Those that are About to Die – An Examination of the Suicide Squad, Part Three
A lengthy re-read and discourse on the DC comic book title Suicide Squad and all subseries. Suicide Squad issue 4 is titled “William Hell’s Overture”, another done-in-one tale expanding on the mission of the Squad, this time within the borders of the USA and the DC Universe version itself. Focusing on a costumed vigilante in Read More
No Comments on Those that are About to Die – An Examination of the Suicide Squad, Part ThreeState of the Industry – February 2016
February sales in the comic book market are traditionally slow, with 2016 continuing that (trend) as numbers dipped to lows not seen in nearly a year. Only three titles topped 100k for the month, though a fourth came so close it may as well be considered an even 100 thousand. Marvel dominated the top ten Read More
No Comments on State of the Industry – February 2016Those that are About to Die – An Examination of the Suicide Squad, Part Two
A lengthy re-read and discourse on the DC comic book series, Suicide Squad and all subseries.. “Jail Break” is the title of issue three of Suicide Squad, a done-in-one story that forms a direct sequel to the Legends mini-series introducing this new version of the Squad. As such, it goes slightly far afield of the Read More
No Comments on Those that are About to Die – An Examination of the Suicide Squad, Part TwoDC Rebirth Announcement: Win or Lose
With DC sales dropping like a sinkhole in Florida, it’s been expected that some form of creative announcement from the co-publishers, Jim Lee and Dan Didio would be forthcoming. Little more than a month ago, the company revealed their intent to give the whole DCU a revamp with the umbrella title of Rebirth. Groans were Read More
No Comments on DC Rebirth Announcement: Win or LoseThe Sandman #6 “24 Hours”
Recently, during one of our challenge episodes of the fantastic podcast From The Hip, my cohost and buddy Sir Jon offered me this as my challenge. Read the first trade paperback of the Neil Gaiman penned comic series The Sandman. Now this, unlike the feat of strength and pure willpower that host and former friend Read More
No Comments on The Sandman #6 “24 Hours”Those that are About to Die – An Examination of the Suicide Squad, Part One
A lengthy re-read and discourse on the DC comic book series, Suicide Squad and all subseries. By late 1986, after the final issues of the Legends mini-series had hit the shelves, my interest in the newly reformatted DC Universe was at an all-time high. Amazing amounts of awesome new series were being released following the Read More
No Comments on Those that are About to Die – An Examination of the Suicide Squad, Part OneState of the Industry – January 2016
A topsy-turvy tail end of 2015 showed that comic books are an extremely volatile medium, nearly as much as the commodities market. Hoping for a strong opening to the New Year, the top 300 list from Diamond Comics gave the impression of increases, though sales dipped overall. The top ten saw an increase to eight Read More
No Comments on State of the Industry – January 2016The Suicide Squad – Legends
LEGENDS, the six-issue series printed in 1987 from DC Comics, was the essential sequel to the world-changing CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS. It was meant to be a reintroduction to the DC Universe as well as a stand alone series that might be a primer to the characters and groups DC was publishing at the time. Read More
No Comments on The Suicide Squad – LegendsThose That Are About to Die (Again)
I spent a couple of hours yesterday watching the pilot episodes of the new comic book based series on the CW Network, DC’s LEGENGS OF TOMORROW. It’s been a widely anticipated show, gathering together a group of characters introduced on both the CW’s other DC Comics’ based shows, ARROW and THE FLASH. Some previews Read More
No Comments on Those That Are About to Die (Again)I GOTS COMICS (and some other stuff)
So I have a lot of comics to sell, amongst some other stuff. If you’re looking for something, message me through the page and I’ll get back to you. What I have: Comic books from the 60’s to current, but piecemeal stuff. I have no complete series. If you’re looking for a lot of early Read More
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