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Comic Book Bin Podcast for January 17 2012By Hervé St-LouisThis week's podcast with Dan Horn @dan_horn Andy Frisk @AndyFrisk Andy Doan @AndyDoania and Hervé St-Louis @ladventurer continues the discussion on SOPA, but we also discuss Rob Liefeld, Valiant Comics, 52, Avengers vs X-Men, and Superman.... Read More |
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Marvel Comics Will Use Avengers vs X-Men to Reboot its UniverseBy Hervé St-LouisThere, you heard it from The Comic Book Bin first. Marvel Comics will use the Avengers versus the X-Men to reboot its universe in an effort to fight off depressing sales number and steal some of that 52 mojo from DC Comics. Here’s how it’s all going to happen. The crossover will feature several omega class mutants and characters capable of changing and bending reality. Some of those characters have done a lot of damage in the past. Think of the Scarlet Witch, Phoenix. Who knows, maybe the Sentry who demonstrated similar powers and has been a favourite of Brian Bendis will show up and force the hands of the other powerful damsels, Jean Grey and Wanda Maximoff. Marvel Comics will use this crossover to cap off the several years long run by Brian Bendis where he oversaw the Avengers’ franchise and made it the premiere one in the Marvel... Read More |
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Writing About Comics: Part Two (Comp or Bought?)By Andy FriskIn my last installment of “Writing About Comics,” I said that this time we’d be looking at a way of writing about comics that's derived from a personal enjoyment of a comic book, not necessarily because it was particularly artistic or literary. I’m going to amend this focus just a... Read More |
Mister Terrific Is the New Black Panther – His Comics Don’t SellBy Hervé St-LouisWhen DC Comics announced the new 52 comic book series it would use to reboot its comic book universe, I was thrilled at the prospect of a Mister Terrific comic book series. The New Mister Terrific, Micheal Holt was introduced in the Spectre series from John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake... Read More |