Kita’s Not-So-Quick Review

| March 14, 2009

First and foremost: this post has nothing to do with comic books. I have been trying to pick a comic to review, but I am behind at least three to four issues on everything, so it wouldn’t be current. So, this is about other things. I get an A for effort right? Taken: a movie [...]

New Comics List – Arriving Wednesday, March 18

| March 13, 2009

Go to our New Comics page to see our New Comics List as a Cover Gallery. The comiXology.com “Pull” is NOT linked to the Captain Blue Hen pull list. NEW COMICS LIST below:

This Week’s Must-Read Comics (3/11-3/17)

| March 11, 2009

I would say that these are This Week’s Must-Read Comics strictly based on customer requests (“When is ___ coming out?”) 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.

Captain Blue Hen at Your School, Library, or Club!

| March 10, 2009

You know Joe as the owner of CBH and the host of any event that we have at our humble comics shop, but did you know Joe appears at schools and libraries? Captain Blue Hen is the resource in the area for everything comics, so our great teaching institutions come to us when they need [...]

“And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and [Fury]ous anger…”

| March 9, 2009

Samuel L. Jackson IS Nick Fury IN NINE Marvel Movies! It has been confirmed: Samuel Jackson has been signed to play Nick Fury in up to nine Marvel films. Comics fans, those that have seen or read Mark Millar and Brian Hitch’s Ultimates anyway, know that, for some reason, the Ultimate Marvel Universe version of [...]

Dave’s Stack – Arriving March 11: The Final Stack!?!

| March 8, 2009

Well, this looks like the end for Dave’s Stack. See, the weekly cbh.com feature that gave you a peek into the personal reading habits of yours truly was meant to provoke conversation. Provoke conversation about your reading habits, and what you like and don’t like, and what was exciting to you or what was over-hyped [...]

The Hen is Takin’ Over Facebook!

| March 6, 2009

Your favorite crime fighting action packed super hero is now on Facebook. Well, not really, but Captain Blue Hen Comics is!

New Comics List – Arriving Wednesday, March 11

| March 6, 2009

Go to our New Comics page to see our New Comics List as a Cover Gallery. The comiXology.com “Pull” is NOT linked to the Captain Blue Hen pull list. NEW COMICS LIST below:

Returning to Comics with Watchmen

| March 4, 2009

A Review by Jesse the Intern The graphic novel Watchmen was written in 1986. So you may be thinking “Aren’t you a little late with a review. Look it’s not my fault. I haven’t read a comic book since I was twelve years old, and I have only been interning at Captain Blue Hen for [...]

This Week’s Must-Read Comics (3/4-3/10)

| March 4, 2009

This Week’s Must-Read Comics means comics you must read this week. No kidding. There’s going to be a test. I’m not going to say what’s going to be covered exactly, but you should be up on your Ferro Lad. You have been warned. Click on the images for a full description of the picks. Check [...]

Scarlett Johansson to Eliza Dushku Re: Black Widow Role-”Yoink!”

| March 3, 2009

It appears that Eliza Dushku‘s wishes will not come true. As I reported, Dushku made a public plea via SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show to Jon Favreau, stating that she would be perfect for the Black Widow role in Iron Man 2. Now, according to Entertainment Weekly, Scarlett Johansson is in talks with Marvel Studios [...]

Pet Avengers – Who Says This Isn’t the Marvel Age of All-Out Fun?

| March 2, 2009

You may not have asked for it, but here it is anyway: Lockjaw and the Pet Avengers. The four-issue mini-series will be written by Chris Eliopoulos (Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius). When Earth’s “real” superheroes are all off world battling some cosmic menace, it is up to The Inhuman’s huge, teleporting bulldog Lockjaw to [...]

Dave’s Stack – Arriving March 3

| March 1, 2009

Whose stack? Dave’s Stack! Some underestimate And miscalculate My intent to create what I call the great Till I make a blog that I prove ‘em wrong See my blog so strong it’ll make ‘em come along Whose stack? (Say what?!?) Dave’s Stack! This is what I’ll be reading this week. Am I illin’ or [...]

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