Downey, Jr. in Two More ‘Iron Man’ Films & ‘The Avengers’

| November 9, 2008

Robert Downey, Jr. signed a deal with Marvel Studios to return as Tony Stark/Iron Man in Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, and The Avengers. Don Cheadle, who is replacing Terrence Howard as Jim Rhodes/War Machine in Iron Man 2, has signed on for The Avengers too. Jon Favreau, who is the director of Iron [...]

Is there such a thing as the “Collector’s Gene”?

| November 8, 2008

I’m betting that many of our comic book collectors also collect other items – sports and non-sports cards, toys, coins, stamps, lunch boxes, trains, military items, movie memorabilia, and if you are a frequent visitor to the fair City of Newark – parking tickets. I even collected rocks and minerals when I was a kid! [...]

Top 100 Graphic Novels In September 2008

| November 8, 2008

1.    Watchmen TPB 2.    100 Bullets TPB Vol 12 Dirty 3.    Star Wars Clone Wars TPB Vol 01 Shipyards Of Doom 4.    Naruto TPB Vol 31 5.    Captain America TPB Vol 02 Death Of Captain America 6.    Kingdom Come TPB New Edition 7.    Wolverine Blood Debt TPB 8.    Bleach TPB Vol 24

New Comics List – Arriving Wednesday, Nov. 12

| November 7, 2008

Our New Comics page features the Cover Gallery application from comiXology.com. On that page you will see the CBH New Comics List as click-able cover images. Clicking a cover takes you to a summary of the item on comiXology.com. IMPORTANT NOTE: The button on comiXology.com labeled “Pull”. IS NOT LINKED TO THE CAPTAIN BLUE HEN [...]

Boom! Studios Announces Eureka Comic Book

| November 6, 2008

“I see this as Season 1.5,” says Andrew Cosby Ed Quinn, EUREKA’s own Nathan Stark, and EUREKA co-creator Andrew Cosby today announce the BOOM! Studios EUREKA comic book series via a special message on YouTube: EUREKA #1 ships December 2008 with 2 covers in a 50/50 split with a 1 in 10 variant. The comic [...]

New Starts, Continuations, and Endings – Dave’s Picks of the Week (11/5-11/11)

| November 5, 2008

Click on the images for a full description of the picks. Check out the cover gallery for ALL of this week’s stuff on our NEW COMICS page. ADVENTURE COMICS SPECIAL GUARDIAN #1 NEW KRYPTON – James Robinson continues his Jimmy Olsen story. Was Jimmy Olsen ever this interesting before? BUFFY SEASON 8 TPB VOL 03 [...]

Comic Book Election

| November 4, 2008

BACK TO THE POLLS AT CAPTAIN BLUE HEN The election has been going on for so long, you can’t just quit cold turkey. As you left the polling places today, you probably thought: “How can it be over just like that? I want to pull more levers, touch more screens, dimple more chads!” Come in [...]

Show Us Your Costumes

| November 4, 2008

Did you do a comic book or superhero themed costume this Halloween? Send us your pics & we’ll post ‘em! Here is Paul’s grandson, Cole (w/ friend) as an awesome Harry Potter.

VOTE, read this website and get a special sale!!

| November 4, 2008

No matter what your political leaning, we at Captain Blue Hen Comics encourage everyone to VOTE today! Although we have no way of knowing if you actually took the time to vote, we are going to reward you for being at least registered!! – Hopefully you exercised your right, eh, duty. Anyway, this offer is [...]

Show Us Your Costumes

| November 3, 2008

Did you do a comic book or superhero themed costume this Halloween? Send us your pics & we’ll post ‘em! Check out Eric, our online media consultant from Evolvor.com, as Two-Face!

Marvel’s New Black Panther is a Woman

| November 1, 2008

In the Comic Riffs blog at the Washington Post, Black Panther writer Reginald Hudlin announced a new, female Black Panther. The female character will appear in the new Black Panther title that is set to launch in February 2009. If there is a new Black Panther, does that mean the original-T’Challa, king of Wakanda-is going [...]

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