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CCL Podcast #187 – Jack Kirby’s Silver Star and OMAC

September 17, 2008
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Collected Comics Library Podcast #187

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I’ve got a jammed packed show for you this week on the show. As I promised, the feature is Jack Kirby’s Silver Star (Image Comics), but I also throw in a bonus review of his O.M.A.C.: One Man Army Corps (DC Comics). I did so because the two main characters, Morgan Miller (SS) and Buddy Black (OMAC) are very similar and both were modeled after one of Jack Kirbys’ and Joe Simons’ most famous creation Captain America; OMAC even more so. As I state in the podcast, both books are not for a first time Kirby reader. The OMAC series was canceled after issue #6 and is left on a huge cliffhanger while Silver Star is just plain convoluted and difficult to comprehend. Both books however are excellent resources for the Kirby enthusiast and they include many pencil sketches supplied by John Morrow of TwoMorrows Publishing.

If you read my column from Monday on the situation with All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #10, then you’ll be primed for a follow-up segment where I call myself out as a hypocrite (of sorts). I also go over all the Collected Edition related news coming out of the Diamond Retailer Summit and I list the sales estimates for the top 10 graphic novels and collected editions for August 2008. On a side note, I’ll be recording with John Mayo in the next week or so and will post the link to the podcast (as I always do) when it is published. All this including the New Releases of the Week.

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Chris

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Essential Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe – Master Edition Vol. 3 TPB
Captain America: The Death Of Captain America Vol. 2 – The Burden Of Dreams TPB
Incredible Hercules: Against The World TPB
Astro Boy 1 and 2
Turok: Son Of Stone
Devoid Of Life GN
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All Star Superman Vol 2 HC
Batman R.I.P. Deluxe Edition HC
American Splendor Another Dollar
Batman The Strange Deaths of Batman
Birds of Prey Club Kids
Moon Knight Vol 3 God & Country
Mythos HC
Punisher Barbarian With a Gun
Spider-Man Kraven’s First Hunt Premiere HC
Thunderbolts by Warren Ellis Volume 2 Caged Angels
Indiana Jones The Tomb of The Gods
Underworld Movie Trilogy
Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta Vol 1 HC
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CCL Podcast #186 – 2 Marvel Masterworks

September 10, 2008
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Collected Comics Library Podcast #186

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The first thing I should tell you about this weeks’ episode is that I was planning on reviewing 3 Masterworks not 2. I even went as far as to record the third part of the feature, but I decided to cut it all out during editing, which, if you listen closely, can hear the cuts. The segments I did leave in are Spider-Man Volume 10 and Golden Age Captain America Volume 2. Regarding the latter, you may want to read Rich Johnson’s Lying in the Gutters column, which I refer to, from a few weeks back.

Also on the show this week, Around Comics celebrates their 200th podcast, a PR on Parade with Fireworks from Image Comics and one older item: The Black Terror Omnibus, an “Essential” type book from Age of Adventure due out later this year.

All this including what I’m watching on TV this year and the New Releases of the Week.

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Chris

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Wolverine: Origins Vol. 5 – Deadpool Premiere HC
Omega: The Unknown Premiere HC and Variant
X-Men Vs. Apocalypse Vol. 2: Ages Of Apocalypse TPB
Eternals by Jack Kirby Book 2 TPB
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Lords Of Avalon: Sword Of Darkness HC
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Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker Vol. 2 TPB
Art of Marc Silvestri Deluxe SC
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Daredevil by Frank Miller & Klaus Janson Vol 1
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CCL Podcast #166 – Joe Keatinge, Image Comics, PR and Marketing Coordinator

April 9, 2008
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Collected Comics Library Podcast #166

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The CCL continues its interviews with a conversation with Joe Keatinge, PR and Marketing Coordinator with Image Comics. Joe and I talk about a wide range of books including, American Flagg, Walking Dead, Aqua Leung, Jack Kirby’s Silver Star and Captain Victory, The Next Issue Project and the upcoming Ted McKeever Library and plenty more!.

I also go over a few news items and a condensed New Releases of the Week list.

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Chris

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Essential X-Men Vol 4 TPB
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Fantastic Four Omnibus HC
Marvel Visionaries Chris Claremont HC
Marvel Visionaries Jack Kirby Vol 1 HC
Marvel Visionaries John Romita Jr HC
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Marvel Visionaries Stan Lee HC
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Absolute Sandman Vol 2 HC
Amazing Fantasy Omnibus HC
Marvel Masterworks Golden Age Sub-Mariner Vol 2 HC
Fantastic Four Omnibus Volume 1 HC (2nd edition)
Doctor Solar Man of the Atom Vol 4 HC
Original Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Heroes Vol 3 Superman
Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Volume 2 HC
Captain America by Ed Brubaker Omnibus Vol 1 HC
Avengers/Defenders War Premiere HC
EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales Volume 2 HC
Marvel Masterworks Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD Vol 1 HC
Marvel Zombies/Army of Darkness HC
Shazam Monster Society of Evil Deluxe Edition HC
Essential Punisher Volume 2
JSA All Stars Archives Volume 1 HC

Comic Book Blog browsing on a Friday afternoon

March 7, 2008
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catwoman_dies1.jpgFor the podcast topic for show #163, I’m going to cover Wanted Volume 1 from Top Cow. There has been so much hype with the upcoming movie, I figured now is a good time. I still plan on doing the New Frontier show in the upcoming weeks in which I will go over both the Absolute and the Special Edition DVD. And I just got my hands on a copy of the new One-Shot Special. I want to make sure I integrated that book, too. On with today’s links: