I always have dug The Spectre, and I brought back our 2007 article on the character written by Bradley Mason Hamlin directly below to remind everyone how cool he is. I was thrilled to learn that there was an exclusive short of The Spectre included in the Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths DVD. It’s [...]
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Deadpool Corps Issues 1-5 to Feature 5 Interlocking Covers!
February 24th, 2010 
rberry Ha, this looks pretty funny, I must admit! Deadpool is a fun character that is NOTHING like the crap version you saw in the Wolverine movie. CLICK HERE to see the entire preview with full size pictures at Newsarama. Which is about the best comic book news site on the net, by the way!
I Love The Metal Men
February 14th, 2010 rberry First appearing in 1962 and used only sporadically by DC Comics since their monthly series was canceled in 1978. These shape-shifting robots were the inspiration for the T1000 in Terminator 2, and recently appeared in a super cool episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold a few weeks ago. They are easily one of [...]
Batman Thinks About Unicorns
February 12th, 2010 rberry Just a fun little scribbling to share with ya! Happy Valentine’s Day!
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2 Comments »Superman vs. Muhammad Ali ROUND TWO!
February 7th, 2010 rberry More than 30 years after it was originally published, the bizarrely cool Superman vs. Muhammad Ali comic book from 1978 will be reprinted later this year. The Denny O’Neil/Neal Adams piece matched Superman against the world’s greatest athlete and was an instant sellout. The book has been out of print since, as licensing rights for [...]
Count Dante — The Deadliest Man Alive
December 1st, 2009 rberry Next to superheroes fighting crimes with Hostess products, my all time favorite comic book ad featured the mysterious Count Dante who was the “Deadliest Man Alive” and looked like Angel from The Rockford Files. A truly bad-ass picture with hot pink accents, The Black Dragon Fighting Society seemed like an incredible group of warriors to [...]
The Coolest Superhero Costumes of All Time
November 22nd, 2009 rberry Many years ago we featured The Worst Superhero Costumes, and recently showcased The Best Supervillian costumes, so it was [...]
Comic Book License Limbo
November 21st, 2009 rberry In the late ’70s and into the ’80s, Marvel Comics made a substantial amount of comic books that were based on licensed characters that they did not create. And as time passed and deals expired, they were no longer able to reprint the work. You’ll notice this in collections like “Marvel Essentials” where the team [...]
Posted in Comic Books, Books, and Art Tags: Comic Books, Books, and Art, Man-Thing, micronauts 4 Comments »Vintage Flying Spider-Man Toy Ad
October 23rd, 2009 rberry I had one of these for about 3 minutes when I was in 2nd grade. As soon as I got him home, I launched him into the air where he landed high in some tree that he never came down from. Later, in 4th grade, my friend Chester in San Lorenzo had a helicopter toy [...]
Super Hero Mysteries
October 21st, 2009 rberry “Do you think Mr. Fantastic can stretch his dinky, also? ”
- Brodie to Stan Lee in MALLRATS
Hats off to Kevin Smith for exploring that question. The sexual proclivities of superheroes is something that’s been vastly under-explored ever since Batman first slid down his Bat-Pole.
Wondering if Plastic-Man or Mr. Fantastic could satisfy a woman while standing [...]
The Worst Superhero Costumes of All Time
October 20th, 2009 rberry Comic books have long been a place to show off wonderful costume design. Outfits worn by Superman, Green Lantern, Captain America, and Batman have long stood the test the time as some of the most beautifully designed hero garb ever. But while many heroes are gifted with powers beyond those of [...]
Cartoons and Cornflakes- Dave Stevens Tribute
October 11th, 2009 rberry (originally published by Bradley Mason Hamlin in 2008)
Well, we lost another great one.
But as I think that, write that, doesn’t seem fitting for the individuality of Dave Stevens.
I SELL THE DEAD is a fun comic I didn’t know was a movie
October 10th, 2009 rberry When I was a kid, I would read comic book adaptations and crappy novelizations of movies that I didn’t get to see in the theater. A majority of my childhood was videotape free, and back in the day, the window of time for films to get released on video was huge, sometimes 8-12 months. I [...]
Craziest Comic Book Money Making Scheme Ever
October 4th, 2009 rberry Found this in my old 1975 copy of Man-Thing #20. How bizarre! Apparently you could get extra cash in the ’70s by sleling engraved replicas of Social Security cards, complete with a 10 year calendar that would be good until 1985! WHOOO HOOO! What purpose would these even serve? And what fools would trust strangers [...]
Man-Thing Lied To Me
October 4th, 2009 rberry When I was a kid, going to the corner market to get a comic book was a big deal, and sometimes you were in such a hurry that the cover sold you on the mag more than [...]