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Stop! Don't pass up this thread! The Flash's life depends on it!

Artw — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:03:43 -0800

Scream Dracula Scream

Artw — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:13:26 -0800

Chris Sims of the Invincible Super-Blog has tangled with the undead before, most notably with The Annotated Anita Blake, but now he's taking on the big daddy with the cape and the fangs: It's Dracula Week! Over on Comics Alliance Chris lists Dracula's Greatest Comics Appearances, then back on ISB he's followed up with Batman versus Dracula and Dracula versus Superman. Now he's taking on Dracula in his ultimate, most 70s form. Behold... BLACULA!

Inaction Comics #1

Atom Eyes — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:09:43 -0800

Cleveland, Ohio, c.1932: A young American writer named Jerry Siegel teamed up with a young Canadian artist named Joe Shuster to create science fiction comic books. Out of this collaboration, a superhero was born. In 1938, the duo sold their creation to Detective Comics, and the rest, as they say, is history. Ten years and several lawsuits later, Siegel and Shuster, after being fired from the company they had helped to build, signed on with a fledgling comics publisher called Magazine Enterprises. Once again, their collaboration yielded fruit. But... would lightning strike twice? Sadly, it would not.

Superman once went back in time and beat up Hitler. I mean, who can compete with that?

ND¢ — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:49:33 -0800

Man Not Superman based on a story by Jonathan Goldstein about a mortal man dealing with the pressures of dating Lois Lane. Found on Post-it Note Stories: Stories illustrated on little yellow Post-It Notes in beautiful black Sharpie. (via).

I guess this post makes it Thursday comics...

Artw — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:25:57 -0800

Wednesday Comics, DC's spectacular new oversize anthology featuring characters from Batman to Adam Strange and Kamandi in one page installments of serialized stories, launched yesterday to much acclaim from the internet. USA Today will be reprinting the Superman story for the duration of the comics 12 week run.

These are imaginary stories... aren't they all?

Artw — Thu, 14 May 2009 12:01:18 -0800

Darkseid tries to join the Legion of Superheroes, Batman wrestles the serpent in the garden of Eden, Clarke Kent shoots Abraham (Brainiac) Lincoln... Hall of Silver Age Elseworlds first pages - from DC Silver Age Elseworld stories that never happened, from the Elseworlds 80-Page Giant collection, which was pulped after controversy surrounding Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter - which later became the only story in the collection to see print again.

Jimmy Olsen would be shocked

Artw — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:26:39 -0800

Secret Identity - The fetish art of Superman's co-creator Joe Shuster.

Batman always wins

Artw — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:53:15 -0800

The Top 25 Comic Book Battles, as voted on by the readers of Comic Book Resources. #25. Fantastic Four vs. Galactus #24. Batman vs. the Leader of the Mutant Gang #23. Invincible vs. Omni-Man #22. X-Men vs. the Marauders #21. The Ultimates vs. the Chitauri #20. The Avengers (and friends) vs. Korvac #19. The X-Men vs. the Hellfire Club #18. The Avengers vs. Ultron #17. Deathstroke vs. the Justice League of America #16. Batman vs. Guy Gardner #15. The Superheroes of the DC Multiverse vs. the Anti-Monitor #14. Wolverine vs. the Hulk #13. Hulk vs. the Thing #12. X-Men vs. the Shi'Ar Imperial Guard #11. Spider-Man vs. the Green Goblin #10. Elektra vs. Bullseye #9. Avengers vs. the Masters of Evil #8. Spider-Man vs. Juggernaut #7. The Ultimates vs. the Hulk #6. The Sinestro Corps War #5. Practically all of Marvel's Superheroes vs. Thanos #4. Miracleman vs. Kid Miracleman #3. The Final Battle in “Kingdom Come” #2. Superman vs. Doomsday #1. Batman vs. Superman

Man of steel, woman of retcon, kid of non-existence

Artw — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:24:11 -0800

Superman rebooted! - The next Superman movie will be ignoring 2006’s Superman Returns, something that has been suggested by comic book writers when asked how to save the franchise. Mark Millar has his own idea of what Superman needs: Mark Millar.

Previously on Superman...

Artw — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:38:23 -0800

All Star Superman in eleven panels

"I can’t believe they included Quibble-Man but not The Human Quibble!"

Artw — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:51:48 -0800

The 50 top comicbook characters, according to Empire.

Daily Heroes

brownpau — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:23:55 -0800

The Daily [Batman / Superman / Wolverine] Oh, and Bad Spock.

Biff! Pow! Copyrights Aren't Just For Conglomerates Anymore!

Alvy Ampersand — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:48:48 -0800

"In a possibly historic ruling, a federal judge Wednesday determined that the heirs of Superman co-creator, Jerry Siegel, are now the rightful owners of one-half of the copyright of Superman, and have been since 1999."

K-Metal from Krypton

XQUZYPHYR — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:03:52 -0800

"The K-Metal from Krypton" is one of the most important "lost" stories by the original creators of Superman, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Written and drawn in 1940, but never published, the story would have vastly altered much of the Superman mythos for the next 65 years. Aside from the early introduction of Kryptonite, the issue would have disclosed Superman's secret identity to Lois Lane, leading to a completely different relationship in which the two worked together as a team. Thanks to the work of readers and fans, including writer Mark Waid and artist Alex Ross, original art and scripts are slowly being recovered, and the entire issue is being reproduced online, with full color treatment and missing pages being replicated in Shuster's original drawing style.

A physical marvel, a mental wonder.

crunchland — Sun, 07 May 2006 06:34:30 -0800

And so begins the startling adventures of the most sensational strip character of all time : SUPERMAN!

Superman tribute video

johndog — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:26:21 -0800

Cool Superman tribute video. It's a DVD trailer but it made me feel nostalgiac as hell.

Composite Superman!

grabbingsand — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 06:16:36 -0800

"I'm greater than Superman and Batman put together! Before I'm through, I'll have them cringing before the might of Composite Superman!" The mighty Composite Superman is brilliant artifact from the Silver Age of comics. A variation on the theme recently resurfaced in print and on television! Just goes to show that you can't keep a gimmick supervillain down. He's even got his own blog! (via Scans_Daily)

"he ordered Smith to make Brainiac’s robot servant L-Ron gay, asserting that the film needed a gay R2-D2 with attitude.

kosher_jenny — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:28:20 -0800

"And this is where things got REALLY ugly. First off, Smith was taken aback when Peters asked him, in all sincerity, 'Kal-El’? Who’s this ‘Kal-El’ guy you keep mentioning in the script?'" The whole sordid tale of the making of Superman V. From the Kevin Smith script that was ultimately thrashed to the Tim Burton "vision" (which involved Tim Allen as Brainiac and Superman driving a Super-mobile instead of flying) to Nicholas Cage fighting to try and keep the character's depiction true to the comics. With the movie finished and due to hit theaters next year, will the last son of Krypton still be able to impress audiences and the fans?

Fang

tellurian — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:32:43 -0800

Nagraj v. Shakoora The Magician from Raj Comics. UFF!

Still a dick, only now there's two of them

Capn — Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:13:26 -0800

How about a little deus ex machina to lighten up your Tuesday? By now, we all know that Superman is a dick. Did you also know that he was a crypto fascist who was not above a little water supply tampering?
Apparently, even for superman, being super smart does not make you super wise [via]

Lois Lane is a Drama Queen

five fresh fish — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 09:52:56 -0800

Superman is a Dick. The worst comic book covers.

This will be a good comic... good enough?

logovisual — Wed, 05 Jan 2005 13:55:46 -0800

ComicsFilter (but bear with me): Frank Miller & Jim Lee will be the writer and artist, respectively, of All-Star Batman and Robin, a new miniseries intended to make the characters simple, interesting, and easy to follow after decades of backstory. Grant Morrison & Frank Quitely were announced to be doing the same thing on All-Star Superman, and any comics fan will tell you that these four guys are some of the best in the entire field. Between these two projects, DC Comics most likely has the top-selling books in the tiny comics industry sewn up for most of 2005, which is reason enough to publish them.

But there's also a question for non-comics readers here at MeFi: DC are really doing this for you. They want new readers (best-selling comics are lucky to top 150,000 copies these days), and they think publishing accessible comic books linked to the release of large movies (The Christopher Nolan film Batman Begins, based in part on Frank Miller's Batman: Year One, will be released roughly alongside All-Star Batman & Robin) is the way to do it. But is there a snowball's chance in hell you'd read something like this? Would your kids, if you have them, be interested, do you think? (Frank Miller, it bears noting, is also the creator and co-director of Sin City, a film you might've seen a preview for recently -- truly insane cast.)

Still waiting for Batman vs. Superman

Faint of Butt — Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:25:27 -0800

Superhero Hype! Is waiting for June 17 driving you batty? Does being patient until July 1 seem less than fantastic? Have no fear. Superhero Hype! will keep you up to date on all the latest news and rumors in the exciting field of comic-book-to-movie adaptations.

Indian Superman

rks404 — Tue, 17 Aug 2004 09:15:17 -0800

Indian Superman is a movie of questionable legality released in India in the mid eighties. Perhaps it should have had a wider release since it has a great deal of humorous appeal for Western audiences. Check out this review from Stomp Tokyo. I'm looking forward to a crossover when Indian Superman meets Indian Spider-Man. via Sepia Mutiny

Superman! The official book.

seanyboy — Wed, 09 Jun 2004 03:59:31 -0800

Last Son of Krypton was released in 1978 as a tie-in to Superman! The movie. It was written by Comic Book Supremo Elliot S! Maggin, and based on Maggin's own treatment for a Superman film. Despite being badly written, and having a completely different plot to the film, the book was extremely successful.
[Bonus Materials: The original novel ; The unofficial novel; Elliot S! Maggin Interview; A review]