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Retro Spooky Fun Is On the Way In the Archie Comics Digest Halloween Special

Halloween is just around the corner, and as such, we want to take a moment to tell you about an upcoming release packed with thrills, chills and laughs: The ARCHIE COMICS DIGEST HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! Featuring work

Paperback Flashback

David Inguagiato

Looking at classic stories collected in trade paperbacks Welcome to the very first edition of Paperback Flashback! This will be a series that we will look back at classic stories collected into trade paperback form.

Prelude To The Apocalypse: Legion Quest

David Inguagiato

An X-Men: Legion Quest Retrospective. Reliving Uncanny X-men #320 – #321, X-men #40 – #41, X-Factor #109 and Cable #20. Legion Quest is a multi part storyline that is the prelude to the X-Men’s Age

Into the Fantastic

David Inguagiato

The Greatest Fantastic Four Runs of All Time Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #1 – 102, Annual #1- 6 (1961-1970) When Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created Fantastic Four # 1

Truth, Justice, And The All-Star Superman

David Inguagiato

A look back at All-Star Superman, the 12 issue series by Grant Morrison And Frank Quitely In his nearly 90 years of existence Superman has become an American icon. Debuting in 1938 in the pages

X-Men: It’s all in the Cards

David Inguagiato

The X-Men Series One Trading Card Set Is Instant Nostalgia in Every Pack If you grew up in the 80s or 90s chances are at some point in your childhood you owned trading cards. In

The Age of Apocalypse: An Apocalyptic Redesign

David Inguagiato

30 Years Of The X-Men’s Age Of Apocalypse Character Designs This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Epic X-Men crossover The Age of Apocalypse. AOA is a look at the how the Marvel’s mutant world would

Rediscovering Comics: Terror & Fury (2025)

Pitfall Gary

When I was reading and collecting comics Marvel and DC were the two powerhouse publishing companies and for the most part they still are. So called ‘Indie’ publishers have been around for as long as

Rediscovering Comics: Wolverine Vol 8 (2024)

Pitfall Gary

Last edition I looked at a DC comic, Batgirl, so I though I’d jump over to Marvel and one of my all time favorite mutants, Wolverine. I’ve been a fan of Wolverine since I first

Rediscovering Comics: Batgirl, Vol 6 (2025)

Pitfall Gary

Batgirl is back with an all new ongoing series, volume 6 of the Batgirl saga. Batgirl is part of the DC “All In” Initiative. All In is DC’s current jumping on point for new readers.

Rediscovering Comics: A Gen-X Journey into Modern Comics

Pitfall Gary

A Gen-X quest to find excitement and adventure in modern comic books I started reading comic books when I was around 5-6 years old. I wrote about my entry into comics during our Comic Book

Captain Planet is Returning in a New Comic Series

Walter King

The 90s environmental hero Captain Planet and his Planeteers are making a return in comic book form this April when Dynamite Entertainment launches an all-new Captain Planet series! Written by David Pepose (Space Ghost) with

Diamond Comics Distributors is Filing For Bankruptcy

Walter King

Diamond Comics Distributors, one of the biggest companies involved in getting comic books and graphic novels into the hands of retailers for purchase, is filing for bankruptcy and scaling its business back.

DC Comics Cosmic Card Catharsis

Kevin Decent

In the far off year of 1992, trading cards were very popular. Many of us can trace our love of pop culture card sets to the baseball card boom of the 1980s. Sure, it was

90’s Comic Books On Big Bad BeetleBorgs

Adam Pope

When Mighty Morphin Power Rangers exploded in popularity during the early 90s, dominating children’s programming and toy sales, it was just a matter of time before Saban Entertainment tried to catch lightning in a bottle

Marvel Announces Miniatures Game ‘Crisis Protocol’Earth’s Mightiest Core Box

Walter King

Marvel: Crisis Protocol Earth’s Mightiest: Core Box puts you right into the fight with the Avengers featuring Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, and Captain Marvel, joined by Spider-Man. These heroes face off against the villainous