Okay, Who Came Up With This?

Meet Little Ambrose:That's him at the top of the ladder. More to the point is the chap at the bottom of the ladder. That's Little Archie, aka, Archie Andrews, the character who sold more comic books in the Silver Age than [...]

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#059.Spider Man

Amazing Fantasy was a comic book anthology series published by Marvel Comics. It is best known as the title that introduced the popular character Spider Man which was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko.Here [...]

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Friday Trivia Quiz #7: Superman

I decided to try something different this week. I've combined bits and pieces from several different covers from the Superman family of comics. Can you identify all the covers. Some of the covers may give you a clue. [...]

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Thursday Links

The always-recommended Dial B for Blog has a terrific series on what would have happened if Bazooka Joe had joined up with the Justice League of America.Both Beaucoup Kevin and Mark Engblom take on the recent announcement that the Superman movie series [...]

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#058.Indrajal Comics 20 (Hindi)

This Indrajal Comics is first time in any language posted at net. A interesting adventure of Flash Gordon.384-1981-Flash-Ghrina ka DavanalPassword: bookscomics.blogspot.comThis is Anurag's contribution. All credits [...]

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Trivia Quiz #6 Answers

Match these villains with the person who either created them, or augmented their powers in some way:1. The Destroyer2. The Absorbing Man3. The WreckerA. Queen of the NarnsB. OdinC. Loki1. B.2. C.3. A.Answered correctly by Joe Bloke, Thelonius Nick and [...]

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#057.Tarzan Family (DC)

All DC's Tarzan Family #60-66 (Nov-Dec 1975 to Nov-Dec 1976) Tarzan Family 60Tarzan Family 61Tarzan Family 62Tarzan Family 63Tarzan Family 64Tarzan Family 65Tarzan Family 66OrTarzan Family 60-63Tarzan Family 64 [...]

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Another Great Comics Blog

One of the nice things about having a Sitemeter is that you can see where people are coming from. I saw a couple referrals from SupermanFan.net in my logs, surfed over thee and was very impressed with what I saw. It appears to be a group blog, with [...]

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Friday Trivia Quiz #6: The Mighty Thor

Match these villains with the person who either created them, or augmented their powers in some way:1. The Destroyer2. The Absorbing Man3. The WreckerA. Queen of the NarnsB. OdinC. Loki4. Who was the comic relief character in the Tales of Asgard series? [...]

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Key Issues: Showcase #4

Undeniably the Holy Grail for DC Silver Age fanatics (no, I don't have it either), Showcase #4 is generally credited with kick-starting the superhero revival of the Silver Age. That it was the first comic to succeed in [...]

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#056.Korak - Son of Tarzan (DC)

All DC Comics' Korak #46-59 (June, 1972 to Sept-Oct, 1974)Korak - Son of Tarzan 46Korak - Son of Tarzan 47Korak - Son of Tarzan 48Korak - Son of Tarzan 49Korak - Son of Tarzan 50Korak - Son of Tarzan 51Korak - Son of Tarzan [...]

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Minus Jane Foster, Plus Sif

I once read a book by PG Wodehouse on writing, where he mentioned that as he plotted a new story, he would always track his characters with little notations; +Psmith means that Psmith would enter the scene, while -Jeeves [...]

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Feelin' Groovy

Go check out Diversions of the Groovy Kind, a new blog covering what is called "The Groovy Age of Comics" (defined as 1967-1980). The Groovy Agent, your host over there, has a solid writing style, an amusing shtick (the Groovy bit), and similar tastes [...]

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Trivia Quiz #5 Answers

1. Who was the first villain to return for a second battle against Spidey?The Vulture, who first appeared in Amazing Spiderman #2, returned in Amazing Spiderman #7. Michael Rebain, Kyle, Thelonius Nick and Kryp44 all got [...]

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#055.Korak - Son of Tarzan (Gold Key)

Korak is the ape name of Jack Clayton, the son of Tarzan and Jane.Jack first appeared in the original Tarzan novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. He was introduced as an infant in the non-Tarzan novel The Eternal Lover (later [...]

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