annable, Daniel Johnston, Tomer Hanuka, Joel Orff, Josh Neufeld, Renee French, Scott Mills, Hunt Emmerson, Vincent Stall, Malcy Duff, jenniferdaydreamer, Max Estes, Matt Madden, Tom Hart, Jonathon Sperry, Dan James, Jeffrey Brown, Dan Wilson, and Kimya Dawson. The Royal Edinburgh is a Victorian residential psychiatric hospital. More information on the Functionsuite’s “Artlink Hospital Arts” project - http://www.functionsuite.com/ - Thanks and best, Ethan
THE RECOVERY OF CHARLIE PICKLE - issue number one
Hello - the first issue of THE RECOVERY OF CHARLIE PICKLE is now posted. Click the link to read, Thank you - Ethan
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Adventures of Superman #505 (Deluxe Cover)
Adventures of Superman #505 (Deluxe Cover)
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I should have known when their was no image for this set, that something was wrong. I ordered this solely for the repainted figures.
Happy 82nd Birthday, Jack Davis!
a couple of sources have a birth date of 1926
Power Rangers Ninja Storm Vol 1
Power Rangers Ninja Storm Vol 1
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Batman Begins: Novelization SC Novel
Batman Begins: Novelization SC Novel
 Bruce Wayne is dead. The young heir to the Wayne empire disappeared seven years ago. His vast fortune has been given away, and the crime wave that began with the brutal murder of his parents has turned Gotham City into a living hell. A world away, in a dank Himalayan prison, a nameless, hardened man… |
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In “Superman: Secret Identity,” writer Kurt Busiek and artist Stuart Immonen provide yet another variation on the theme. Busiek took his inspiration from “DC Comics Presents” #87, written by Elliot S. Maggin and pencilled by Curt Swan, which was rele
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Writers have relied on three techniques to limit Superman. First is to have Superman conveniently (buffy the vampire slayer comic books) forget his own powers in particular his near light speed movement. The second limitation is Superman’s own Boy Scout morality and third is the annoyingly ex
Writers have relied on three techniques to limit Superman. First is to have Superman conveniently forget his own powers in particular his near light speed movement. The second limitation is Superman’s own Boy Scout morality and third is the annoyingly ex
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DC Comics
The official DC Comics web page. Plenty of information about all their titles. Listen to the Superman radio show. Chat, trivia questions, and an Email newsletter.
Adventures of Superman #502
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After reading the affordable DEATH OF SUPERMAN trade, I can say that I’m not very impressed with it. The story, from Dan Jurgens, Louise Simonson, and others, is a simple affair: an unknown threat emerges from an unknown location with an unknown agenda
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One main concern I have is that readers really need to have a strong background in DC history to fully “get” what is going on with the story.
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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Batman: Child of Dreams HC
 If you could be anyone, who would you be? There’s a drug on the streets of Gotham that will make your dreams come true. For a minute, for an hour, for a whole night if you’re lucky, you can literally become your idol - provided your idol is one of Batman’s greatest enemies. The price for your fantas… |
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Batman: Tales of the Demon TPB
Batman: Tales of the Demon TPB
 Ra’s al Ghul, long-lived eco-terrorist and founder of the League of Assassins, has proven through theyears to be one of Batman’s most formidable adversaries. Accompanied by his beautiful daughter Talia, Ra’s has proven elusive, tempting and very, very dangerous. This volume collects the earliest Ra’… |
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(Dragonball z comic books) Mac Raboy’s Flash Gordon Volume 3 TPB
Mac Raboy’s Flash Gordon Volume 3 TPB
Mac Raboy’s Flash Gordon Volume 3 TPB
 Ming the Merciless, the traitorous Klag, a mysterious creature known as "The Mind," and a host of villains and dangers oppose the hardy, heroic Flash in a reprint series that marks the first time that Mac Raboy’s run on this acclaimed strip has ever been collected. From Alex Raymon… |
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Though the story is redeemed in the end by a circular ending which seems to say we are always doomed to repeat the same mistakes, this “devastating critique” is not really all that original, exciting, or particularly entertaining. Nor does it comment on
Adventures Of Robin Hood Vol 13
Adventures Of Robin Hood Vol 13
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My latest comic, made for the Finnish tabloid, Kuti. (remember to click on the All Sizes to read it properly).
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Batman: Batcycle Model Kit
 Batman and his faithful sidekick Robin are hot on the trail of the bad guys in the Batcycle! This Batcycle model kit comes with all the necessary plastic parts needed for assembly along with a pictorial instruction sheet describing assembly. Paint and glue (not included) are needed to complete assem… |
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