In both Marvel and DC, there have been comics recently that have backed up the notion…
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Wayne’s Worlds: In the Coming Year, I Resolve…
It’s not too soon to look ahead into 2022, and while I’m not much for resolutions,…
Wayne’s Worlds: Sometimes a Rumor Is Just a Rumor
With the advent of the Internet and its ability to “instantly” send information almost anywhere in…
Wayne’s Worlds: The Trouble with Time-Locked Characters
It waasn’t all that long ago that DC announced that Doomsday Clock #9 would be delayed. Personally,…
Wayne’s Worlds: Todd’s Toys Teaming with DC
One of the biggest developments in the toy industry focused on Todd McFarlane’s Toys signing a…
Wayne’s Worlds: Taking ‘Talent’ to TV
Once your comic book or OGN has been published, don’t get discouraged if nothing happens with…
Wayne’s Worlds: More Holiday Specials!
I’m already getting into the holiday spirit! And that makes me reflect on holiday-related comics!
Wayne’s Worlds: Why Marvel Comics Won’t End Anytime Soon
It’s as predictable as the sun rising in the morning. I’ve been reading a lot of…
Wayne’s Worlds: Trek Merging Comics, Novels, & TV
I remain quite a big fan of Star Trek, so I’m fascinated by the soon return of…
Wayne’s Worlds: We ALSO Sell…
I’ve shopped at many local comics shops over the years, and when a store decides that…
Wayne’s Worlds: Age-Appropriate Labels on Comics?
As I often do, I was reading the news online when I came across a recent…
Wayne’s Worlds: Hey, I’m Valuable!
I have been hearing from friends who are excited about getting to this year’s C2E2 convention!…
Wayne’s Worlds: That @*&! Fifth Week!
Comics is what we call a habitual industry, meaning you normally buy your books out of habit. For…
Wayne’s Worlds: Don’t Tell Me That!
When you’ve been around as many local comics shops as I have, you come to dread…
Wayne’s Worlds: Art Versus Script
What’s the most important part of a comic? The art or the script (story)?
Wayne’s Worlds: Team-Ups Are Still Fun!
Was it really years ago now that I read about Batman and the Shadow teaming up?…
Wayne’s Worlds: Great Characters Don’t Go Away Forever!
It wasn’t all that long ago that I grieved that the fifth issue of the Black…
Wayne’s Worlds: How ‘Real’ Should Comics Get?
A friend of mine was telling me just how much he doesn’t like it when “real…
Wayne’s Worlds: The Joys and Dangers of Store Subscription Services
Often I like to talk about local comics shops and why I frequent them. One of…
Wayne’s Worlds: A ‘Real’ Comics Shop!
When I buy new comics, I go to Krum’s World, a great comics store in Winter…
Wayne’s Worlds: Bring Out Your Dead!
It’s a common phrase among comics’ fans – Death in comics is only temporary! A lot has…
Wayne’s Worlds: Are Comics Too Popular Now?
Comics conventions are returning now, sometimes with more than one happening on a weekend in the…
Wayne’s Worlds: Art Versus Comics
Now that they are starting to resurface, it’s time to talk about comics conventions and how…
Wayne’s Worlds: Characters Not Originally in the Comics
Now that cons are slowly starting to resurface, I’ve been remembering many previous events, some where…
Wayne’s Worlds: I Love the Character, But I Don’t Buy the Comic!
Recently, I ended up part of a conversation that got me thinking about fans and why…
Wayne’s Worlds: Can We Trust Fan Reactions?
With the Internet providing instant contact for information, it’s given those of us who are fans…
Wayne’s Worlds: All Too Human
The comics industry continues to deal with a difficult subject – sexual harassment among the members…
Wayne’s Worlds: Expensive Signatures
Even though cons haven’t been happening for a while now, there’s still been a lot of…
Wayne’s Worlds: The Indie Explosion Continues!
I’m reliving some cons I’ve attended in the past as I long for comic conventions to…
Wayne’s Worlds: Nothing Lasts Forever
As the old saying goes, the one constant in life is change. The sad thing is…
Wayne’s Worlds: Choosing a Comics Shop
Every once in a while, I find it helpful to re-examine why you do what you…
Wayne’s Worlds: Bring Back the Bi-Weeklies!
For a while there, it seemed as if more bi-weekly (every other week) comics were going…
Wayne’s Worlds: Trade Paperback or Individual Issues?
Every so often, I re-examine the idea of trade paperbacks versus individual issues. Now that I’m…
Wayne’s Worlds: Whatever Happened to Movie Adaptations?
With all the hubbub surrounding the Star Wars franchise, I started wondering if Marvel was going…
Wayne’s Worlds: The Dark Influence of the Internet
The Internet can be a wonderful thing! For instance, I learn so much reading this very…
Wayne’s Worlds: Scout’s Honor #1 Review
I thought I would take a week away from looking at the entire industry to focus…
Wayne’s Worlds: Issues, Please, Not Politics!
The year 2020 is coming to an end, and it looks like politics will be more…
Wayne’s Worlds: Are Some Stories Just Too Old?
Not too long ago I brought home the last hardcover of Grant Morrison’s Zenith series, a…
Wayne’s Worlds: Should Superhero Books Be ‘All-Ages?’
I’m always fascinated by the reaction of “mainstream” commentators who talk about comics as a result…
Wayne’s Worlds: I Can’t Wait!
I observed with interest the advent of Loot Crate, a subscription service that sends to your…
Wayne’s Worlds: Some Stories Never End!
As someone who has studied writing, I know that each tale should have a beginning, a…
Wayne’s Worlds: Loving Lower-Tier Characters!
I’ve often said that Batman is my all-time favorite comics character. I’ve felt that way because…
Wayne’s Worlds: Batman Needs Robin!
If you’ve been keeping up with the Robin saga at DC Comics, you know that the…
Wayne’s Worlds: Buying Comics from ‘Other’ Companies
It’s all too easy to get the comics you want from DC and/or Marvel. Often, local…
Wayne’s Worlds: The Problem with Supergirl
I was sad to recently learn that Supergirl is coming to an end on The CW.…
Wayne’s Worlds: Will Disney Ever Buy DC Comics/Time Warner?
We just can’t help ourselves! When even the remotest possibility of a merger that would combine…
Wayne’s Worlds: More and More Bat-Books!
As a longtime Batman fan, I’ve often posed the question: Will the Dark Knight get overexposed?
Wayne’s Worlds: Are Comics Too Realistic?
I’ve mentioned before that there are all kinds of Batman fans. There are some who like…
Wayne’s Worlds: ‘Really’ Variant Covers
I’ve recently been thinking about the film debut of the first Guardians of the Galaxy that…
Wayne’s Worlds: Powered Versus Non-Powered
Okay, who’s your favorite comics hero? Does he or she have super-powers or not? Then look…
Wayne’s Worlds: The Name Game
Okay, you walk into a store and are looking for a few specific comics. How do…
Wayne’s Worlds: Too Much Advertising?
In the last several years, I’ve noticed a trend that’s starting to wear on me. It’s…
Wayne’s Worlds: More Number Ones!
If a comics company wants to get the attention of comics readers and collectors, there’s one…
Wayne’s Worlds: Lex Luthor, Hero?
In the last several years, I’ve noticed that Lex Luthor has been a favorite among certain…
Wayne’s Worlds: From Comics to TV
To this day, I still can’t believe that Arrow was ever a show on The CW! Normally, programs…
Wayne’s Worlds: No Bad Characters
There are no bad characters. Only bad writers. Or at least, writers who don’t know what…
Wayne’s Worlds: Comics and Collectibles
Don’t get me wrong. I read a lot of comics every week. But as hard as…
Wayne’s Worlds: Show “Business”
Many of us have come to accept the fact that some comics will probably always be…
Wayne’s Worlds: Have Exclusive Contracts Gone Away?
“The only constant in life is change.” Boy, is that ever true as far as comics!…
Wayne’s Worlds: What About Long-Term Fans?
The comics industry has always recognized that they need new readers to keep the business going.…
Wayne’s Worlds: The End?
Something interesting is happening in comics these days – stories that actually end!
WAYNE’S WORLDS: The Villains Rule
“You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” –…
Wayne’s Worlds: Comics as Show Business
I used to hate being asked “paper or plastic?” when I shopped in a grocery store.…
Wayne’s Worlds: Right Now, I’m Thankful for …
While we’re waiting for things to get back on their feet, I thought I would look…
Wayne’s Worlds: The Coronavirus Closes Many Comics Shops!
The Coronavirus (now COVID-19) has closed many local comics shops. Expectations are low that we’ll actually…
Wayne’s Worlds: Ch-ch-ch-changes?
There has been a LOT of conversation regarding what changes some would like to see happen,…
WAYNE’S WORLDS: RAVAGE #1 REVIEW
There are some pretty new comics companies that are producing quality storytelling, I’m happy to say.…
Wayne’s Worlds: DC Without Dan DiDio
Even though the Coronavirus (now COVID-19) has brought the industry to a standstill, fans of comics…
Wayne’s Worlds: What’s The Deal With Director’s Cuts?
I know we’re in limbo with the comics industry right now, but I think this is…
Wayne’s Worlds: Which Robin IS Robin?
DC has just released its 80th anniversary celebration for Robin! However, there’s been quite a controversy…
Wayne’s Worlds: Too Many Comics?
I was reading a recent interview with Image Comics Publisher Eric Stephenson about the “state of…
Wayne’s Worlds: Comics’ Mini-series Makeover
The comics industry has been shifting from the monthly title to more mini-series’ and such recently.
Wayne’s Worlds: Still A Great Time to Be a Comics Fan!
I think it’s always good to occasionally see where the industry is right now – And…
Wayne’s Worlds: Permanent (Temporary) Change
The biggest DC news recently seems to have been the revelation of Superman’s secret identity. The…
WAYNE’S WORLDS: Are Trade Paperbacks the Future of Comics?
Where the comics industry is going is a subject that always grabs my attention. It wasn’t…
Wayne’s Worlds: Is the Local Comics Shop an Endangered Species?
Every once in a while, something that grips my attention hits me on Facebook. The latest…
Wayne’s Worlds: I Love New York (Comic Con)!
Looking back over 2019, I felt this was still the best con of the year–New York…
Wayne’s Worlds: Here Comes Harley Quinn!
One of the big highlights of the recent four-day New York Comic Con, which is one…
Wayne’s Worlds: Celebrate Those Anniversaries!
Not too long ago, I attended the One-Year Anniversary celebration at BAMF! Comics Coffee Community in…
Wayne’s Worlds: Snow White: Zombie Apocalypse One Shot Review
There’s a great one-shot comic I’ve been wanting to talk about for a while now, and…
Wayne’s Worlds: The ‘Fans’ Editor-In-Chief
As Marvel continues to celebrate their 80th anniversary, the House of Ideas has been getting a…
Wayne’s Worlds: When Good Guys and Gals Go Bad
One phenomenon in comics that always grabs our attention is when a hero turns to the…
Wayne’s Worlds: What a ‘Crisis’ It Will Be!
During a recent sci-fi/Trek convention, I ran a discussion panel on The CW’s upcoming ‘Crisis on…
Wayne’s Worlds: ‘Dead’ End
Now that The Walking Dead is returning to TV and the new sequel is in the…
Wayne’s Worlds: Hill House Horror
Comics companies have been working to expand their range when it comes to the books they’re…
Wayne’s Worlds: Alpha Flight Returns to Its Canadian Roots
One of the super-teams I’ve always liked has been Alpha Flight from Marvel. I enjoy finding…
Wayne’s Worlds: No One Can Make Just One?
I recently attended the 2019 Heroes Con in Charlotte, North Carolina, one of the biggest comics-oriented conventions around!…
Wayne’s Worlds: When Bigger Isn’t Necessarily Better
Recently, I was with Scout Entertainment and Richard Rivera from Stabbity Bunny as we attended the…
Wayne’s Worlds: Ready for New Marvel Audiobooks?
Marvel is not a company to rest on their laurels! The House of Ideas is once…