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Learning to Love Marvel, Too: How a DC Fan Jumped Into Spidey’s House
From childhood to adulthood, my favorite characters in comics have always belonged to DC. Batman and Superman have always resonated with me more than others, but the other members of the Justice...
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Secret Crisis: A Brief History of the Modern Comics Crossover Event
If you walk into a comic shop at any point during the year, you’re likely to hear at least one fan at the counter complain about each publisher’s latest scheme to take more of their money. “Why does...
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Superman on Film: From Worst to First
One of the problems with being a huge Superman fan in the year 2013 is that the world has seemingly forgotten about the original superhero, at least temporarily. I have a feeling that the forthcoming...
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Evil Men of Steel: 5 Alternate Versions of Superman
The new Netherrealm Studios/DC Comics fighting game, Injustice: Gods Among Us, dropped in stores this week. The storyline of the game posits an alternate world where Metropolis has been destroyed,...
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Happy Birthday, Superman: the Man of Steel Through the Ages
Today in 1938, seventy-five years ago, the world changed forever. I can say that without a shred of hyperbole, because the creation that burst off of the vibrant full-color cover of Action Comics #1...
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Will ‘Man of Steel’ Have Superman’s Heart? A Fan’s Response to a Comic Writer
As a comic book fan and retailer, it’s really easy for me to tell you what the popular trends are in the subculture of capes and cowls. Right now, both the major publishers have been pulling off...
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Free Comic Book Day is THIS SATURDAY!
For the last couple of decades, the comic book industry has seen a pretty enormous contraction. The hottest selling book of the 1990s, Marvel’s X-Men (vol. 2) #1, sold an astonishing 8 million copies...
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Review: Superman: Unbound
While the Man of Steel is getting ready to return to the big screen in just over a month’s time, he makes a return to DVD and Blu-ray this week in the form of the brand new, feature-length animated...
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‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Comes to Theaters a Day Early
Isn’t the wait for the latest Star Trek film a painful one? I certainly think so! Although I was one of the lucky fans able to purchase tickets for the “fan sneak” preview of the film on Wednesday,...
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Batgirl and Nightwing Highlight Awesomeness of Cosplay Weddings
When I was a kid and gave any thought to weddings, I always had a very traditional image in my head. White dress, black tux, a very serious tone, friends and family crying, etc. Being a geek, though,...
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Reflecting on Geoff Johns’ Epic Green Lantern Comic Run
When a comic book fan tries to “talk up” a run on a title that is very significant to them, it becomes very easy for them to descend into the trap of hyperbole and nonsense. So many different praising...
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Review: ‘Arrested Development’ Season 4
After years of questions, cast scheduling, and fan clamoring, Netflix finally gassed up the stair car once again for a fourth season of the beloved TV series Arrested Development, chronicling the...
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WB and DC Comics Officially Celebrating 75 Years of Superman
This year, the original superhero Superman is returning to the big screen in next month’s blockbuster-in-waiting, Man of Steel. Coincidentally, Superman is also celebrating his seventy-fifth birthday,...
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‘Man of Steel’ Roundup: Sneak Peek, New Trailer, and Surprising Ticket Pre-Sales
With just over a week from the release of Warner Bros. highly anticipated Superman film Man of Steel, the exposure for Krypton’s Last Son is at its highest point in several years. Buzz on Man of Steel...
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How ‘Star Wars’ Fans Can Learn From Comic Book Fans
I have a bone to pick with a certain sect of Star Wars fandom. This is coming from someone who qualifies himself as a pretty big fan of the space opera, as a kid who grew up fascinated with the...
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E3 2013: First Gameplay Footage of ‘Batman: Arkham Origins’ Revealed
Before 2009, the video game medium’s relationship with the Dark Knight was…problematic at best. Throughout the history of home console gaming, Batman was fortunate enough to have a few good hits: the...
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Conan O’Brien Reviews ‘Injustice: Gods Among Us,’ Reveals New DLC Character
Injustice: Gods Among Us has become one of the hottest properties in gaming right now. Starring the iconic heroes and villains of the DC Comics Universe, the fighting game developed by Netherrealm...
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A Fan’s Perspective on ‘Man of Steel’–“Finally, Film Has Caught Up to Superman”
Spoiler Alert! If you’ve not seen Man of Steel, it’s highly recommended that you do before reading this review. As a lifelong Superman fan, I’ve long felt that the World’s Greatest Hero has never...
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Not Her Time: Shailene Woodley’s Mary Jane Cut From ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2′
Due in no small part to Kirsten Dunst’s portrayal in Sam Raimi’s films, most people have the perception that Mary Jane Watson is Spider-Man’s one true love. Comic book fans that call the ol’ webhead...
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The 5 Best Superhero Games of the Current Console Generation
This week, High Moon Studios and Activision released a new Marvel Comics video game with a hard “M” rating and a zany, off-the-wall, self-refelexive story starring everyone’s favorite Merc With a...
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