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Jack Kirby: A King's Birthday.

In the world of comic books, Kirby is supreme. Kirby is King. DC's Mister Miracle #6 cover by Kirby from February 1972. This morning, I awoke to...
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The Avengers, from Comicbooks to Movies

For most people, their first exposure to Marvel Comic’s Avengers was when they first watched the initial Iron Man movie. To be sure, they...
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One issue at a time: Booster Gold exposed in 52 Week 7

For an overview of this column, go here. Read the review of 52 Week 6 here.Ken Lashley steps in to art duties as the lost space heroes return to...
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Building a better Superhero Universe

During the 1980s & ‘90s there was an unprecedented explosion of new comicbook universes as both established publishers and relative...
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Did Jack Kirby discover the iPod in 1971? (Or did Steve Jobs read comics?)

We suspect this has been noted somewhere else in the recent past, but do any of you comic-book geeks out there find the similarities between Apple&...
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Disney may become less marvelous: children of Kirby voice dissent

Obviously not everyone wants to join the Magic Kingdom. Some two weeks following the $4B purchase of Marvel Comics by Disney and there is trouble...
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