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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Full MANGA Alchemists: ‘Parasyte’ Chapter 6 — “Tamiya Ryoko” (AKA “Tamara Rockford”)
Shinichi’s teacher is a parasyte! Does that mean he and his classmates are in danger? Or, is Migi correct to
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Deconstructing Comics #836: ‘Clyde Fans’ Reviewed By Two Fans
In Clyde Fans by Seth, two brothers run a fan company for fifty years. One might expect it to be prosaic,
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Full MANGA Alchemists: ‘Parasyte’ Chapter 4 — “Studyholic”
In the 1990s, when Americans were just beginning to read manga, the translator had to either do a lot of
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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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Full MANGA Alchemists: ‘Parasyte’ Chapter 4 — “Killer’s Aura”
This chapter of Hitoshi Iwaaki’s Parasyte gives us a lion preying on humans, and then recoiling in fear of a
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Deconstructing Comics #831: The Fantastic Four On Film — ‘Fantastic Four’ (2005) Pt 2
While the 2005 film Fantastic Four gives us, debatably, a well-cast group of heroes, with plenty of comics-accurate details, the script
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Full MANGA Alchemists: ‘Parasyte’ Chapter 3 — “Contact”
Shin believes he’s the only human who understands what the “Mincemeat Murders” really are. Should he tell someone? Should he
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Deconstructing Comics #830: The Fantastic Four On Film — ‘Fantastic Four’ (2005) Pt 1
After the fiasco of the 1994 unreleased Fantastic Four movie, development proceeded on a big-budget FF film, which finally hit theaters
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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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Full MANGA Alchemists Season 2 Episode 2: ‘Parasyte’ Chapter 2 “Wild Animal”
Parasyte chapter 2 is a bit all over the place — humor, splatter scenes, and sexual references which don’t at
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The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast Starts 2025 With Three New Podcasts
2000 AD launches three new podcasts with a new weekly show starting right now…
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Deconstructing Comics #827: ‘Cross Game’ Omnibus 2 — Subtle Shifts
The second omnibus volume of Mitsuru Adachi‘s Cross Game focuses largely on a scrimmage between the varsity team and the
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Full MANGA Alchemists Season 2 Episode 1: ‘Parasyte’ — “Invasion”
This time, we go back to 1989 and begin our chapter-by-chapter discussion of Hitoshi Iwaaki’s Parasyte. Alien organisms land on
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Deconstructing Comics #826: Hugh D’Andrade’s ‘The Murder Next Door’ — Your Trauma Is Your Trauma
When Hugh D’Andrade was ten years old, his next door neighbor was mysteriously murdered, and he saw the body. In his
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Chapter 108: “Journey’s End” (Part Two)
The conflicts of Fullmetal Alchemist — foiling Father’s plan, Ed and Al getting their bodies back — were resolved last
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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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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Chapter 108: “Journey’s End” (Part One)
Ed gets in the final blow on Father! Ed and Al’s quest for their real bodies reaches its conclusion! Fullmetal
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Deconstructing Comics #823: Jack Kirby’s ‘Eternals’ #17-19 — Lots O’ Ikaris (Or Ikarus?)
We’ve reached the end of Jack Kirby‘s Eternals series. Sure, it was a weird series, but introducing a Hulk robot apparently
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Deconstructing Comics #822: The Fantastic Four On Film — ‘The Fantastic Four’ (1994), Why Wasn’t The Film Released? (Part Two)
The 1994 film The Fantastic Four seems to have been made with the expectation, at least from producer Roger Corman on
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 107: “The Last Battle”
Father has reached godlike levels of power! Ed, Al, and their friends do their best to control the threat he
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Deconstructing Comics #821: The Fantastic Four On Film — ‘The Fantastic Four’ (1994), A Roger Corman Production (Part One)
By the early 1990s, Superman and Batman were blockbuster movie franchises, but Marvel had yet to find a way to
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Deconstructing Comics #820: Jack Kirby’s ‘Eternals’ #14-16 — The Coming Of … The Editor!
Jack Kirby‘s The Eternals was not a conventional superhero book. It didn’t even seem to take place in the Marvel
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Chapter 106: “Pride’s Abyss”
So just what was it that Scar’s brother noticed about Amestris’ alchemy (back in chapter 59!) that was “strange”? At
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Deconstructing Comics #819: We Catch Up With ‘The Re-Up’ And ‘Amazing Tales’
This week we catch up with the work of two DCP favorites: Chad Bilyeu and David Dye! Chad’s series, The
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Deconstructing Comics #818 — Requiems: ‘Ghost Band’ And ‘Grimm’s Assistant’
If you’ve ever felt like your city left you before you left your city, Jason McNamara‘s Ghost Band is for you.
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 105: “The Throne Of God”
Father’s plan is coming to fruition! As the eclipse continues, he takes advantage of all his countrymen to get all the
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Deconstructing Comics #437 (Flashback): ‘Real’ Is A Slam Dunk
FLASHBACK! Sports have rarely been subject matter for comics in the US; perhaps comics’ inherent static-ness has seemed antithetical to an
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The Law Of Equivalent Exchange Ch 104: “The Center Of The World”
The eclipse is here! Father/”Mr. Eyeballs” sets his plan in motion! Can Ed, Al, and company fight back? Tim and
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Critiquing Comics #240: ‘The Night Brigade’ And ‘Joe Mallard’
Most Americans know little about the Crimean War (1853-1856). Adam McGovern and Bruno Letizia’s The Night Brigade may go some way
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