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Written by Bob HaneyArt by Lee Elias, Jack Sparling, Alex Toth296 pages, black and whitePublished by DC ComicsOn a recent trip to run the New York City Marathon, I brought a couple of comics with me to pass the time traveling between NYC and Washington DC. In many ways, the perfect summary of Sho...

Okay, in case you didn't see the introduction, the concept is that each day up to and including the 23rd of November, I'll be posting four iconic covers from DC Comics' 75-year history. On the 23rd, you folks will get a chance to pick your Top 10 out of the 90 choices. I'll tabulate the votes and...

Here is the latest cool comic book moment in our year-long look at one cool comic book moment a day (in no particular order whatsoever)! Here's the archive of the moments posted so far! A commenter wanted me to celebrate the 234th anniversary of the United States Marine Corps, so fine, I'll take ...

Each day in November, I will read and review/discuss/whatever one comic taken from a box of some of my childhood comics. Today, it's Primortals #1.The Nostalgia November archive can be found here.Primortals #1 by Kate Worley and Scot Eaton is actually officially titled "Leonard Nemoy's Primortals...

This Side of JordanWritten by Monte SchulzPublished by FantagraphicsFantagraphics has been publishing comics and comics criticism for nearly thirty years now, yet it was just a few years ago that co-founder Gary Groth got to achieve one of his goals when the company worked with writer Alexander T...

I cannot express my joy for this trailer enough.I know it’s a few months away, but my mouth is already watering. Though, I wish they had used a more dramatic instrumental score rather than this heavy metal one, but beggars can’t be choosers and it still fits the film.Plus, you can&#82...

You ready for a first look at the film adaptation of Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass? I’ll bet you are! So check it out early:Kick-AssTrailer Park | MySpace VideoGood stuff all around, courtesy of Trailer Addict and Lionsgate, who put the trailer up for all to see once it was somehow leaked to...

Let's have a big welcome to Kelly Thompson, who is going to be doing a new regular column for the blog.Kelly is a writer and artist who has a neat blog called 1979 Semi-Finalist. She also writes for the TV review blog, The Best Shows You're Not Watching.Kelly's column is called "She Has No Head!"...

Random Thought! Brian Cronin is a pretty cool guy. It's random thoughts time! Get excited!Random Thought! Last week's High Road/Low Road where Sat and I discuss Hulk Hogan signing with TNA.Random Thought! While I contributed a list of my top ten storylines in comics to Brian, I won't publish it u...

Tomorrow is the day we’ve all been waiting for ever since Marvel announced that their Punisher series published through their Max imprint would be retitled PunisherMax, all one word. Will they really go through with it? Will it look less stupid running along the top of the actual cover of ...

The Huffington Post ran a humorous feature today on some of the best “Yahoo! Answers” of all time. One hits close to home, with the question, “Can a Jedi Lightsaber cut through Superman?”. The answer, which I may eventually need for my kids, can be found here.Other great...

(Click the image above for a larger version of the strip.)WORLD OF HURT - The Thrill-Seekers Episode 3: “Never Volunteer Information”This was the first time the readers got a good look at Pastor, so I wanted to make it big and memorable.  The great Al Williamson (”Secret Agent C...

What do Ground Hog Day and Star Trek have in common?It’s the release date of Atari and Cryptic’s Star Trek Online.What is it? None other than a huge multi-player roleplaying game based in the future. Players get to become Star Fleet officers, customize their ships and explore strange new...

1967 is known as the year of the Summer of Love. While I do love many comics from that year, I wouldn’t say that it was truly a milestone year. I’ve sifted through the spinner rack selections from a variety of publishers in hopes of determining a theme, but found only that variety was the spice o...

You know, the surprise is not that someone wanted the government to crack down on comic books, but that someone didn't do it sooner ...So there I am, reading The Batman Chronicles volume 8 (the series collects every Batman stories "in the exact order of publication" and if you're a Batman fan, yo...

20 Questions For You All was a bit I did for quite awhile, then MarkAndrew did it for a little bit.Now I'm bringing the idea back, only this time, it's on TWITTER!!!Yep, on the CSBG Twitter account (so nicely labeled twitter.com/csbg), I'll be posting three comic book related questions a day, mak...

I recently received an email from Marc Tyler Nobleman, the author of this book, and tracked down a copy of Boys of Steel at my local public library.The book tells the story of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's effort to get publishers to accept their Superman character. It's aimed at youngsters from...

Love it or hate it, one of the touchstones of the thrice-monthly Amazing Spider-Man books has been the amount of new villains brought to the series. Topless Robot has a great post up, listing their all-time, top five Best and Worst of these new villains.A highlight:4) OverdriveYeah, it’s a ...

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Great Scott, Marty! We’ve got to get back to 1945!It’s not a dream, not a hoax, and sadly just one more bit of not-so-great news to give you today — Sgt. Rock is getting a movie. Only problem? The World War II legend will be transplanted to the future. In other news, this is why...

The recent news that Marvel will be spinning off one of Spider-Man 3's chief baddies, Venom, for his own movie stirs up troubling questions: Will Topher Grace reprise the role? Do fans really want to see Venom as an anti-hero? Most importantly, which character will be next? With Tobey Maguire, Ki...

• J.J. Abrams says that despite dire ratings, the attitude in the Fringe writer's room is optimistic, and Fox is being hugely (and uncharacteristically) supportive of their efforts.• Smallville writer Bryan Q. Miller is taking over the reins writing D.C. Comics' latest Batgirl series.• It's his f...

 Veterans Day, War Comic Books, And My Family! Above:  The front cover of Fightin' Navy #81 from Charlton Comics, just one of thousands of war comics published during the years! To the top right:  My Dad, Francis L Hamersky, in a photo when he was retiring f...

This week on Twitter, Star Wars fans are trying their hand at re-imagining a galaxy far, far again from the Bard’s perspective. By using the hashtag #ShakespeareStarWars fans have been quoting famous Shakespeare plays with Star Wars characters.Here’s a listing of some of our favorites...

Mark your calendars and set your time pieces. Disney’s “Alice in Wonderland” arrives in theaters on March 5, 2010. The above image has just been released by Disney. Want to see more? Join The Disloyal Subjects of the Mad Hatter on Facebook and help prepare his army! Do as The Ma...

It's a good day here at the ComicsResearch.org offices (okay, office): Today's mail brought two all-new, all-different publications. First up is Graphic Novels Beyond the Basics: Insights and Issues for Libraries, edited by Martha Cornog & Timothy Perper. We'll be adding an info page to our b...

It had to happen — after cameos ranging from Green Arrow to Metallo to the Legion of Superheroes, Smallville’s getting one more DC character in the mix.The Wall is here. Amanda Waller, to be exact.Michael Ausiello has announced that blaxploitation icon Pam Grier has been cast as the f...

Considering how we’ve heard how Marvel intends to reboot certain underperforming film franchises — the Fantastic Four and Daredevil being two that spring to mind — MTV has some interesting news about the Spirit of Vengeance himself. Namely, that a reboot is not in Johnny Blaze&#...

Peeeeeeee Pazow!MGM has announced that Prince Planet, the old black-and-white anime, will be rereleased on Hulu and YouTube starting today!The series — not too dissimilar to those of Captain Marvel or Prime, Prince Planet assumed an unassuming alter ego named Billy, but his powerful pendant...

What do you get a baby trekkie?A Star Trek Onesie!!!!Now ThinkGeek has in stock some Star Trek onesies for the little Star Trek enthusiast on your Christmas list!You can find them at: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/kids/c754/CUTE CUTE CUTEstar_trek_onesiesNOT affiliated with Think Geek...