‘DC Silver Age Covers And Stories Artist’s Edition’ First Look From Skybound/Act 4 Publishing
Skybound and Scott Dunbier’s Act 4 Publishing have released a first look at DC Silver Age Covers and Stories Artist’s
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Deconstructing Comics #877: Jack Kirby’s ‘Black Panther’ #7-8 — The Truth About Vibranium
The adventure in the Samurai City comes to a close, and Panther attempts to get back to Wakanda. As a vibranium-related
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Quick Review: ‘Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre’ Is The Most Fun You’ll Have Reading Comics
Sometimes you just need a comic that’s unapologetically fun — and Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre is exactly that! The bizarre story
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Deconstructing Comics #874: Jack Kirby’s ‘Black Panther’ #5-6 — The City Of Samurai
Typical of the Jack Kirby comics we’ve read from the 1970s, the 1977 Black Panther series is a wild ride. Issues
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Deconstructing Comics #871: Jack Kirby’s ‘Black Panther’ #3-4 — A Time Machine, A Sweet Ride, And A Samurai
Black Panther continues his wild ride, courtesy of Jack Kirby — but filling a role that could have been played
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Deconstructing Comics #870: Steranko’s ‘Nick Fury’ Pt 1 — Spy Or Superhero?
Somehow it’s taken us 20 years of podcasting to get to Jim Steranko‘s fabled run on Nick Fury: Agent of
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Deconstructing Comics #869: Jack Kirby’s ‘Black Panther’ #1-2 — A Ribbit-ing Time Travel Story
We begin our look at Jack Kirby‘s Black Panther series from the 1970s, introducing a new Kirby character who’s a bit
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Skybound And Scott Dunbier’s Act 4 Publishing Announces ‘DC Silver Age Covers And Stories Artist’s Edition’ Coming For The Holidays
Skybound and Scott Dunbier’s Act 4 Publishing has announced their latest Artist’s Edition, and it features some of DC Comics’
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Deconstructing Comics #866: ‘Fantastic Four’ #53 — Black Panther Meets Klaw
After “hunting” the Fantastic Four, the Black Panther reveals that he did it for practice, as he anticipated a battle against
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Deconstructing Comics #864: Black Panther Debuts
Sixty years ago, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby presided over the debut of the Black Panther in Fantastic Four #52. The
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Ranking The Wonder Man Fits From Best To Worst
Though he’s only had one short-lived solo series to his name, Wonder Man is a character who dates back to
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Deconstructing Comics #861: Jack Kirby’s ‘Captain America’ — Cap Vs Magneto!
While it seems a bit odd to see Captain America fighting Magneto, they do have something in common: Jack Kirby
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Behold The Sunsword — Jason Aaron Chats About ‘Thundarr The Barbarian’
Jason Aaron joins Tom in the virtual panel room to discuss his upcoming Thundarr The Barbarian series for Dynamite. The
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Video: Genndy Tartakovsky Talks About The Comic Book Influence On His Work
Artist Stephen DeStefano sits down with director Genndy Tartakovsky to chat about his love for comics and their creative impact
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Ancient Mythology Meeting Modern Storytelling: Discussing ‘Hunters Of Sheydim’ With Writer Jeff Marvin
It’s never good news when the lord of demons, Asmodeus, returns to take physical form. In Hunters of Sheydim, a
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Deconstructing Comics #855: Jack Kirby’s ‘Captain America’ #214 & Annual #3 — Cap Vs The Space Vampire!
Jack Kirby wraps up his run on Captain America and the Falcon with issue #214, the rather underwhelming conclusion of
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Deconstructing Comics #410 (Flashback): Marvel Comics — Telling ‘The Untold Story’
FLASHBACK! If you’re into American comics at all, you undoubtedly know how Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko and others
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NYCC 2025: Jason Aaron And Kewber Baal Take ‘Thundarr The Barbarian’ On His Dynamite Journey
Thundarr the Barbarian finally has its creative team. Just ahead of New York Comic Con 2025, Dynamite made a pretty
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Deconstructing Comics #851: Jack Kirby’s ‘Cap And Falcon’ #212-213 — “I Love You, Baby!”
Captain America and the Falcon #212 concludes the Arnim Zola/Red Skull storyline in somewhat perfunctory fashion, and gives a living
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Fantastic Four Week: Ranking all the Fantastic Four #1 Covers
Continuing what has apparently become a trend, I am here to celebrate Fantastic Four Week (prompted by the release of
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Review: ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ Introduces A Wonderful, Colorful World
As promised, The Fantastic Four: First Steps — the latest film from Marvel Studios — transports the viewer to a wonderful,
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Deconstructing Comics #845: Jack Kirby’s ‘Cap And Falcon’ #209-211: An Uncle Sam Person
While the last three issues of Captain America and the Falcon we looked at were rather underwhelming, issues 209 to 211
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Deconstructing Comics #843: The Fantastic Four On Film — ‘Fant4stic’ (2015) Pt 1
Should a director re-interpret a property when nobody wanted it re-interpreted? 2015’s Fant4stic, directed by Josh Trank, turns getting superpowers
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WizKids Unleashes An Iconic Iconix X-Men HeroClix Collection
Welcome to the table, “TO ME, MY X-MEN!” I say that a lot. I’m a bald guy who uses a
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Deconstructing Comics #838: ‘The Fantastic Four’ On Film — The Galactus Trilogy
One of the most famous Fantastic Four stories is the “Galactus Trilogy” from Fantastic Four #48-50 in 1966. This story has
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Deconstructing Comics #837: Jack Kirby’s ‘Captain America’ #206-208 — The Tiger, The Swine … And The Fish
When Steve and Sam foil an attempt by police from south of the border to arrest their friendly waiter, the
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Daredevil Month: Ranking Every ‘Daredevil’ #1 Cover
Once upon a time, #1 issues were rare. In the old days, publishers believed readers were more likely to take
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Deconstructing Comics #834: Jack Kirby’s ‘Captain America And The Falcon’ Vs A Bodybuilding Corpse
What’s that Kirby Crackle octopus chasing Cap and Falcon? And didn’t it used to be an oddly muscular, bald (naturally) corpse?
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Deconstructing Comics #833: Jack Kirby’s ‘Cap And Falcon’ #201-203 — Who Are “The Night People”?
The Night People are looking for a superhero. But who are the Night People? Where do they come from? And what
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Deconstructing Comics #829: Jack Kirby’s ‘Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles’
Captain America was the obvious choice of a character to help Marvel celebrate the USA’s bicentennial in 1976. The job
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Deconstructing Comics #824: ‘Eternals’ (2021) — Where It Went Wrong (And Right!)
Now that we’ve become familiar with Jack Kirby‘s original Eternals comics, repeatedly referring to the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe film along
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