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How Much For Everything?

Anthony Falcone
January 16, 2014
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But isn't that implicitly what Marvel and DC state by having a shared universe for their stories? If all their stories are great and if they all have the same heroes who live in the same world then wouldn't I want to buy every book they produce? I decided to get out the Previews Guide and a calculator to answer this rhetorical question. I used the January 2014 Previews as a proxy for the entire year on the assumption that some months will have fewer books and some months will have more but overall it will probably average out. I didn't include books not in the shared universe and I didn't include collected editions.

“Humbug, Comrade!”

Clint McElroy
December 18, 2013

It’s time for another update from BIFF SOCKO, TWO-FISTED NEWSHOUND. Biff Socko covers Comic Book News like zits on the A-V Club. Faster than Perry White! Stronger than J. Jonah Jameson! Hotter than Cat Grant. He is…BIFF SOCKO!

Man of Steel 2… everyone except Aquaman!

Ed Campbell
December 9, 2013
2 Comments

Fast forward to now and you've all heard the news. The sequel to Man of Steel is going to include Batman (played by former "Daredevil" actor Ben Affleck). It will also feature Wonder Woman who will be portrayed by Gal Gadot. There are also rumours that the Arrow TV series may tie into Man of Steel 2, which will bring Arrow and The Flash into the fold. I have also heard of rumours that Nightwing may make an appearance too (this has been speculation with no confirmation... so don't shoot me).

Undervalued Spotlight #176

Walter Durajlija
November 5, 2013
3 Comments

Mystery in Space #75, DC Comics, May 1962 Publisher DC Comics has a good thing going in the Justice League of America (JLA). Tremendous expectations surround the team as plans for a big JLA movie take shape. Long lead times…

“Coming To You From beautiful downtown Burbank!”

Clint McElroy
October 31, 2013

Comics Market Mirrors 1990s Crash

Tom Berry
September 30, 2013
9 Comments

Readers and collectors just have to refuse to spend hard-earned money on some of the junk that's thrown our way whether it's in the primary or the secondary market. As a reader-collector, I'm very discriminating in what I buy and collect because at $4 a pop - more for some books - reading comics is becoming a very expensive hobby; even more so for the serious collector seeking to purchase the classics. If we don't fall for the junk we can help keep some of the nonsense out of the market and ensure we get the most for our money

“Saving the World, One Purchase at a Time”

Clint McElroy
April 3, 2013

Death, be not proud.

Anthony Falcone
February 28, 2013
6 Comments

The comic book world was abuzz this week with the news that Damian Wayne, the fourth Robin, was going to die in the upcoming Batman Incorporated #8. I didn’t bother posting a spoiler alert because once something appears in the…

BIFF SOCKO: Breakin’ Up Is Ha-a-ard To Do

Clint McElroy
February 13, 2013

Comic Book Sales

Anthony Falcone
February 7, 2013
4 Comments

I was looking at a list of the discounts that Marvel is offering to local comic book shops (Bleeding Cool has a good breakdown here) and I wonder if we will ever be able to have accurate sales figures for…

Comics are sh*t.

Danny Champion
January 29, 2013
35 Comments

Easily the coolest storyteller in the history of cool storytellers’: Quentin Tarantino is a formidable force in the wonderful world of favourable fiction. His fans love him almost unconditionally and why shouldn’t they? His work often has funny, cool, smart…

2013 so, what now?

Danny Champion
January 2, 2013
10 Comments

2012 was a milestone year for comics at the movies. Marvel’s characters blew everything else away in the biggest movie-event of the summer and the general interest in comic characters reached new heights as ‘nerdism’ was celebrated among civilians as…

Superman: Man Of Steel Trailer

Scott VanderPloeg
December 12, 2012
3 Comments

Here’s the latest trailer for the new Superman movie, Man Of Steel, due out summer 2013. [youtube ]

Thinking outside the books

Danny Champion
December 11, 2012

Technology has reached a point where story could be created and shared in a new and different way. It’s time to take that opportunity by the scruff of the neck, and discover what’s actually possible by combining print and digital to…

All printed comics replaced with digital

Danny Champion
December 4, 2012

“The Dandy launches sound and motion digital comic to celebrate 75 years in the biz”… and stops printing books on actual paper all together. On December 4th 1937, DC Thomson began publishing the most successful comic in Britain. To this day,…

The British Comic Awards

Danny Champion
November 20, 2012

I just found out about this and decided to share it here. The British Comic Awards is a brand new initiative to annually celebrate the very best in British comics. The aim is to commend and highlight the best stories…

Justice League Cover Sketch Progress #2

Danny Champion
November 13, 2012

Following on from last weeks’ post, I just wanted to share the sketch is it is now. The idea for this ‘make-believe’ storyline is to suggest a catastrophe in NYC with the JLA discovering the discarded remains of the currently…

DC Offers Single Issues Across Digital Landscape

Scott VanderPloeg
November 7, 2012

DC just announced that day and date comics are now available in Apple’s iBookstore, Amazon’s Kindle store and Barnes & Noble’s Nook store. Basically DC is releasing individual comics across the three major digital platforms in their native formats. Yes,…

Justice League Movie?

Danny Champion
October 16, 2012

Tragically losing the rather astonishing Heath Ledger after his first and only portrayal of the greatest comics villain to ever grace our movie theaters was… beyond all else, bad news for the future of DC Movies. If you remove the hearts and…

Biff Socko, Two-Fisted Newshound: Sep 26th

Clint McElroy
September 26, 2012