JLA AVENGERS CROSSOVER COMING AGAIN - THE COMIC BOOK BLOG
JLA AVENGERS CROSSOVER COMING AGAIN - THE COMIC BOOK BLOG
20 years in the almost-making, 20 years in the making, & 20 years later it will live again...
JLA / AVENGERS comics crossover in 2003 happened!
It was 20 years in the making the 1st time, almost 20 years in-the-making this time as well!
Famed & iconic all around, in characters, creators, & landmarks...
DC COMICS 'JUSTICE LEAGUE' & MARVEL COMICS 'AVENGERS', the 2 preeminent superheroic combo teams in comic book history, known for generations of satisfied readers picking up their bestselling monthly exploits for decades, finally were printed on the same page thanks to Legendary Artist George Pérez & Superstar Writer Kurt Busiek's 'JLA/Avengers' 2003 Groundbreaking & Historic Mini Series!
Now, almost 20 years after that initial collaboration (which has never been equaled in grandness & scope), this titanic tale of two universes meeting & clashing nearly entirely for the 1st (& last, so far) time, will be back in print for the first time in over a decade!
Written by KURT BUSIEK; Wraparound cover & art by GEORGE PÉREZ
THE EVENT 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING!
WITH APPEARANCES BY EVERY AVENGER & JLA MEMBER ... EVER! THE WAIT IS OVER! The most eagerly anticipated comic book crossover of all time has finally arrived, with alternating Prestige Format issues by Marvel & DC Comics!
What cataclysmic threat could endanger two universes - and dwarf the combined power of both Earth's Mightiest Heroes and the World's Greatest Super-Heroes? The world finally learns the answer in September 2003!
PRESTIGE FORMAT MARVEL COMICS DC COMICS
Now, finally, after being out of print for so long, it is back in honour of supporting the famous Justice League, Avengers, Teen Titans, Infinity Gauntlet, Crisis On Infinite Earths, Fantastic Four, Wonder Woman, Superman, Thanos, & Crimson Plague Artist George Perez!
Sadly, Mr Perez is in troubled health in February 2022...
'JLA / AVENGERS', for a limited time, is orderable as a limited edition issue through Image Collections (see CONTACT US to email / call in your order) 'THE HEROES INITIATIVE', a welcoming place for comic creators in times of turbulence & need.
No hand has drawn more characters than George Perez's, that is a probable, having been a vital part of the histories of so many comic book companies, & having a specialty in prefering to draw SUPERHERO TEAM TITLES & TEAM UP COMICS!
JLA Avengers crossover has now been reprinted, with only 7000 Copies been made.
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THE HERO INITIATIVE
(W) Kurt Busiek (A) George Perez
The intercompany crossover that brought two super-teams together and rocked the comics world is back! Own the entire 4-issue co-publishing event between DC Comics and Marvel Comics, written by Kurt Busiek (Trinity, Marvels) with stunning art by George Pérez (Crisis on Infinite Earths, Avengers). This collection also features 64 pages of companion content, and introductions by original Avengers writer/editor Stan Lee and Justice League of America editor Julius Schwartz. Bonus: With a new afterword by Kurt Busiek. Hero Initiative is the only charity dedicated to helping comic book creators in medical or financial need!
The Hero Initiative is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping comic book creators in need. Hero creates a financial safety net for yesterday's creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work.
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2022 COMICS NEW YEAR - THE COMIC BOOK BLOG
2022 COMICS NEW YEAR - THE COMIC BOOK BLOG
IN A WORLD THAT KEEPS CHANGING, IT IS NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY WEEK OF EVERY MONTH, NEW COMIC BOOK DAY IS WEDNESDAY!
AS A BIT OF CHRISTMAS / BIRTHDAY EXCITEMENT FOR YOU EVERY WEEK, NEW COMICS READING DAY BRINGS TOGETHER ALL THE COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS TO PRESENT ALL-NEW STORIES & ART IN EVERY GENRE OF FICTION & NON-FICTION!
(Also known as NEW COMIC BOOK DAY, NEW COMICS DAY, CHRISTMAS WEDNESDAY, NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS DAY,...)
(...and, eventually, for the fortunate, persistent, and hard working, it can be refered to as, "HEY EVERYBODY, I'M SO EXCITED, FINALLY, AFTER A LONG JOURNEY OF SATISFACTIONS & SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, MY DREAM FINALLY ARRIVES THIS WEEK, THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU, now PLEASE GO TELL EVERYONE, MESSAGE ANYONE, SHARE, LIKE, KICK, TWEET, PUSH, PULL, MAIL, NOTE, SPARE NO-ONE 'cause it's ONLY HOURS AWAY!!!....DAY" )
WELCOME TO 2022!
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST WELCOMED YEARS IN MOST PEOPLE'S LIFETIMES, HOWEVER, SO WAS 2021...
HOWEVER YOUR ORGANIZE YOUR 'HOWEVERS', & HOWEVER YOU SPEND YOUR HOPE, IT IS OUR FONDEST WISH FOR YOU IN 20222 THAT MANY OF THEM COME TRUE...
2020 WELCOMES YOU: "HA,...WHAT COULD GO WRONG...?"
2021 WELCOME: "WHAT WORSE COULD THERE BE TO GO...?!"
2022 WE COME: "COULD THERE BE A WORSE-WRONG GOING ON...?!?"
2022: Happier New Year To You & YOURS! May it meld into our memories differently than the past one!
"PUSH IT
THIS is just a little bit of 'blah-blah-ing' on what we had to say about the year 2020: (remember back then?)
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BATMAN FORTNITE ZERO POINT - THE COMIC BOOK BLOG
BATMAN FORTNITE ZERO POINT #1
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DC Comics
(W) Christos Gage, Donald Mustard (A) Reilly Brown (CA) Mikel Janín
A crack splits the sky above Gotham City... a tear in reality itself. This rift pulls the Dark Knight into a bizarre and unfamiliar world, with no memory of who he is or where he came from...Batman has been drawn into Fortnite!
As our hero fights to recall his past and escape an endless loop of chaos and struggle, he'll come face-to-face with the likes of Renegade Raider, Fishstick, Bandolier, and more. While the world's greatest detective strives to make sense of this strange new world, he'll uncover the shocking truth about the Island, what lies beyond the Loop, and how everything is connected to the mysterious Zero Point. Uncover secrets never before revealed in game or anywhere else!
Every fan of Batman, Fortnite, stunning art and edge-of-your-seat excitement won't want to miss the Caped Crusader facing off against Fortnite champions on the Island, in a desperate attempt to save not only himself, but other familiar faces from the DCU...and perhaps the Multiverse itself!
This will be a bi-weekly miniseries.
Each print issue of Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point will include a redeemable code for bonus DC-themed Fortnite digital items, inspired by the events in the comic, starting with the new Rebirth Harley Quinn Outfit.
Fans who redeem all six codes will also unlock a new Armored Batman Zero Outfit for their Fortnite character.
This SUMMER in COMICS 2021 #9 in #ThisSUMMERinCOMICS - THE COMIC BOOK BLOG
Hello again and welcome to another installment...
THIS time it is:
#9 in #ThisSUMMERinCOMICS 4 2021!!
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SPIDEY COSTUME MALFULCTIONS
SPIDER-MAN has always had costume issues, from trying to sew or fix it, adding lights, tracers, or webbing under the armpits, to the stresses that must come from having to hide it from others all the time!
THIS isn't going where you think it is, for THAT story is coming later-on in this mini-countdown...
Peter Parker's biggest costume muck-up really WAS a muck, a living symbiote, which became an even bigger pain once it bonded to EDDIE BROCK & spawned more offspring symbiotes, such as CARNAGE & Scream, none of them even remotely thankful to its original host, SPIDEY...
Now 3 decades into this, VENOM has hit a milestone on his own....
Like THE PUNISHER before him, after many nasty run-ins in the flagship title 'THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN', VENOM was spun off into his own title, one which, through the course of many numbered 'restarts & reboots' has achieved the publication of 200+ issues with his name on it, & now VENOM #200 is about to hit!
A time pivotal to everything VENOM-based or related being at its peak, with extraordinary writer bowing center stage!
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2021 for you & yours!
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*Virtual-HUG* someone who needs it!
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STAR WARS THE SAGA CONTINUES EPISODE V: STAR WARS: WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS IS COMING - THE COMIC BOOK BLOG
Star Wars has had a long standing tradition of expanding its Universe & telling stories outside of the boundaries of its core three, then six, then nine original movies...
Now it is time to add to a movie, a movie considered to be the best, most popular of all of them....'EPISODE 2: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK'!...
We are going to find out 'WHAT HAPPENED TO BOBA FETT WHEN HE WAS TRANSPORTING HAN SOLO TO JABBA THE HUTT'S PALACE?'...
....MORE INFO 2 COME
STAR WARS THE SAGA CONTINUES
STAR WARS THE SAGA CONTINUES IN A GALAXY NEAR YOU!
STAR WARS THE SAGA CONTINUES EPISODE VI: STAR WARS: WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS STORY!! - THE COMIC BOOK BLOG
STAR WARS THE SAGA CONTINUES EPISODE VI: STAR WARS: WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS STORY, THE COMIC BOOK BLOG
#1 in #ThisSUMMERinCOMICS 4 2021!!
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STAR WARS: WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS Story All This Summer!!
---"A LONG TIME AGO, IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY...
....Picture THIS:
---It's the summer of 1980 &, if you can imagine it, you've just watched the biggest sequel in movie history, & even though it blew-your-mind & lived up to everything you wanted it to be. it left you hanging....
...hanging like never before!!!
"Nooooooooooooo!!!....",
No one would blame you for repeating that famous quote from this blockbuster 2nd installment of 'The Greatest Space Fantasy Film Of All Time', THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, as the movie shocked us all, just as it was meant to!
Now, 40 YEARS LATER, the post 'EMPIRE', pre-'RETURN OF THE JEDI, rest of the story can be told...but only in comics!
The 'WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS' Saga Of STAR WARS explains what happens when DARTH VADER, then JABBA THE HUTT, then the REBELS all spread the word to 'Hunt Han Solo', & everyone, especially Boba Fett's ilk of many new & old BOUNTY HUNTERS, hears it....
This will introduce new characters, rebel, empire, & old & new hired guns & may explain why some were never seen again after 'EMPIRE', as EVERYONE, even the 'good-gals-&-guys' are all trying to get Han!
It takes the 'teaming-up' of all 3 regular ongoing titles to tell it, 'Star Wars', 'Darth Vader', 'The BOUNTY HUNTERS' plus MORE!!!...
....MORE INFO 2 COME
STAR WARS THE SAGA CONTINUES
STAR WARS THE SAGA CONTINUES IN A GALAXY ( & COMIC SHOP ) NEAR YOU!
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VENOM COMICS 2021
VENOM COMICS: After 35 Issues, VENOM hits #200!! (Don't worry, it will all make sense when you read this!)
VENOM, the 2018 on-going comics series of Eddie Brock's not always so nice adventures written by superstar writer Donny Cates took the comics world by a storm, especially in the year of COVID, 2020!
That monthly comic book, which will be inspiring future Marvel Comics writers to carry on & use what Donny Cates & Ryan Stegman began, is, from #34, about to jump-up to VENOM #200!
Why is Venom at #200?
Venom #200 represents the totality of the number of issues of (mostly) every VENOM comic series to date, 35 of which have been from the VENOM Comics Volume 4 series began in 2018, the 2nd longest (so far) run of VENOM comics, next to VENOM Comics Volume 2, which ran from #1 - #42 from 2011-2013.
This VENOM numbering began with the first mini-series Venom: Lethal Protector #1–6 (1993).
THIS below is just one of the covers for 2021's Venom #200!
How many Venoms are there?
(This is definitely the Venom #200 cover with the most Venoms on it! The pictures, or 'little Venoms' & 'little Spider-mans', are cropped from the whole 32 year history of the black & white webslinger, mostly from covers, but also interior artwork as well.)
(As mentioned, THIS cover was so big & massive it 'broke' our website....it was that or let it 'break the internet' & we know how much people during & post COVID-19 need that, so we took the hit :o).....feel free to thank us by ordering some gread reading to continue 'smoothing your soul' using comics! )
(YOU ARE so wonderful, have we told you lately? ;o)
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DC COMICS NEW JUSTICE WITH BENDIS LEAGUE 'S UP!
DC Comics Goes For The 'Brains Of Brian' With New Justice League Series!
DC Comics Naomi comic book broke new ground in many different ways, as a minority character with adoptive parents, as a fresh young new character taking away the spotlight from one of DC Comics oldest (Clark Kent) in her own rarified spotlight mini-series (something seldom green-lit by the publisher without previous appearances), & as then-newly recruited covetted writer (with character :o) Brian Michael Bendis's first real ground-up creation since making the move from his 'royal palace' status at DC's distinguished competition, Marvel Comics.
She, yes 'she', has come a long way in such a short time, like her off-panel father, comics 'Mr B', their ascensions are mixing perfectly as both will find a home in DC's mightiest of monthlies, the 'BIG GUNS' of a newly relaunched Justice League 2021 title, covers BELOW.
2021's Justice League by Brian Michael Bendis & David Marquez (Miles Morales, Iron Man, Batman/Superman) brings with it a old /new line-up of Superman, Batman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Aquaman, Wonder Woman's Mom Hippolyta, the previously mentioned standout Naomi, and Dc Comics newest movie star Black Adam!
As seen below, this new Justice League #1 will have special Zack Snyder's Justice League Variant covers meant to preview & celebrate the release of the show / movie / mini-series.
2021's Justice League first issue by Brian Bendis cover shows Zack Snyder's J'onn J'onzz as the Martian Manhunter, or a possible hint to it, picture down further.
Brian Micheal Bendis just finished up his warmly recieved Superman writing gig, handling the everlasting 'Action Comics', now over 1000 numbers into its 10th decade of publication, & its companion 'Superman' title for aprox a 2 year 60+ comic run.
DC Comics had just recently let it be known that it was no longer going to retaining creators in presumably expensive long term exclusive contracts, as a cost-cutting measure from above, it's corporate ladder leaders, so Bendis is no longer beholden only to DC, freeing him up for many other projects.
Another head-scratcher decision by DC, cutting costs there is a strange adage, constricting a tiny droplet of funds in the medium producing the content which enables billion dollar gross potential while spending dozen times that jamming in extra special effects into productions consensus states are already overblown with them!
SFX vs the creation of Naomi, just this one Bendis written character who DC editorial seems to encourage as a member of it's long-time showcase for only the primes cuts of the DCU, surely is paying for itself simply by being a diverse 'welcome' outstretched to non-traditional readers of superhero content, a lucrative market far outpacing the DC Universe's current page followers.
Not to mention, the 'cost' of Naomi will start to look even more minimal once she starts appearances in animation, live action, & on the precious 'lunchbox licensing' ledger later. This, even at what had to be one of the most expensive exclusive contracts (getting Brian Michael Bendis) of the past 20 years within the comics medium.
Late in 2017 the news hit like a titanic-blow, the creator behind almost every major success Marvel had had since 2000 had been painstakenly head hunted & had agreed to leave the 21st century 'House of Ideas' his hand had had a very powerful stake in planting & blooming like never before in Marvel Comics History!
As it turns out #DCComics got great value out of 'The Brains Of Bendis" as, even though the exact dollar figures of the (now expired) exclusive contract were only privy to those whose names were attached to it & their accountants, characters like #DCNaomi will remain 'cash non BAT Cows' for decades to come!
And we are lucky, because it seems like #BMB #Bendis is far from done playing with the DC Comics Universe and its rotating cast of the Justice League role call 2021 picked from the #DCU!
Covers Are Below.
As DC's current output on the comic book page front goes, it would seem very needed, as Batman related content, which sits at a risky almost 50% of DC's publishing output, could do with some non-BAT in-house competition, because, as its distinguished competition, Marvel Comics can attest, sometimes you can build a kingdom out of 2nd, 3rd, 4th stringers.
( Note: As this is being written, one of the most unlikeliest of statements just a few months ago, let alone years ago is now true:
"WandaVision is one of the most watched programs in North America."
That, again, is a sequential live action engaging program with state of the art SFX, intriging plots & script, & huge interest by the public, featuring those eternals of Marvel Comics fame, standouts Wanda Maximoff, The Scarlet Witch, & The Vision!
....Of course you'd know them as those uber-popular stars of an Avengers movie, playing '8th & 9th bananas' as it were ....Well played, & well laid ...plans that is, which lead to this happening....)
Putting a lot of eggs in one basket is never a wise idea when it comes to safe investment strategies & that might even include copyrighted entities 80+ years old...
Or maybe DC is trying to squeeze, sorry maximize, as much as they can get before some other questions are addressed, like:
-What does DC Do once BATMAN becomes public domain after 95 years?
95 years after, a creation becomes eligible to enter publice domain, meaning the copyright expires on whatever version was produced back then.
What do YOU think about it all?
Do you like the idea of a Brian Michael Bendis written Justice League?
What do you think of the current DC Comics line-up?
Share your feedback...
...words & opinions by T.M. Maple Leaf
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STAR WARS THE SAGA CONTINUES II: THE NEW NEW! THE COMIC BOOK BLOG
STAR WARS THE SAGA CONTINUES EPISODE II: THE NEW NEW! THE COMIC BOOK BLOG
More Star Wars movies needed for you?
That's what happens when we go a whole year without a new movie set in "a galaxy far far away..."
Partially Due 2 the popularity of 'The Mandalorian' Show, but MOSTLY due to STAR WARS COMICS with ALL-NEW ENGAGING STORIES being all-the-rage right now, DISNEY MARVEL Comics are doing an impressive job sticking to what the watchers & readers want, in canon Star Wars stories in a great [comics] format that allows the expansion of the Universe where Darth Vader wins!......or doesn't!!!
Darth Vader, the father of some important people that may have something to do with The Force & may use a lightsaber at some point in their life, is the perfect character in the perfect positioning in the latest Star Wars Comics to hit over the past year!
'Star Wars', 'Darth Vader', & 'Bounty Hunters' are three ongoing monthly Star Wars-set comics titles which all have true fans watering themselves (...we mean 'drooling', you may think elsewhere :o) for the next episodes, as all three have found steady homes on HOT COMICS & TOP TEN COMICS lists due to the excellent content & those who seek it!
Currently Darth Vader is on a lonely quest after a takedown unlike any ever seen in Star Wars lore, while a host of bounty hunters are sent after him, including one until recently only ever seen in the original Star Wars 1977 monthly comic, that also published by Marvel Comics, back in the golden days of a freshly minted space fantasy saga not yet labelled the greatest ever, but it still sure seemed like it to those fortunate enough to have been near a movie theater back then...
STAR WARS THE SAGA CONTINUES
STAR WARS THE SAGA CONTINUES IN A GALAXY NEAR YOU!
COMICS ON MAGIC, MTG IN COMICS, THE COMIC BOOK BLOG
COMICS ON MAGIC, MTG IN COMICS, THE COMIC BOOK BLOG
Magic The Gathering has been entrancing huge followers of creatures, spells, lands, orcs, & plainswalkers for almost 30 years & over 20,000 cards have been made to collect & play with!
Lands, creatures, enchantments, artifacts, instants, and sorceries have all had a hand in allowing a simple card game to break into the realm of top games ever, the likes of where scrabble, poker, & chess have lived comfortably for seemingly forever!
How many players have played Magic the card game?
Well over 22 million players have tried the collectible card game known as MTG CCG for short! That's a LOT!!
Created by Richard Garfield, it 1st touched down in a small display to the gaming community in 1993, where it instantly caught fire & has been burning brightly ever since.
In 2021 Boom Studios comics publisher brought out it's 1st MAGIC THE GATHERING comics:
cardshuffling MTG
