Archive for: January 2007

This is the first part of a two-part episode on Captain Marvel. Today’s show will focus on the first incarnation of the character, from Fawcett Comics and DC Comics, now known as Shazam! Next week I’ll go over Captain Marvel aka Mar-Vell, from Marvel Comics.
And speaking of the former Kree officer, I give my opinion on his return to the Marvel Universe in Civil War.
There’s a new Question of the Month: Would you like to have a digital copy (pdf) of the comic included with the trade?
I also get a nice call from Aziz, and I talk about The Boys from Wildstorm and the lack of a trade. Bummer.

Chris

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Golden Age of Comics Podcast #20 - Captain Marvel

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Shazam!: From the 40s to the 70s updated Table of Contents PDF - 4 pages
Batman: From the 30s to the 70s updated Table of Contents PDF - 4 pages
Superman: From the 30s to the 70s updated Table of Contents PDF - 4 pages
Superman: From the 30s to the 80s updated Table of Contents PDF - 4 pages

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Lots of lists this week including what is Sold Out, New Release Dates for some Dark Horse and Marvel, a few Marvel books for April, and the complete rundown of EC Archives for all of 2007. Did you catch the hiccup with the Spider-Man Trades in April?
As always, I go over the New Releases of the Week and I speak a little bit about the Motor City Con this May.
This weeks feature is all about Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, the newspaper strips, the comic books and the collected editions.

Chris

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Motor City Conventions

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So I’m going to add some fun to the Blog. It seems that everyone these days are adding various video clips from YouTube, Google and other sites, so I might as well jump on the bandwagon. I’m not sure how often I’ll be doing this and there is a chance that you have seen these videos on other Blogs.
Keep in mind that videos may be taken down, so please e-mail me if you come across a video that isn’t working.

Today’s clip is called “Jac Mac and Rad Boy: Go!”. I first saw it at an animation festival back in the 1980’s. I can still remember it on the big screen and besides laughing my but off (the immature twerp that I was) I was amazed at the artwork. Come to find out, it was done completely in colored pencil by a guy named Wesley Archer in 1985.

It looks like some what of a precursor to Bevis and Butt-Head and that’s by no mistake. Mike Judge said he was heavily influenced by this piece. Archer has gone on to do other animation, most notably The Simpson’s, Futruama and King of the Hill with Judge, himself.

As I look back on it, the artwork still holds up today and it does contain ultra-violent images, but Mac and Rad get their due in the end.

Back from Chicago and I find a Freindly Ghost trade coming out. Oh, how cute!
On this week’s show, Iwet your appitite for more stats by making up a short list of my own with regards to Hardcovers and the 2006 Year End numbers.
There was some Marvel and DC that caught my eye for April and May, which was mostly good! As always, there is the New Releases of the Week and as promised Forum Postings on the Question of the Month.
For the feature this week I go over the long lost three volume Special Edition Series rerint books that Alan Light (Comic Buyer’s Guide aka The Buyer’s Guide for Comic Fandom) published in the 1970’s, featuring Captain Marvel, Captain Marvel Jr, The Ray and The Black Condor.
I’ll be back on Sunday to release the latest CCL/Mayo Report for the Trades Secrets Podcast.

Chris

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Comicology
Around Comics
Wordballoon

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Quick show for you today. Not much in the way of news, although CrossGen and Checker Book have announced an exciting team-up.
I go over a very light New Releases Schedule, it seems that most everything was brought out for Christmas and now it’s time for the January leftovers. No EC Archives - Tales From The Crypt Volume One and on another sad note, no Storm Premiere Hardcover this week, I know that so many of you we’re looking forward to it.
No review or real feature but I bet you’re curious as to why I have a picture of Thor up for the art this week. Come on in and see what that is all about.

Chris

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Links of note:
Forbidden Planet’s Best Books of 2006
Checker to Collect CrossGen
ComicList Forum

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Supernova is David Knight, son of the original Starman, Ted Knight and brother of Jack Knight, Starman VII.
He is also the new Starman.

The clues are there.

If you know your Starman history you know that David always wanted to be a Superhero. He took up the mantle of Starman in issue #0 and was almost instantly assassinated. He was thrown back in time and took up the mantle of Starman of 1951. A persona that was originally Batman’s from Detective Comics #247 (hence the Batman angle), but was retconned in the Robinson series. Now it appears that he has taken up a costume that Superman once wore in the Silver Age (World’s Finest #178).

Ralph does know David well because both have lived in Opal City. Also Ralph, having been among the Starmen, knows what the Starmen powers are.

Supernova’s, themselves, happen in outerspace, hence “star”.

Supernova’s costume insignia is the same as that of Metropolis’s fictional TV station Galaxy Broadcasting System. Again, “star”.

Now while I’m at it. The new Starman in the JSA is not Thom Kallor/Danny Blaine/Star Boy. In the last issue of Starman #80, Thom said that one more person would become Starman before he would take over the role. Also in that issue Jack said he had picked who it would be. Although David did get his shot at being a “Starman” it didn’t last. David has now come back to become a hero - again. We also know that Jack has yet to make an appearance in 52. Waid said Jack would make an appearance, and no I’m not talking about that very brief image of him talking to Courtney in one of the early issues.

I think Jack is going to find out about Supernova/David and confront him about being the new Starman in the JSA. David not sure of his exact role and is thoroughly confused and that’s why he is in the mental institution. David’s been killed, reincarnated in 1951, a ghost and now somehow reincarnated again (probably by the ramifications of Infinite Crisis). Hell, if this happened to me I’d be seeing a shrink, too.

At one point I thought Supernova was Hawkman or even Black Condor. I never thought it was Conner.

Chris