I know I just did one of these, but I was recently writing a full review for a few books that I recently read, and I couldn't get beyond two paragraphs, so I decided to sum up what I've read recently. Maybe because I'm pressed for time (and have other things to do) and maybe …
Category: Comics
Some Comics in Brief, 12/5/20
I've been working my way through random comics that I've had in my collection or picked up at random at my LCS's recent huge mega Thanksgiving weekend sale. But with the exception of the ones I have already sat down and written about, I can't say that I have it in me to write about …
Camelot 3000
I cannot look at this title and want to say "Camelot! Camelot! Camelot!" "It's only a model" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4tWBILtrSU Okay, with that out of the way, let's get to the comic. Camelot 3000 is a book that has an interesting place in both comics history and my collecting history. As far as comics history is concerned, …
Starman (1988) #37, 38
A recent huge sale at my LCS saw 30,000 comics on sale for a quarter and while I didn't really have the time to go through every single longbox that was there, I bought a pretty decent stack of about 10-20 comics, some of which plugged holes in my collection (although I've got to admit …
Marvel Classic Comics #22: Food of the Gods
Professor Alan, in his infinite wisdom, has taken to sending me comic book adaptations of classic literature via the #comicbookcircleoflife. The reading results have been mixed--some of those Classics Illustrated issues were a bit of a slog to get through--but a great positive result has been the growing library of comic literature adaptations in my …
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The New Teen Titans Vol. 1
Here. We. Go! I have to confess that I only ever intended to buy this trade when DC started reprinting the Wolfman/Perez Titans because while I have owned all of these issues for more than twenty years, I know that they're pretty valuable and since I have a few of them signed by Marv Wolfman, …
Legends of the DC Universe #18, 80-Page Giant #1
My Teen Titans read-through takes me on a detour into the late Nineties, when DC was publishing books with legacy characters and was also taking the time to dive into the "untold" stories of its history. Legends of the DC Universe was one such title, and while I have only read four issues (these two, …
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Classic G.I. Joe Vol. 3
When a trade paperback begins with "Silent Interlude", which is easily one of the most famous issues of the series, you know it's going to be good. It would be about thirty issues and three or four years until I actually started collecting and reading G.I. Joe as it came out, so this stretch of …
Showcase Presents: Teen Titans Vol. 2 and The Bronze Age Teen Titans Omnibus
So nearly halfway through this second Showcase reprint trade of my favorite teen team, I picked up my hardcover of the Bronze Age reprints to see if there was any gap that I might have to compensate for; after all, I was working with a black and white reprint from one particular cycle of trade …
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Teen Titans Spotlight #21
With the ongoing (though slightly waning) success of The New Teen Titans, in 1986, DC published Teen Titans Spotlight, a series much like Solo Avengers, featured the various team members in their own stories. It's a series that I will get into more later on when I am finally into the "Baxter Series" era of …
The Uncollecting 