Month: December 2009

Batman Returns. Again.

If you didn’t read USA Today this morning, I don’t blame you, but you missed out on some interesting (see: not interesting) news. Bruce Wayne is coming back! Kind of. In the “Who Didn’t See This Coming?” department, I’d say this ranks right up there with Hulk Hogan coming out of retirement as soon as…



DC’s New Earth One Line

I’m not sure if I’m just cynical or if there really is a lack of interesting comics news out there of late.  It’s probably a mix of both, but DC’s recent announcement of a new Earth One line is a welcome bit of good news among the daily fluff.  This will be done through a series…



Chewing on the right price

In line with my previous post about Marvel’s current pricing schemes Bleeding Cool had a short but entertaining break down of the value of of the Dark Avengers annual that came out this week with the hefty $4.99 price tag.  I do kind of feel bad for the talent involved in that Dark Avengers book.  It is…



Topping the lists

DC’s November sales once again dominated the Diamond top ten list.  Comic Chron has the lists of the Diamond top ten for both comics and trades.  Marvel still won out in sales thanks in part to their books carry the $3.99 price tag.  This is one of things that bothers me about Marvel of late.  The jump to $3.99…



Nostalgia and Fatigue

The much hyped Image United was released last week.  I must admit I was a fan of the crazy Image era of the early nineties. So I was intrigued by the idea of the Image founders, minus Jim Lee, each drawing their own characters with Robert Kirkman writing.  I expected some early nineties nostalgia with this and…