Dave Rates “DC New 52″ for 2011

| January 5, 2012

The biggest story in the comic book world in 2011 was DC NEW 52. (We really appreciate DC Comics stepping up with something special for Captain Blue Hen’s 30th anniversary!) The new comics brought attention to the industry, with new and lapsed readers coming in to the store. Personally, I went from reading 2 DC [...]

Dave Rates “DC New 52″ AGAIN

| November 19, 2011

The following is the list of all 52 new titles from DC Comics. The list goes from my favorite (1.) to my least favorite after reading one, two, or three issues. My list breaks down thusly: 1-15 strong, 16-31 are on my chopping block, 32-45 are ones I have given up for now. I still [...]

Comics Highlights for This Week: 11/3-11/10

| November 1, 2010

Vertigo writers do superheroes this week: Sweet Tooth‘s Jeff Lemire brings us the new Superboy title and Fables‘ Bill Willingham writes a Warriors Three mini-series featuring Thor’s buddies. And the next Oz adaptation is here! COMICS HIGHLIGHTS picks the BIG books of the week plus ones you might miss. Click the pics for a description [...]

Must-Read Comics Arriving Wednesday, October 7

| October 7, 2009

New creative teams – Phil Jimenez on Astonishing X-Men, Andy Diggle on Daredevil New first issues – Doctor Voodoo, McFarlane and Kirkman’s Haunt, Waid’s The Incredibles, Brubaker’s Criminal Warren Ellis’ and John Cassaday’s Planetary is back for the last issue Walt Disney’s Comics & Stories is back for a new start Click on the images [...]

Must-Read Comics Arriving Wednesday, September 16

| September 16, 2009

M.O.D.O.K.: A humongous face only a mother could love. 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.

Must-Read Comics Arriving Wednesday, August 26

| August 26, 2009

KEVIN SMITH and WALT FLANAGAN (but not Walt Flanagan’s dog) are back with more Bat-action in BATMAN: WIDENING GYRE. The long-awaited third issue of BATMAN AND ROBIN is here. DEADPOOL-mania continues to run wild (unchecked, mind you!) Has anyone told you how consistently entertaining GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY and NOVA are? Well, someone should have… [...]

Must-Read Comics Arriving Wednesday, July 1

| June 30, 2009

IS COMING/July 4th/9am-3pm! 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.

Must-Read Comics Arriving Wednesday, June 3

| June 3, 2009

The all-star team behind All Star Superman, Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, introduce a new dynamic duo with the premiere of Batman and Robin. What? You want more? Well, how about a slew of Green Lantern stuff? We’ve got Planet Skaar and War of Kings. You want more from the summer blockbusters? We’ve got Deadpool, [...]

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