http://www.comicbookblogger.com Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:46:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Published by Defiant Comics (and now in comic fodder bins) Charlemagne standing for Charles the Great. If you see the first issue in a bin, PICK THIS UP! It is one of the best origins and first issues I've read in a long time. It is that good! I thought a book ... http://www.comicbookblogger.com/uncategorized/comic-worth-picking-up-charlemagne-1 I noticed in a recent convention I bought some cheap bin Image books, and I only discovered checking up later that I had the book already in my collection. That there was a different variant cover used. Basically with variants, after the book is old, when you search bins, you can ... http://www.comicbookblogger.com/uncategorized/one-thing-to-hate-about-variant-covers I wonder with Marvel seemingly switching to $3.99 an issue, which may be the new standard mark. Then it's only a matter of time DC will likewise charge the same price. I wonder, how this will effect future start up companies who want to enter the comic book market? Or ... http://www.comicbookblogger.com/uncategorized/increased-comic-book-prices-hurting-new-start-up-companies Hearing about All-Star #10 being recalled for it's foul language, I tracked down this series I have not been reading and just read #9 which has an appearance by Green Lantern Hal Jordan. Frank Miller really writes Batman as jerk, a-hole and quite frankly abusive towards Robin. Check out when ... http://www.comicbookblogger.com/uncategorized/spoilers-all-star-batman-robin-the-boy-wonder-9-review-batman-a-jerk Sometimes you got to go with your gut. But as I was forum reading. A guy had a name, and had to change it cause DC Comics had a 3rd string character. Nothing alike yet the same name. So the first guy changed it. The whole copy and trademark issue ... http://www.comicbookblogger.com/uncategorized/superhero-names-and-copyright-trademarks I finally read the Watchmen trade paperback, and to be honest: It was a good book. But I would not call it the best comic book I ever read. Or even in my top 10 favorites of all time. Spoilers here in my review, so be warned. What I really ... http://www.comicbookblogger.com/uncategorized/watchmen-review-spoilers DC Comics is currently stuck in one 52 style, Crisis idea after another, which has gone on for over two years now. It has totally alienated me and I've bought none of it. 52 and the whole work, absolutely none. As a reader, they have become so core reader focused ... http://www.comicbookblogger.com/uncategorized/dc-comics-enough-with-the-52-crisis-style-events I’m reading the Essential Uncanny X-men Volume 1, and so far have read the Giant-Size Issue and 94-101. Basically, this is the X-men team, and series that made the mutant characters, and the X-men book popular. And X-men such as: Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, and more were introduced. Reading it, I must ... http://www.comicbookblogger.com/reviews/look-back-uncanny-x-men-review-issues-94-101 I talked about creative rights a few posts back and how basically, the Golden and Silver Age comic book creators, who made almost all of the lasting and great characters, still used today, never got a financial share of their creations. The sad thing I find is that, even today, right ... http://www.comicbookblogger.com/uncategorized/their-still-making-money-off-kirby-now-creative-rights Marvel has a new crossover series going on that just started called: Secret Invasion, written by Bendis. It stars the shape shifting Skrulls. I’ll get back to the Skrulls in a minute. And to be honest: I’m getting worn out tired by all these recent crossovers and think both Marvel and DC are ... http://www.comicbookblogger.com/uncategorized/marvel-secret-invasion-my-thoughts