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Post image for The Women of Marvel Comics Part 7: Mary Jane Watson(-Parker)

Not every female heroine in the Marvel Universe needs to have superpowers (you may recall that I added in Lois Lane when I did my Real Power of the DCU). Mary Jane Watson was created, that is to say in name and legs only, by Steve Ditko in Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #25 (June 1965). [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #280 – Trading J. Michael Straczynski

Collected Comics Library Podcast #280 32,202Kb; 32m 14s It’s hard to name many people who have both excelled in the TV and Comic Book industry, but one name instantly comes to mind: J. Michael Straczynski. From his creation and success on Babylon 5 to his epic run on Amazing Spider-Man and he reintroduction to Thor [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #265 – Age Of TV Heroes (TwoMorrows)

Collected Comics Library Podcast #265 25,293Kb; 26m 52s Before I ever read a comic book, I watched TV. Like most kids in Detroit, Channel 20 was a favorite showing reruns of Johnny Socko’s Flying Robot or Ultra Man. Channel 50, on the other hand, had reruns of the 1960′s Batman. I clearly remember watching every [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #256 – Steve Ditko Part 1 – Marvel Comics 1956-1966

Collected Comics Library Podcast #256 24,083Kb; 25m 37s Regular readers of this blog and listeners of the podcast are aware that every year I adopt a character (or creator). This entails me researching and reading a superhero from many different incarnations throughout the entire lifespan. For 2010 I chose Spider-Man with a special focus on [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #252 – Adopt a Character (or Creator) for 2010

Collected Comics Library Podcast #252 15,180Kb; 16m 05s It’s time once again for my annual Adopt a Character show. You are welcome to play along, it very easy and fun to do. Simply pick a character that you have always wanted to know more about and go out and do it! You have a full [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #233 – Interview with Steve Saffel, editor of The Best of Simon and Kirby (Titan Books)

http://www.collectedcomicslibrary.com/ This week on the show, I welcome in Steve Saffel to talk about his book, The Best of Simon and Kirby (Titan). A lot of care went into creating this lavish look back on the dream team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby from the Golden Age of Comics. Steve gets into all the [...]

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Post image for CCL Podcast #232 – Spider-Man: Torment Marvel Premiere Classic (Variant Volume 27) by Todd McFarlane

http://www.collectedcomicslibrary.com/ I remember 1990 very well. I was off and running at college without a worry in the world, well there was one worry – I collected comic books. Yes even back then I would have been shamed if anyone found out: my family, my fraternity brothers and my girlfriend. Not only did I have [...]

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Collected Comics Library Podcast #213 27,527Kb; 23m 16s http://www.collectedcomicslibrary.com/ Today on the show, we get back to basics showcasing an iconic super-hero, an iconic super-villain and an iconic storyline: Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt. This is such a seminal mini-series that Marvel bestowed upon it the first volume in the Premiere Classic line of books. Published [...]

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Collected Comics Library Podcast #186 25,902Kb; 27m 37s http://www.collectedcomicslibrary.com/ 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, [...]

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On the show, host Chris Marshall gives a short rundown of the full April 2008 release schedule and an interview with Danny Fingeroth, editor of Write Now! mp3 http://twomorrows.com/blog/category/tune-in/ Direct Podcast Feed Subscribe with iTunes e-mail Chris with questions and/or comments. He may even read it on the next Tune-In! Discuss this topic on the [...]

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