Z | February 19, 2011
For all of those out there that love a good funny book AND love Warren Ellis, too, it’s time to checkout his 2006 12-issue run called Nextwave! It’s collected in a total of 1 Trade Paperback (used to be 2) and still currently available here at Captain Blue Hen Comics! (If it’s sold out, we [...]
kita | January 18, 2011
NEW E X T E N D E D WEDNESDAY HOURS: open 10am-8pm COMICS HIGHLIGHTS picks the BIG books of the week plus ones you might miss. Click the pics for a description of the picks. ALL of this week’s stuff is on our NEW COMICS page.
Randal | January 12, 2011
This week we talk about a female’s role in comics and what characters we like, how they have grown, etc. For once, we were stumped… Listen here!
kita | January 10, 2011
NEW E X T E N D E D WEDNESDAY HOURS: open 10am-8pm PLUS!PLUS!PLUS!PLUS!PLUS!PLUS!PLUS!PLUS!PLUS! HAVE MORE COMICS THAT ARE COMICS HIGHLIGHTS picks the BIG books of the week plus ones you might miss. Click the pics for a description of the picks. ALL of this week’s stuff is on our NEW COMICS page.
kita | December 30, 2010
Dave Edition We found out the Red Hulk’s true identity in a story featuring the Intelligentsia, a group of super villains with not one, but many master plans. The Leader, the Mad Thinker, M.O.D.O.K., and the Red Ghost had a series of plans to destroy the opposition and take over the world. Planning for everything, [...]
kita | December 2, 2010
Dave Edition One of my favorite comic writers, and the best Iron Man writer of all time, David Michelinie, explores this alternate history of Tony Stark. Michelinie has a great handle on Iron Man and writes Doctor Doom to perfection. After you read this WHAT IF?, check out IRON MAN: LEGACY OF DOOM, IRON MAN: [...]
joe | November 6, 2010
PART ONE I know that’s a bold statement, and Rob Liefeld and Marvel in the ’90s brought us some real stinkers, but I think you’ll agree these two are especially bad. More entries on the way, but for now, set your faces on stun. My first two Project Run-amok awards go to The Martian Manhunter [...]
kita | November 3, 2010
Dave Edition I just read that over 8 million people watched The Walking Dead on Halloween. Some of those folks know that ‘TWD’ is based on a comic series by Robert Kirkman. If you are reading this, I’m sure you are one of those who know this, but did you know that Kirkman writes a [...]
Randal | October 21, 2010
What happened this week in the world of nerds, geeks and fandom? This week Disney bought the distribution rights to two of Marvel’s biggest film titles from Paramount. The first images of the film version of the Green Lantern’s power battery/weird alien thingy have been released. Indie film director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler) has been [...]
kita | October 16, 2010
DC’s ANNOUNCEMENT Beginning January 2011, DC Comics will implement a line-wide pricing adjustment lowering the prices of all standard length 32-page ongoing comic book titles currently priced at $3.99 to $2.99, it was announced by DC Comics Co-Publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio. “This announcement reaffirms DC Comics’ commitment to both our core fans and [...]
Randal | October 7, 2010
Some pretty huge movie news this week. Up and comer Emma Stone has been cast in the reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, but not as who you would think! Film legend Sam Raimi will take the reigns on on a new Wizard Of Oz movie. He is planning to make the film a “3-D event”, sounds [...]
kita | October 5, 2010
Did you know that October 6 is UNCANNY X-FORCE Day? Captain Blue Hen Comics celebrates UXFD with The Quiz. Take The Quiz–You will win a prize. COMICS HIGHLIGHTS picks the BIG books of the week plus ones you might miss. Click the pics for a description of the picks. ALL of this week’s stuff is [...]
kita | September 28, 2010
Dave Edition Even if the story wasn’t great (it is), I would buy this just for the art, and I never buy comics just for the art. Alan Davis is a living legend.
kita | July 7, 2010
SHADOWLAND Review by CBH Member, Randal Barbor Warning: minor spoilers Exploding from the pages of the best book you aren’t reading; Daredevil, comes Shadowland! Written by Andy Diggle (The Loser, Green Arrow: Year One), the five issue mini-series debuts on July 8th and appears to be something that has been in the works since the [...]
kita | January 14, 2010
While the struggle between Good and Evil will never end, it appears that the clouds will lift in the Marvel Universe after Dark Reign and the sun will rise in the DCU post Blackest Night. Marvel will enter into a new Heroic Age–more a state of being than a crossover–and DC will have its Brightest [...]
