One of my favorite things to do at comic book shops or at conventions is to spend time going through the sales boxes. You’ve all seen them. Long boxes stuffed with issues of anything and everything marked down to irresistible prices – sometimes as low as $0.25 each! I’ll admit that I occasionally use the […]
The first DC Superman imitator may have been Hourman (1940), who has the same original powers of Superman, at close to the same level. But when Superman flew, Hourman was kind of left behind. Super strength, speed and durability weren’t enough to keep to the front ranks and they weren’t enough to even be considered […]
For those of you coming in late, we’re in the middle of our three-part Super-symposium, an examination of the life and times of one Clark Kent. Last week, we discussed Mr. Kent’s origins, history, powers, weaknesses, family and love life. If you’d like, you can read about it by going here, or you can just […]
Zack Snyder’s MAN OF STEEL is only a month or so away, and I am, shall we say, cautiously excited. Having not really enjoyed a SUPERMAN movie since SUPERMAN II in 1980, I’m hoping to leave the theatre satisfied at least in some measure. Unfortunately, I know all too well that many of my favorite […]
While sketching at FREE COMIC BOOK DAY at Blastoff North Hollywood last Saturday, artist Cameron Davis kept a visual record of the day, resulting in this amazing sketch! Click to see the image at full size Thanks, Cameron!
In Crisis on Infinite Earths, they called Kal-L, the Superman of Earth 2, ‘the legend from which all others come.’ It may not be a fact but it covers much of the truth. Superman was not the first costumed or at least distinctively attired crime fighter: the Clock, the Lone Ranger, and others preceded him. […]
Thanks to everyone who entered our raffle! Without further ado, our winners and what they won: 1. Curt Cuscino Warren Ellis: Come in Alone TPB- Signed 2. Taylor Ash Art of Iron Man HC 3. Angela Malachowski Green Lantern #18 1:25 Variant 4. Sandra Castaneda Green Lantern #17 1:25 Variant 5. James Shegas Age of […]
“Threequels” are a notoriously tricky business. There aren’t many film series where the third installment really comes back so strong that it regains that excitement you felt back when you first saw the original. Shane Black’s IRON MAN 3 comes as close as you can expect. Is it as mind-blowing, as revelatory as the first? […]
Sometimes fate can be cruel. In retrospect, there’s no way these two teenagers from Cleveland could possibly conceive of the ironies in store for them. Even if you could warn them somehow, they’d never believe it. “Jerry, Joe, listen up. The two of you are going to create a character so universally beloved, it will […]
Our first FREE COMIC BOOK DAY in our North Hollywood home was a bigger success than we ever expected, and we’d like to thank everyone who helped make it happen. First off, we’d like to thank everyone who came out to see us, pick up some free books, talk to our artists, pose for photos […]
A new month brings new banner art to Blastoff, courtesy as always of our Artist-in-Residence Elena Casagrande ! With MAN OF STEEL on the horizon, we’re proud to present Elena’s tribute to Superman: Click the image to see it at its full size!
Editor’s note: While we struggle with the Dreaded Deadline Doom this week, we thought it the perfect time to re-present this lost 2005 column from the MPS days, now that STAR WARS movies are back in the headlines… It’s time once more for one of our trips in the Wayback Machine. This time? We’re headed […]
Only days away from IRON MAN 3 now, so let’s look back at our initial review of IRON MAN 2, and see how it’s stood the test of time… When you get right down to it, Tony Stark is kind of an ass. Always has been, really. It’s kind of his most defining characteristic. […]
