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Taking the Long Way: The Super-Heroine’s Struggle for Respect

Bob Reyer
March 8, 2021
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Taking the Long Way: The Super-Heroine's Struggle for Respect An essay by Bob Reyer With 8 March being International Women's Day, I thought I'd re-post this piece that was originally written for our collabora... Read More...

Scout’s Honor #1

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January 26, 2021
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Writer: David PeposeArtist: Luca CasalanguidaColorist: Matt MillaLetterer: Carlos M. Mangual Scout’s Honor is the newest work from writer David Pepose who you may know from his work on Spencer & Locke o... Read More...

the Eternals #1 Review

John Burkle
January 9, 2021
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Writer: Kieron Gillen Artist: Esad Ribic  Colorist: Matthew Wilson  Letters: VC’s Clayton Cowles  In 1976 Jack Kirby returned to Marvel comics from his creative foray to DC Comic... Read More...

The Watchmen Legacy

John Burkle
July 17, 2020
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Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen may be the most important comic ever created. Not greatest or most beloved but rather important. I doubt this was the intent of the original comic nor on the forefront of ... Read More...

Quarantine Reading- Power Rangers!

John Burkle
June 7, 2020
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I took a deep dive these past couple months into a comic I never expected to enjoy. My son, Sawyer, will turn seven later this month and he loves dinosaurs and superheroes, in that order (and Pokémon but that’s... Read More...

Quarantine Reading- Paper Girls

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May 19, 2020
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Quarantine. It’s not a word nor an act I ever imagined being forced upon the bulk of our nation. Yet as many have said this is unchartered territory with a virus whose effects could be catastrophic if we don’t ... Read More...

Tales From the Archives: Tarpe Mills and Miss Fury

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Tarpe Mills and Miss Fury A "Tales From the Archives" special report by Bob Reyer As I spoke about on this week's show, I'm a devotee of Miss Fury, comics' first costumed heroine, whose newspaper strip debu... Read More...

The Secret Origin of a Comic Book Fan

Bob Reyer
September 12, 2019
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  (Friends, I know that this piece is an "oldie", but your Cranky Old Uncle Bob is feeling awfully wistful today, so I thought I'd go for a "second printing" ...and if any of you have any stories abou... Read More...

The Dark Phoenix Saga

John Burkle
June 7, 2019
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The Dark Phoenix Saga may well be the greatest X-Men story ever told. That’s a bold statement considering the X-Men is one of comics longest running franchise and is littered with amazing talents and incredible... Read More...

The Endgame & my thoughts on the MCU

John Burkle
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As I’ve written before comics are my constant. Other than my family comics are the most consistent part of my life. I first began collecting comics in the late ‘70s and they quickly took a hold of my imaginatio... Read More...
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