Author: Blaise Tassone
When DC Universe announced that Ian Ziering would be playing Daniel Cassidy on the upcoming James Wan ‘Swamp Thing’ program, I thought: “Wow, Blue Devil will appear on a live action show”. A product of the DC 1980s creative explosion that brought us characters like:...
If you were young in the 1980s, when Saturday morning cartoons still meant something, you might have caught a glimpse of a sleek Anime series called ‘Robotech’. Featuring transformable spaceships and a veritable space-opera of a plot that could stand as a serious rival to Star...
Aquaman has been getting more positive than negative reviews and, what’s more important, a favorable audience reception. Is DC starting to get their act together? If so, this is a very good sign for the value of the many currently under-valued DC comics connected to the...
Let’s face it, Spider-man has always been a popular brand, but as 2018 gives way to 2019 everything is shaping up wonderfully regarding the Marvel Spider-man universe. There will be at least two major Spidey-related movies released in the coming months. ‘Into the Spider-Verse’ premieres in...
Will Jack Cole’s most famous creation be stretching his way into theaters soon? That’s the news announced today (see here). Plastic Man or Patrick “Eel” O'Brian, a fairly well-known persona in the DC stable of heroes has been a member of the Justice League and...
What happens to extensive comic book collections when they become too large or their owners don’t want them anymore? Selling is always an option, but anyone with any experience in these matters knows it’s far easier to buy than to sell large collections of comics. Sometimes,...
Listing the contributions of Jack Kirby (1917-1994) to comic book illustration would be like writing a history of the modern medium. So abundant was his influence, so singular his contributions and significant his impact, that it’s difficult to conceive of a time where the patterns and...
Okay, I hope you read my posts regularly because, as I had recounted here five months ago, Marvel has come through officially declaring a Shang-Chi movie to be on their radar. The announcement was made with the approval of no less a Marvel Studios heavyweight...
Here are some little known facts about the Magic-using DC heroine known as Zatanna. Fact number one: Zatanna’s father, and so the ‘Zatara’ brand, premiered in Action Comics #1 at the same time as Superman (but in a different story). Fact number two: in the comics,...
With only publicity stills and the first trailer having dropped, the hype is building for the big screen debut of Carol Danvers. The result: Ms. Marvel #1 has really taken off. Ms. Marvel #1 is currently the number five most sought out (read: hottest) Bronze Age...
