11 Nov 2026
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Marvel's Brick line is reported to be collecting Lee and Ditko's complete Amazing Spider-Man run in a 960-page, $60 volume due in July…
ColonelFrog / 11 Nov 2026
6 Feb 2022
News Comics
True Believer: The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee, by journalist Abraham Riesman, tells anecdotes from his biography of Marvel Comics hero Stan…
ColonelFrog / 6 Feb 2022
11 Apr 2021
News Comics
Ed and Jim sit down for a deep dive into The Galactus Trilogy – the 1966 Marvel three-issue comic-book tale that appeared in…
ColonelFrog / 11 Apr 2021
26 Nov 2020
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Stan Lee has been brought back to life in glorious technicolor form by his old sound engineer, Aaron Fromm, and the animator Kosperry…
ColonelFrog / 26 Nov 2020
13 Nov 2018
News Comics
It was inevitable that Stan Lee would pass on and the third of the original 1960s Marvel bullpen this year, the others being…
UncleGeoff / 13 Nov 2018
12 Nov 2018
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So, a titan passes. Stan Lee is no more. In collaboration with various comic-book artists — notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko —…
ColonelFrog / 12 Nov 2018
12 Apr 2018
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Marvel creator Stan Lee has supposedly been living in rather bad conditions in his elder years claims the Hollywood Reporter article over at…
ColonelFrog / 12 Apr 2018
9 Mar 2017
Review Books
Like all ‘Marvel Essential’ and ‘DC Showcase’ volumes this is in black and white on cheap paper. Marvel has discontinued the ‘Essential’ line,…
Eamonn Murphy / 9 Mar 2017
8 Sep 2016
Review Comics
One of this year’s big Hollywood films had humble beginnings. Doctor Strange, portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in the soon to be released movie,…
Eamonn Murphy / 8 Sep 2016
26 Jun 2013
Review Comics
‘Essential Fantastic Four Volume 7’ features stories from Fantastic Four # 138 through to Fantastic Four # 159 with a couple of ‘Giant-Size’…
Eamonn Murphy / 26 Jun 2013
27 May 2013
Review Comics
‘From beyond the stars shall come the Overmind and he shall crush the universe.’ So goes an ancient prophecy steeped in Stan Lee…
Eamonn Murphy / 27 May 2013
4 May 2013
News Comics
Well, everybody’s favorite Marvel Comics metal-head is back in the fold while combining action, aerodynamics and angst in the explosive yet slightly uneven…
FrankOchieng / 4 May 2013