Tags: Picture of the day, Spider-Man
Today begins a new feature, and it begins with a book I once called the third-best comic story of the 1980s…
The Greatest Comics of All Time is not a column that is designed to promote the obscure (or the over-exposed for that matter); rather, it is designed to discuss those books that I, personally, have found the most impactful throughout my life.
And I’m starting with the undeniable #1 arc. I read Amazing Spider-Man #229 and 230, “Nothing Can Stop The Juggernaut,” so many times I’ve memorized where the little tears are in my paper copy. Hit the break to learn why I loved it so much…
launch in April, just a few months before each character will be featured in a major motion picture.Tags: Comic books, Filthy Muties, Spider-Man, Superman, Teen Titans, The Caped Crusader
From Marvel
Celebrating the best of the year….Hit the break.
Tags: Best of 2011, Comic books, Daredevil, Deadpool, Filthy Muties, Spider-Man, Superheroes, Superman, The Avengers, The Caped Crusader, Zombies
IGN published a top 100 comic book heroes that made me crazy, both in its predictability (Hey! Superman and Bats are #s 1 and 2!), overinclusiveness (every single Robin except Damian Wayne (who is the most interesting one by far), as well as Superboy and Supergirl? Really?) and its attempts to be esoteric without providing sufficient justification (Groo makes the list, but they don’t really say what makes him so essential; James Gordon makes the list, but Aunt May and Uncle Ben don’t–nor does Jarvis; and Nova makes the list, but nobody really gives a shit about Nova). Maybe it was the list’s sketchy criteria for placement: “Picked by their cultural impact, character development, social relevance, general cool factor, and importance of storylines, these are the best of the best.
It made me so nuts, I made my own list. Yes, there’s a lot of overlap. But mine is better. Because I said so.
Note: If you’re just looking for a list without supporting arguments, you can jump to the last page of this post. But you can’t tell me I was wrong to put Thor at #33 unless you go and read why. So, read every page and then tell me why I’m full of $#!+.
Enjoy!
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Tags: Captain America, Comic books, Daredevil, Ed Brubaker, Fantastic 4, Filthy Muties, Flash, Frank Miller, Garth Freakin Ennis, Grant Morrison Sucks, Green Lantern, Hulk, Iron Man, Punisher, Spider-Man, Superman, The Avengers, The Caped Crusader, Wonder Woman, Zombies
And another thing–why the hell are John Waters and Aunt May pulling weapons on Spidey?
Tags: Picture of the day, Spider-Man
The lead story has to be the October 2011 sales figures, which still show success vis a vis DC’s new 52. It’s safe to say that the new 52, and the new 52 alone, is responsible for America spending 12% more on comic books than they did last October. Comic-book unit orders are also up—by over 32% from last year. That’s tremendous. They’re also up from the first month of the new 52, but I assume that’s because so many DC #1s sold out in September and were reprinted in October. What does 32% mean? It means a million more comic books were sold. DC’s market share was 42%–a new record for the world’s number two comic book publisher. They haven’t hit that number since December 1999, when Grant Morrison’s JLA came out. In comparison, all indie publishers combined got only 28% of the market.
Here’s the top 10 for comic book sales, October 2011:
10. Superman #2.
9. Fear itself #7.
8. Wolverine and the X-Men #1.
7. Hulk #1.
6. Detective Comics #2.
5. Flash #2.
4. Green Lantern #2.
3. Action #2.
2. Batman #2.
1. Justice League #2.
Rounding out the top 25 were second issues of the other Bat-family books, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Teen Titans, Justice League International, and only three other Marvel titles: Fear Itself: Fearless #1; Amazing Spider-Man #671, and the last issue of Uncanny X-Men. So only six Marvel titles cracked the top 25, in a month where one of its bestselling titles ended and we saw a #1 with the word “X-Men” in it. Amazing.
Things didn’t fare much better for Marvel on the trade front, with only one book, Ultimate Spider-Man: The Death of Spider-Man, managing to crack the top 10 (and coming in at #10, no less). DC had 5 books in the top 10, several of them hardcovers, including Flashpoint. Walking Dead got two trades in the top 10 and worth mentioning is that Alan Moore’s horrendously shocking, disgusting, horrifying and brilliant Neonomicon trade paperback came in at #9 for Avatar Press. You should all go buy it, unless you’re easily offended.
Now for the rest of the news, hit the break.
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Tags: Captain America, Comic books, Filthy Muties, Spider-Man, Superman, The Avengers
HULK SMASH AVENGERS. Coming February 2012. “Hulk Smash Avengers” will be a 5-issue weekly mini designed to shamelessly build up to the Avengers movie. It will be “Hulk vs.” battles that take place from 1960 on—one for each decade–all with covers by the great Lee Weeks. The talent roster for each of these self-contained issues is:
Tags: Comic books, Filthy Muties, Hulk, Iron Man, reme, Spider-Man, The Avengers
I had so much to gab about—I’m such a cape-yenta—that I split the news column this week into one about movies/TV and one about print. This is the print one. The other one came yesterday. So unless you like reading (i.e., are over the age of 30), you probably don’t want to …
Hit the break for news about The Walking Dead; Captain America joining Alpha Flight; the end of Batman, Inc.; the return of the Human Torch; and two new Avengers teams!
Tags: Captain America, Comic books, Spider-Man, Superheroes, The Avengers, Zombies
Modok=One of the best Marvel characers to look at.
Ben Templesmith=Genius comicbook artist.
And please, go here and vote for your favorite comic book movie!
Now hit the break for more news about comics and the world of comics…But beware of lurking spoilers!
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Tags: Comic books, Hulk, Spider-Man
