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Collected Comics Library Podcast #246
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I’m a sucker for nostalgia, and when old becomes new again – and it gets right – it’s great. You know what I mean: George Clooney as Frank Sinatra’s signature role in Ocean’s 11, throwback sports uniforms like you’ll see on Thanksgiving when the Detroit Lions play in their annual game and Jeff Parker’s Agents Of Atlas, Marvel’s 1950’s super group that never was.
You may know the story: Parker took the concept of a small group of characters that were really created in the 1950’s and from the imaginary teaming up of these characters from What If? #9 (1979), turned them into a current and in continuity band of misfits with a purpose and conviction. The first mini series sold incredible well and subsequently the Hardcover was received as one of the Best of 2007.
Now their back with their second collected edition: Agents Of Atlas: Dark Reign Premiere Hardcover, collecting Agents Of Atlas #1-5, Wolverine: Agent Of Atlas, Giant-Size Marvel Adventures Avengers and material from Secret Invasion: Who Do You Trust? & Dark Reign: New Nation, $24.99. Although it’s not as comprehensive as the first hardcover, it does come with a full regular and variant cover gallery and a section of pencil sketches. It’s good to see the Agents back and I am really enjoying their appearances all over the Marvel universe.
Also on the show, I talk about what I have in store for the foreseeable future including a rundown of books I’ll be reviewing and who I may be interviewing. If you’re a Steve Ditko fan, you don’t want to miss it.
All this and the New Releases of the Week.
Chris
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- Trade Secrets 11 – Jeff Parker and his Agents of Atlas
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- CCL Podcast #72 – All About The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
- CCL Podcast #108 – Marvel Premiere Classic Editions
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