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Review - Last Will and Testament by Brad Meltzer and the Adam Kubert

September 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I just put up a review of a one-shot from DC Comics, Last Will and Testament, Brad Meltzer’s and Adams Kubert’s contribution around the Final Crisis event. I kind of just read it, felt something, and wanted to review it. This is basically how I roll with reviews, regardless of medium and I thought Melzter [...]

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Tags: Brad Meltzer · Comics · DC Comics · Final Crisis · Last Will and Testament · Reviews

More Silver Age Grey Tone Goodness

July 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments

In a previous post I commented on a recent pick-up and my appreciation for Silver Age DC Grey/Wash tone covers and I just got another of my favorites today.

This Green Lantern#8 (1961) It’s also the first 5700 A.D. cover/story! Nowhere near the highest graded but a solid mid-grade with white pages that has a sweet [...]

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Tags: Comic Books · Comics · DC Comics · Green Lantern

More ‘52′ Sweetness

July 15th, 2008 · 6 Comments

This is for the benefit of continuity in my blog posts and to establish that one can never say the Bodhisattva does not deliver! A mere day ago Gabe (when remarking on my lastest grab) said:
“I loved the fact Adam Strange played such a prominent role in DC’s “52″ storyline. Classic stuff.”
I have a few [...]

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Tags: Comic Books · Comics · DC Comics · OA · Original art

Wantlist Grab

July 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Today I was able to grab  a comic  that’s on my constant want list:

Now you can do a search for this book and there are a couple of copies on ebay in various conditions and a couple at Metropolis Comics as well and you’ll notice none of them are really in high grade. Some of [...]

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Tags: Comic Books · Comics · DC Comics · Grey/Wash tone · Mystery in Space · Silver Age

Tomio Through Your Radio: Dan Didio Sends Nation in Search of Beyond

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

I listen to a lot of comic book related podcasts as kind of background while I’m doing Bookspot related stuff and when I work out.  While I’m sure also of are used to hearing our names it always strikes me dumbfounded when I hear it on what is essentially a radio. No matter how short [...]

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Tags: Batman Beyond · Comicgeekspeak · Comics · DC Comics · Dan Didio · Jay Tomio · Only the VALIANT · Pants · The Sixth World · Uncategorized · podcasts