Covered 365: Day 166
Strange Tales #166, Marvel Comics, March 1968. Artist: Dan Adkins. I had it down to one of the 3 pictures I’ve included. I decided Strange Tales #166 was the strongest of the three, have a look and see if you agree.…
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Review: Uncanny X-Men 26-31
Summertime is a time for me to catch up on reading some of the comic books that I didn’t have time to read. For my recent reading, to pass those lazy days of summer, I decided to read a story…
Raw, Raw, Raw!
Last weekend was the Toronto ComiCon. Now I realize this site is read by people from all over the world, and if you have been following the posts here the last few days, a lot has been said about it already. So I will leave it at that except to say I was there looking for raw comics in particular but I was looking for one CGC graded book as well.
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Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Trailer
Here’s the first full trailer for Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., coming to ABC Tuesdays this fall. [youtube ]
BIFF SOCKO Nov 14th
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#3: Steranko’s Fury
Unfortunately Jim Steranko is a name fading from the collective comic book memory, to its detriment. Exploding onto the comics scene in the late 1960s and then quickly leaving the medium, he stands out as a master of page layout, design and motion.
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In the summer of 1965 spies were still all the rage. Thunderball, the 4th James Bond film was even more popular than the first 3 (Dr. No, From Russia with Love and Goldfinger for those of you counting). The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was a T.V. hit and the Cold War was still raging. Marvel had over a year earlier noticed this demand for spies and introduced...
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Yesterday we reported it.. we even guessed that it was going to be a ROM relaunch.. boy we were ever wrong. Though, not as wrong as this guy. So, it appears that rising star of comics and the man Brian…