Back Issue # 89 July 2016 (magazine review)
This is a twist from the content of recent ‘Back Issue’s I’ve read as it focuses on, as the cover
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Showcase Presents: The Atom, Vol. 1 by Gardner Fox and Gil Kane (graphic novel review).
It all started in Showcase # 34 September 1961 with ‘The Birth Of The Atom‘, scripted by Gardner Fox and
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James Bond Volume 1: Vargr by Warren Ellis and Jason Masters (graphic novel review).
James Bond is no stranger to the world of comics. His comicstrip adventures (both adapted from Ian Fleming’s books and
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Otto Binder by Bill Schelly (book review).
As Richard A. Lupoff points out in the introduction to Bill Schelly’s book about writer Otto Binder (his surname rhymes
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Comic Book Creator # 12 Spring 2016 (magazine review).
Comic Book Creator # 12 can really be broken into two sections. One is an overview of Jack Kirby’s career
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Al Plastino: Last Superman Standing by Eddy Zemo (book review).
After Jerry Shuster, there were three significant artists in Superman’s early comicbook life: Wayne Boring, Al Pastino and Curt Swan.
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Alter Ego # 140 June 2016 (magazine review).
I have to confess that there are still some gaps in my knowledge regarding the Golden Age of comics. With
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Showcase Presents: Batman Volume 6 by Dennis O’Neil, Neal Adams and, Frank Robbins (graphic novel review).
I read an interview with Denny O’Neil a while back in which he was asked how his famous pairing with
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Jack Kirby Collection Sixty-Seven (magazine review).
‘The Jack Kirby Collector’ keeps rolling along with its usual mix of tribute panels, articles, essays, old interviews with Jack,
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Alter Ego #139 May 2016 (magazine review).
With Roy Thomas’ 75th year, this edition of ‘Alter Ego’, is the second part of a massive interview by Jim
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