by Doc Schaefer | Mar 23, 2022 | Docs Corner, Reviews
ROGUES #1 DC COMICS (BLACK LABEL) I could go on and on about how Flash’s Rogues Gallery is by far the best group of DC super-villian family. And I do not use the term family lightly. They have always been a family ever since they first starting appearing in...
by | Mar 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Upon reflection, I find that comics weren’t just about the adventures within them but the adventures of getting them. Growing up, I didn’t have a lot of access to Local Comic Shops, or if I did, I would find I rarely had the money to spend there. But that...
by Doc Schaefer | Mar 16, 2022 | Docs Corner, Reviews
BATMAN/SUPERMAN WORLD’S FINEST #1 DC COMICS In the beginning there was World’s Best Comics. Then in issue #2, it became World’s Finest and for the first 70 issues, it was an anthology book where the covers were the only place Batman and Superman...
by | Mar 15, 2022 | Articles
I was only alive for 2 years in the 90’s, and I wasn’t super into comics at 2 years old. However, from what I have learned about 90’s comics, variants were all the rage! What are variants you ask? Variants are comic covers with different art on them than the main...
by Doc Schaefer | Mar 9, 2022 | Docs Corner, Reviews
BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #12 DC COMICS A final issue bonanza as writer Sholly Fisch and artist Dario Brizuela pull out all the stops in this grand celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the very first Batman-Scooby-Doo team-up! (Which I can proudly say I...
by | Mar 8, 2022 | Articles
It’s that time of year. As Summer begins to loom closer, now is an excellent opportunity to take a few moments and perform a simple self-examination. Taking the time to do this quick evaluation is of utmost importance, as catching this kind of thing early on is...
by Doc Schaefer | Mar 2, 2022 | Docs Corner, Reviews
WAR FOR EARTH-3 DC COMICS Even Ambush Bug’s wise acre comments can’t save this one. With an endless amount of potential and an endless list of contributors in both the art and writing, this one had a chance of being an excellent crossover. But the...
by | Mar 1, 2022 | Articles
A wise man once told me “Daniel Warren should write a Contest of Champions type of book but instead, all of the fighting should be done in a wrestling ring”, and if you’re as big of a fan of DWJ as most of us at GCC are then you know how freaking awesome that book...
by Doc Schaefer | Feb 23, 2022 | Docs Corner, Reviews
AQUAMEN #1 DC COMICS You know, Aquaman is one of those characters that DC has a long history of making bad decisions with and really not knowing what to do with. So it only makes sense to make two of them. One issue in and we still have Arthur Aquaman trying to...
by | Feb 22, 2022 | Articles
It’s commonly said that it was Marvel Comics introduced personality and problems into the super hero characters in the 1960s. The Fantastic Four fought among themselves, Ben Grimm hated being the Thing and Sue Storm was torn between Reed Richards and the Sub-Mariner....