Mister Splendiferous hosted series discussing various topics in Western comics
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s discussion – First Appearance Faves and Fails When new characters are introduced in comic books, there are two ways they will go over – they will catch fire and become popular … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – First Appearance Faves and Fails
Saturday August 22nd 1pm EST (10am PDT) brings DC FanDome to your screen from the comfort and safety of your own home. This thread is to discuss the upcoming slate of DC movies, television series, comics (hopefully), and video games. … Continue reading DC FanDome Thread
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Favorite Homage Covers Today we are discussing your favorite homage covers. There are many classic comic covers that have been paid homage to or parodied over the years. My … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Favorite Homage Covers
The November solicitations are in and with them, we can see the first wave of cancelled books as a result of the DC Implosion that happened this week. The confirmed titles currently include: Hawkman John Constantine: Hellblazer Suicide Squad Teen … Continue reading Comic Book News: DC Cancellations
Good morning & Welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Favorite Spider-Man Villain August 1962 saw the release of Amazing Fantasy #15, the introduction of the Spectacular Spider-Man! From the burglar that killed Uncle Ben to the Green Goblin … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Favorite Spider-Man Villain
Details are still coming in, but the huge WarnerMedia layoffs today have led to multiple firings that will undoubtedly have an influence on the future of DC Comics and the industry in general. More info will come, but initial reports … Continue reading Breaking Comic Book News: Major Layoffs at DC Comics
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Todd McFarlane’s Spider-Man August 1990 saw the release of Spider-Man #1, written and drawn by Todd McFarlane. We will discuss Todd McFarlane’s tenure on Spider-Man and its impact on … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – 30 Years of Spider-Man #1
The Classic Comic Book Read-A-Long for August is DC Comics The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke and Dave Stewart. We will start the read-a-long Monday August 3rd. We will read one issue a day until completed. Feel free to share … Continue reading Classic Comic Book Read-A-Long – DC’s The New Frontier
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Comic Book Resurrections One of the very first Comic Book Chats I posted was about Comic Book Deaths. Today we talk about Comic Book Resurrections. What comic book character … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Comic Book Resurrections
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – New Universe Today we will be talking about the New Universe. If you dig around the dollar bin long enough, you’ll come across issues of DP7 or Starbrand and … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – New Universe
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – The Four Horsemen of Xavier Adam Farrar suggested I post a Comic Book Chat where the topic is to build your own super team. I really like this suggestion … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – 4 Horsemen of Xavier
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/tom-king-watchmen-rorschach-maxiseries-dc-comics Watchmen’s Rorschach will be the subject of Tom King‘s next maxi-series this Fall. What are your thoughts on this breaking news? Tom King has done a great job revitalizing and reinvigorating DC and Marvel Characters. He has a proven … Continue reading Comic Book News – Tom King on Rorschach
Last month, my friends and I read Batman Year One as part of our annual Summer Classic Comic Book Reading Challenge. This month’s book choice is Frank Miller’s Ronin. We will be starting with Issue One on Wednesday, July 15th. … Continue reading Classic Comic Book Read -A -Long – Ronin
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Stories of Comic Cons Past I think its safe to assume that we have been to at least one comic book convention in our lifetimes. Maybe you took a … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Convention Stories
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Green Lantern’s 80th Anniversary Alan Scott made his debut in All – American Comics #16 in July 1940. He was the very first Green Lantern. Today we discuss the … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Green Lantern 80th Anniversary
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Hulk’s Greatest Hits We celebrated The Hulk’s 750th Issue a few months ago. Today we will talk about The Hulk’s Greatest Fights. Hulk has gone toe to toe with … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Hulk’s Greatest Hits
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Favorite Android/ Robot God created Man and Man created Machine. Today we discuss those machines that are humanoid and robotic, both friend and foe. Which character would you bring … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Favorite Android/Robot
The comic book world lost another legend with the passing of Denny O’Neill. https://nypost.com/2020/06/12/denny-oneil-batman-writer-and-comic-book-legend-dead-at-81/ The Batman and Green Arrow/Green Lantern writer passed away at the age of 81. Let’s remember Mr. O’Neill by posting about and discussing your favorite stories … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Remembering Denny O’Neill
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Star Comics Star Comics was an imprint of Marvel Comics back in the 1980s. I have a few Alf and Masters of the Universe comics that I found while … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Star Comics
Good morning and welcome to another Bonus Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – 2020 Eisner Award Nominees As we slowly get new comic book releases after a long hiatus, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to discuss the … Continue reading Bonus Comic Book Chat – 2020 Eisner Award Nominees
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dc-cuts-ties-diamond-comic-distribution-1297309 When I went to the comic book store on Saturday, the shop owner’s main topic of conversation with customers was the news concerning DC Comics leaving Diamond. I mentioned in the Open Thread 2 months ago that Alterna Comics … Continue reading Comic Book News – DC Comics Leaves Diamond
