Alexander and Ilya Salkind had sold Superman to the Golan-Globus Group/Cannon but wisely retained the rest of the family including Superboy. Thanks to Star Trek: The Next Generation pioneering first run syndication in 1987, the Salkinds realized the Teen of Steel would be perfect. Looking to produce this on the cheap, they set up shop…
Seventy-five years ago on this day in 1938, the Golden Age of Comics began with the release of Action Comics #1, where Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster introducing us to a strange visitor from another planet with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men– Superman! Who can change the course of mighty rivers–…
There are the Great Eternal Fanboy Questions. (The Eternal Fanboys sounds like a comic itself or a geek Goth band.) One of them is âWho is stronger, the Hulk or the Thing?â Or the variation âThor or the Hulk?â You can even ask who is stronger â the Hulk, the Thing, or Thor, but that…
Splitsville #1, from Arena Comics • Writer: Ben Fisher • Penciler: Kevin Stokes • Inker: Adam Markiewicz • Letterer: Comicraft • Colorist: Tony Washington I won’t deny that I’m a sucker for fun, clever writing and shiny art. Who isn’t?. So when my artist friend Kevin Stokes gave me a sneak peek at one of…
Not a dream! Not a hoax! Not an imaginary tale! It was this week in 1996 that Clark Kent and Lois Lane got married, an event comics fans had been anticipating for 60 years. Superman: The Wedding Album was published during the week of October 6, 1996, coinciding with an episode of the television series…
The staff at my regular comic shop wants to know what I think about the DC re-launch. I’ve been shopping there for decades, and I buy DC comics every time I go in there. I don’t only buy DC, but I buy almost everything they publish. That’s the way it’s been for me for more…
At long last, CW’s Smallville rings down the curtain tomorrow night with a two-hour finale. As we saw last week, Tom Welling will finally don Brnadon Routh’s cheesy red and blue outfit and fly into the sunset. The incredibly uneven show will see Clark Kent face off against Darkseid, accept his destiny, marry Lois Lane…
By now, you’ve probably heard about the controversy– ZOMG SUPERMAN RENOUNCES AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP!!! A lot of people are taking this panel at right from Action Comics #900 out of context. For me, I always thought that “Truth, Justice, and the American Way” was a bit redundant. At least, I hoped that it was, because that…
We’re down to the final episodes of the CW’s [[[Smallville]]] leading up to the two-hour finale on May 13. And Warner Home Video is wasting no time letting you know that not only will the tenth and final season be out this year, but so will the mammoth ten season box set. We can relive…
Yesterday, we speculated that Green Lantern was the DC hero next going before the cameras and MTV’s Splash Page then ran an interview with co-screenwriter Marc Guggenheim that confirms this projection. “This morning, we sat down to talk Green Lantern,” Guggenheim told MTV, “and we ended up riffing for an hour and a half on…
Danny Fingeroth, best known today as editor of Write Now!, will be speaking on the topic of graphic novels at the Court street Barnes & Noble in Brooklyn on Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. Known for his superhero work, Fingeroth may seem like an unorthodox choice to write a guide to non-superhero, "literary" graphic novels…
So this week we shall see the season premiere of Smallville. This is not only the eighth season of the series that depicts a young Clark Kent learning the lessons that will make him Superman, it is also likely the last — unless the CW decides at the last minute to change their minds. Matt…
