The Superheroes Must Be Crazy – Dave’s Picks of the Week (10/1-10/7)

| September 30, 2008

BATMAN #680 RIP – The Joker appears in a storyline called “RIP”. Ruh-Roh! BOYS TPB VOL 03 (MR) – Collects “Good For The Soul” (issues 15-18) and “I Tell You No Lie, G.I.” (issues 19-22). Both stories delve into the background and past of The Boys and the group’s members. GREEN LANTERN REVENGE OF THE [...]

Stephen Colbert Teams with Spidey in Amazing Spider-Man #573

| September 29, 2008

Stephen Colbert, star of The Colbert Report, teams with the web-head in a new eight-page story in the Amazing Spider-Man #573! Writer Mark Waid (Marvels) and artist Patrick Olliffe (Countdown) create the story featuring Marvel Universe presidential candidate, Stephen Colbert, side-by-side with everyone’s favorite wall-crawler. You’ve seen Spidey swinging by the Colbert campaign billboards, now [...]

New Comics List – Arriving Wednesday, Oct. 1

| September 26, 2008

ALCOHOLIC HC (MR) – $19.99 AME COMI DONNA TROY VINYL FIGURE – $49.99 AME COMI ZATANNA VINYL FIGURE – $49.99 ANITA BLAKE VH LAUGHING CORPSE #1 (MR) – $3.99 ANITA BLAKE VH LAUGHING CORPSE #1 LIM MONKEY VAR (MR) – $TBD ARMY @ LOVE THE ART OF WAR #3 (MR) – $2.99 ARMY OF DARKNESS [...]

Steve Dillon Reports on His Visit to Captain Blue Hen

| September 25, 2008

Steve Dillon, artist of Wolverine: Origins and Preacher, made CBH a stop on his Hero Initiative tour. Steve himself gave this report on the ComicsPRO blog: “The signing at Captain Blue Hen went really well. Joe and his crew had raised a rake of dosh (that’s English for ‘loads of money’) for Hero before I’d [...]

Mean Red & Green and the Bruce is Loose – Dave’s Picks of the Week

| September 23, 2008

BACK ISSUE #30 – This 100-page magazine “tunes in to your favorite Saturday Morning Heroes, headlined by the 1970s’ Shazam! comics revival and TV show—including interviews with TV Captain Marvels JACKSON BOSTWICK [ask Joe and Dave about their encounter with him in Chicago] and JOHN DAVEY” HULK #6 – We finally get to see the [...]

A Big Thank You to all who helped in the HERO INITIATIVE Auction!

| September 22, 2008

For you procastinators out there, the HERO INITIATIVE auction is history! Although the live portion of the auction was sparsely attended, those who showed up knew that there were bargains to be had and took advantage of it. Overall, 29 different people participated and most of the lots found a new home. The following three [...]

‘Y: The Last Man’ the Movie

| September 22, 2008

Top Vertigo Series to Become Film Franchise Lost writer Brian K. Vaughn completed his award-winning Y: the Last Man comic book series this year and director D.J. Caruso (Eagle Eye) just announced that the script for the movie has been completed. Caruso says that Shia LaBeouf (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) [...]

‘Iron Man II’ Script Draws on Comic Series

| September 21, 2008

Iron Man II Influenced by Matt Fraction’s Invincible Iron Man Iron Man II director Jon Favreau says that Justin Theroux’s script will draw the tone from the Matt Fraction Invincible Iron Man comic series. Favreau says that the series is seems to be a combination of the first film and the previous Marvel comics. Favreau [...]

Top 100 Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks for August

| September 20, 2008

1     WATCHMEN TPB 2     STAR WARS FORCE UNLEASHED GN 3     BATMAN KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC 4     ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TPB VOL 20 & HIS AMAZING FRIENDS

New Comics List – Arriving Wednesday, Sept. 24

| September 19, 2008

100 BULLETS TPB VOL 12 DIRTY (MR) – $12.99 ABE SAPIEN TPB VOL 01 THE DROWNING – $17.95 ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN #10 VAR ED – $TBD ALL STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN THE BOY WONDER #10 – $2.99 AMBUSH BUG YEAR NONE #3 – $2.99 ANGEL REVELATIONS #5 – $3.99 ARCHIE #589 – $2.25 [...]

New G.I. Joe Comics from IDW

| September 19, 2008

G.I. Joe Back in Comics in 2009 IDW Publishing licensed G.I. Joe for comics earlier this year and now they announce its first three G.I. Joe comic series for 2009. The three new series launch early in 2009. Each of the three series is previewed this October in a #0 issue. The first title is [...]

‘Sigmund and the Sea Monsters’ Movie

| September 18, 2008

Krofft Saturday Mornings Updated Hollywood is producing a number of Sid and Marty Krofft properties that many of us may remember from the Saturday mornings of our childhood. The latest live action feature adaptation is a version of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, to be written by Simpsons writer-producer Dana Gould. Other Krofft properties are [...]

How Old is Too Old to Play Pirate?

| September 17, 2008

AAArrrr!P Sale Ahoy, mateys! Celebrate Paul’s Birthday and “Talk Like a Pirate Day” Wednesday 9/17 to Friday 9/19 10% off trade paperbacks, graphic novels, and hardcovers! All me hearties get the senior discount!

Jacks, Janes, and Secrets – Dave’s Comic Book Picks of the Week

| September 16, 2008

GØDLAND #25 – The modern example of Jack Kirby as a genre. Image’s ad copy says: “GØDLAND YEAR THREE IS HERE TO DEPLETE THE FOSSIL FUELS OF YOUR BRAIN!” I cannot disagree or say it better. GREATEST HITS #1 (MR) – Greatest Hits is the story of a rock band called the Mates. The Mates [...]

Auction ends this Sunday, 9/21 – don’t get left out!

| September 15, 2008

There are 75 lots of all types of interesting stuff up for bids at Captain Blue Hen Comics. Sales of these items will benefit the HERO INITIATIVE. Scroll down the page for details and a complete list of the lots and minimum bids. Caution: Don’t miss out on this opportunity to score some really nice [...]

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