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Transformers/G.I. Joe #1 "The Line" Writer John Ney Riber, Art Jae Lee, Colors June Chung I'm not a G.I. Joe fan, so I bought this Dreamwave mini and the other early one that came out around this time (by Devil's Due comics, maybe?) mainly for the Transformers. I did like the art quite a ...

City of Fantasy! Script: Bill Finger Artist: Dick Sprang In the lab of Dr. Frank Bolton, "famed physicist" Bolton discusses his invention, the "illus-o-ray". Supposedly a device to refract light, it has different effect that require prismatic goggles. But Bolton's assistant Park...

Batman #90 March 1955 The Web of Doom! Script: Bill Finger Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff Inks: Charles Paris Dr. Peter Driscoll trips, hits his head, and drops a dangerous package in an alley. He's got "total amnesia" from the blow, so he doesn't remember, but his colleague warns the Gotham po...

I liked the 2005 FF film, but not this one. I'm mainly a DC guy, but the Fantastic Four are my favorite Marvel characters. I'm seriously hoping they get the upcoming movie right. I always feel conflicted on an FF movie, because I always hope it's going to be good, but then I also think, "Will ...

Fan4stic (aka Fantastic Four 2015) - Watched this for the first time yesterday. I can see why it didn't do well. It's such a dark take on the team, and most of the characters really don't get any development. Ben and Reed are friends from childhood, because Reed is building the teleporter. And... t...

Green Lantern/Green Arrow #81 December 1970 All New! All Now! I'm not sure what the "all Now!" means, but that's what the cover proclaims. It's an interesting cover, with columns of people apparently in chains of linked arms, falling, with GL, GA and Black Canary among them. And Black Can...

Detective Comics #217 March 1955 The Mental Giant of Gotham City! Script: Edmond Hamilton Pencils: Dick Sprang Inks: Charles Paris Now I understand -- that accidental burst of freak radiation stimulated my brain cells - my brain and skull have grown big, and my cerebrum is now functioning at full l...

Nice to see Robert Picardo in the series. That has me interested in it, when nothing else about it got my attention.

Bruce Wayne's Aunt Agatha! Writer: Bill Finger Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff Inks: Stan Kaye Always Batman has had one nightmare -- that his true identity would be unmasked as Bruce Wayne, socialite! And suddenly that nightmare comes true, and ironically, the one who rips away his disguise is a beloved ...

The Seven Wonders of the Underworld! Writer: Unknown Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff Inks: Charles Paris Underworld leader Vince Varden can't get crooks to follow him any more because he's "old fashioned" in his methods. An angry Varden spends tons to buy items from "the greatest criminal i...