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Man of Steel: $125.1 Million, New June Record!
Posted on June 17, 2013 | No CommentsThrough Sunday, Man of Steel earned a fantastic estimated $125.1 million—$113.1 million during the traditional Friday-to-Sunday period, and another $12...
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Marvel Entertainment & Disney-ABC Television Unveil Your New Look At The “Once Upon a Time” Hardcover Graphic Novel
Posted on June 17, 2013 | No CommentsDive into the immersive world of ABC’s Once Upon a Time like never before as Marvel Entertainment and Disney-ABC Television Group are...
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Man of Steel Review
Posted on June 16, 2013 | No CommentsUnlike recent super hero movies like the Avengers and Iron man 3, Man of Steel has divided comic book fans...
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Man of Steel: Thursday and Midnight Pre-Screenings bring in $21 million
Posted on June 14, 2013 | No CommentsMan of Steel has already taken in an estimated $21 million. It earned $12 million from Thursday night’s Wal-Mart screening program,...
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Todd & the Book of Pure Evil – Season Two DVD Review
Posted on June 13, 2013 | No CommentsTodd and the Book of Pure Evil is a canadian produced comedy about a high school metal head who stumbles...
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Power Rangers Seasons 4-7 Coming on DVD in July
Posted on June 12, 2013 | No CommentsLord Zedd and Rita Repulsa have been defeated once again — but the Command Center is in ruins, and King...
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Warner Bros Making Movie Based on Famous Archie Comics Characters
Posted on June 6, 2013 | No CommentsWarner Bros Pictures last night just closed all deals for a WME-packaged live action movie based on the Archie Comics books. Producing are Roy Lee...
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Star Trek: Deception – A Fan Film
Posted on June 2, 2013 | No CommentsStar Trek: Deception is a short fan-film being created by a group of friends whom all have one thing in...
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Man of Steel – “Fate of Your Planet” Official Trailer
Posted on May 21, 2013 | No CommentsIn theaters June 14th. From Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures comes “Man of Steel”, starring Henry Cavill, directed by Zach...
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MARVEL’S AVENGERS ASSEMBLE Trailer
Posted on May 21, 2013 | No CommentsThe Biggest Heroes. The Biggest Threats. The Biggest Stakes! It’s the most anticipated new animated series to launch this...
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Wayne’s Worlds: Doomsday.1
One of the biggest names in comics the last several decades has been John Byrne, who was an important writer/artist…
Fantastic Four #2 Review
The Fantastic Four have finally gotten everything in order for their trip through time and space in search of a…
FF #1 Review
There is an awful lot to like about this new Fantastic Four spin-off and a few unfortunate things that let…
Thor: God of Thunder #1 Review
Let me be honest here for a moment, I have not given a damn about the regular Thor comic book…
All-New X-Men #1 Review
Despite my dislike for the entire AvX series and the half-hearted “Marvel Now” sort-of-reboot I must admit that the first…
Amazing Spider-Man #696 Review
I am grateful that Marvel puts a one page summary at the beginning of most of their comic books, and…
Wayne’s Worlds: Suggestions for the Justice League Movie
Now that the lawsuit over Superman has been settled, Warner Bros. is moving ahead with a Justice League feature film,…
Daredevil #18 Review
The friendship of Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson continues to deteriorate as the man without fear finds his grip on…
The Marvels Project Review
Earlier this week I reviewed “Mystery Men”, which featured Marvel Comics Pulp Heroes from the early 1930′s. The next logical…
Mystery Men Review
An untold tale of the pulp heroes of the Marvel Universe is a very easy sell, especially with the art…
The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes #6 Review
This is one of the very few titles that the “Big Two” publish these days that are aimed at the…
Avenging Spider-Man #12 Review
You know that you are in for a fun issue when it features Deadpool, Forbush Man, and Peter Porker the…
Hawkeye #2 Review
After an impressive first issue debut last month, I am pleased to report that the adventures of Hawkeye (when he…
Web of Spider-Man #129.2 Review
Stuart Moore and Damion Scott return to bring the Brooklyn Avengers storyline to a conclusion. This turned out to be…
Avenging Spider-Man #11 Review
Continuing Spider-Man’s 50th Anniversary celebration, this special issue is an examination of Peter’s relationship with, and his guilt over, his…
Web of Spider-Man #129.1 Review
I haven’t bought a Spider-Man book since Kraven’s return a few years back. I really liked Spider-Man growing up, but…
Wolverine #312 Review
It is starting to look like another ret-con of Wolverine’s past is in the works as this issue throws out…
Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe #4 Review
This issue concludes one of the worst comic book series that I have ever read. It is really that bad,…
Captain America and Namor #635.1 Review
Taking place in 1942, this issue sees Captain America deep inside France fighting a Nazi group of supernatural scientists called…
The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes #4 Review
This comic book is aimed at younger readers and fans of the amazingly awesome cartoon television show it is based…
Amazing Spider-Man #691 Review
The staff of Horizon Labs has been mutated into creatures similar to The Lizard and now Spider-Man finds himself in…
Deadpool #59 Review
Deadpool has lost his healing ability and a whole bunch of villains with “black” themed names have come out to…
THE ORBITING POD – EPISODE 65 with Roger Langridge!
Welcome to Episode 65 of the Orbiting Pod! This week, we get out the yellow pages and Dial H for…
King Kirby
Jack Kirby was born on 94 years ago today, on August 28 1917…so let’s follow the FF’s lead and celebrate! After all, without…
Gentleman Gene Colan
Back in the late 1960s you couldn’t pass a newsstand or spinner rack without seeing one or another of Gene…
TOP 5 KIRBY COVERS August 1961!
As all True Believers know, 2011 marks the Silver Anniversary of the Fantastic Four. (And yes, I know the Fantastic Four…
TOP 5 COMIC BOOK CHRISTMAS COVERS!
It’s time to deck the halls and fa la la…so here are the top 5 Christmas-themed covers featuring iconic comic…
Mike Esposito 1927-2010
Sad news–Mike Esposito passed away over the weekend, at the age of 83. He had a long and distinguished career…
9-11, Patriots Day: Captain America and Bucky–The Way They Were
As Rik Offenberger has already pointed out in his wonderful overview elsewhere on the First Comics News site, patriotic heroes are…
Future 4 Color Episode 11: October Marvel
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Captain Action- -He’s Ideal!
July is Captain Action month here at First Comics News, so let’s take a Aquaman #31, released in November 1966 and…
Future 4 Color Episode 2: Marvel
Welcome! Let’s Start with Batman #181 (June 1966)
Welcome to the Silver Age Serenade here at First Comics News! As you’ve no doubt already inferred (the name of…
Marvel Unveils IRON MAN BY DESIGN Variant Covers
Get a look at Iron Man like you’ve never seen him before! Marvel is proud to unveil the stunning Iron…











