Tag: Greatest

Jack Kirby Fantastic Four Art

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Jack Kirby Fantastic Four Worlds Greatest Artist Ed HC By: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby Type: Graphic Novels Genres: Superhero Publisher: IDW Publishing Pub. Date: August 02, 2017 Availability: Released UPC: 978168405081915000 Jack Kirby was the undisputed King of Comics and IDW is proud to present the second Artist’s Edition focusing on his Fantastic Four work. And, even better, this collects his earlier, “twice up” art–Kirby-sized!! This massive collection includes issues 33, 45, 47, and 60 of the Fantastic Four, plus a stellar gallery with many classic covers and incredible pages–if…

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Stan Lee Introduces The Defenders

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Trailer from Film Select shows some new looks of the Defenders including The Punisher. Stan Lee recites an introduction of the Greatest Stories Ever Told about heroes of New York called the Defenders. Coming this August 18th on Netflix. No there not the Avengers and there focus is in New York but they are effective and learning to trust each other to become the Defenders and defend the helpless from the powerful and bad guys. Watch this unorthodox group of heroes shake things up in the city fighting crime and…

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Justice League 31 and The Doom Patrol

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The original Doom Patrol first appeared in My Greatest Adventure #80 (June 1963) just about the same time Marvel introduced the original X-Men. Writers Arnold Drake (who was the feature’s regular scripter) and Bob Haney, artist Bruno Premiani, and editor Murray Boltinoff are generally credited as the team’s creators. The first Doom Patrol consisted of super-powered misfits, whose “gifts” caused them alienation and trauma. The series was canceled in 1968, and Drake killed the team off in the final issue, Doom Patrol #121. In the years after this story several…

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Fantastic Four #1 In 2014 Preview

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  Story by James Robinson Art by Leonard Kirk Cover by Leonard Kirk, Alex Ross, Jerome Oepna Publisher Marvel Comics Cover Price: $3.99 Release Date Wed, February 19th, 2014   Cosmic explorers – heroes forever united as family. The world’s greatest comic magazine begins anew as Marvel’s First Family bursts back into the spotlight in FANTASTIC FOUR #1, from Eisner Award winning writer James Robinson and critically acclaimed artist Leonard Kirk! The brilliant Mr. Fantastic, the compassionate Invisible Woman, hot-headed Human Torch, and the ever-lovin’ Thing return for a new…

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Is Superman The Greatest Hero?

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At the Comic-Con International in San Diego this year writer and historian Mark Evanier moderated a panel celebrating editor Julius “Julie” Schwartz time running the Superman titles at DC Comics. The panel featured writers Elliot S. Maggin, Gerry Conway and Marv Wolfman, writer and former DC Comics President Paul Levitz and writer/editor Martin Pasko. They shared stories about Schwartz, how the famed editor changed the Superman mythos and spoke about the atmosphere of the DC Comics bullpen in the 1970s. But the most interesting part of the interchange was about the…

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The Greatest Comics of the 21st Century

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Life is never simple for the comics book writer and artist and editor. To keep the readers interest in story and blend it with great art work and story panels and edit it so it is not too long and not too short with the right story content this is not easily done. So when you read and say to yourself that was good you must understand and appreciate how the final comic came to be in your hands. Sometimes the story is great but the art is bad or the art…

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