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CCL Podcast #270 – Motor City Con 2010 Wrap-Up

by Chris Marshall on May 19, 2010

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Collected Comics Library Podcast #270 31,411Kb; 33m 24s On the show this week, I talk about my adventures at the Motor City Comic Con including what I bought, what I should have bought and what I saw. Overall it was a good Con and even the kids enjoyed it. Lots of other news this past [...]

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Collected Comics Library Podcast #269 27,433Kb; 29m 09s It’s that time of year again: the kickoff of the Summer Blockbusters! Iron Man 2 came out last week and I pick up where I left off two years ago with a rundown of Iron Man Collected Editions that have been published since the first movie. A [...]

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Best Collected Editions of 2008

by Chris Marshall on December 27, 2008

1. Local Deluxe HC (Oni Press) by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly A few years in the making and beautifully crafted. This excellent series gives us what is advertised: a deluxe treatment with loads of extras — Omnibus’ and Absolutes take note, all books don’t have to be $100; this one comes at us with [...]

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Real Power Part 12: Lois Lane

by Chris Marshall on August 19, 2008

Continuing a series of blogs that was inspired by the Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe. Today we move to Lois Lane. Yep. Lois Lane. She’s the one I think should have been included in the poster. Before you get all in a tizzy, I realize that all the women depicted [...]

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Real Power Part 11: Harley Quinn

by Chris Marshall on August 18, 2008

Continuing a series of blogs that was inspired by the Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe. Today we move to Harley Quinn. Certifiable. Not much else describes her. Let’s face it, anyone who falls in love with The Joker can’t be described in any other way. Interestingly, Dr. Harleen Quinzel didn’t [...]

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Real Power Part 10: Zatanna

by Chris Marshall on August 15, 2008

Continuing a series of blogs that was inspired by the Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe. Today we move to Zatanna. More and more these days it seems that Zatanna is getting more and more page time. I think it’s because editors at DC realize that she more than just a [...]

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Real Power Part 9: Poison Ivy

by Chris Marshall on August 14, 2008

Continuing a series of blogs that was inspired by the Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe. Today we move to Poison Ivy. Every man’s fantasy but deadly to the touch, Poison Ivy is one of the most diabolical female villains in the DCU. Debuting in Batman #181 (1966), Dr. Pamela Isley [...]

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Real Power Part 8: Batwoman

by Chris Marshall on August 13, 2008

Continuing a series of blogs that was inspired by the Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe. Today we move to Batwoman. Kathy Kane has been a part of the DC mythos since Detective Comics #233 (1956). A great ally to Batman, she essentially was the prototype for Barbara Gordon’s Batgirl to [...]

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Real Power Part 7: Vixen

by Chris Marshall on August 12, 2008

Continuing a series of blogs that was inspired by the Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe. Today we move to Vixen. Something that I didn’t know until I started doing research for this project was that Vixen was slated to be one of the first black female DC heroines to headline [...]

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Real Power Part 6: Black Canary

by Chris Marshall on August 11, 2008

Continuing a series of blogs that was inspired by the Adam Hughes poster The Real Power of the DC Universe. Today we move to Black Canary. A true classic – that’s what Black Canary is. First appearing as a villain opposite Johnny Thunder in a backup story in Flash Comics #86; she was too pretty [...]

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