by Doc Schaefer | May 26, 2021 | Docs Corner, Reviews
STARGIRL SPRING BREAK SPECIAL #1 DC COMICS If this was the only book I reviewed this week, I could die happy. This book actually brought tears to my eyes! Geoff Johns’s story is both touching and awe inspiring. He has managed to take little bits of history...
by Doc Schaefer | May 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Even the most seasoned comic reader can miss that little something hiding in plain sight at your favorite Graham Crackers locations. Now, we’ve all missed that occasional issue or special cover, but I’m talking about missing that figure, back issue,...
by | May 19, 2021 | Articles
We’ve all been there. We’ve got something due, possibly something we’re not invested in, and we make a choice. The choice to be done on time. The choice not to stress ourselves out. The choice not to do the best work. The choice to…phone it in. You see it in comics...
by Doc Schaefer | May 19, 2021 | Docs Corner, Reviews
CATWOMAN #31 DC COMICS Having admitted previously that I am not a great fan of the recent going-ons in Gotham, here is another example that things might be on the uptake. And while Fernando Blanco is dark and seductive, the show stealer here is Ram V’s...
by Doc Schaefer | May 12, 2021 | Docs Corner, Reviews
BATMAN SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #2 DC COMICS Switching time periods and layouts, we join the gang as they meet with a more modern version of Batman with a red suited Robin in a more animated Batman Adventures style. However, writer Sholly Fisch still handle the story...
by | May 11, 2021 | Articles, Managers
In the beginning, there were simply funny pages short form comic strips in newspapers. Then some brilliant mind bundled them together creating the first comic “book.” And for the most part the format of comic books stayed the same for decades. Sure, the type of...
by | May 5, 2021 | Articles, Managers
How many times have you been in the comic shop thinking to yourself, “I would love to jump into this series, but its already on issue #33 (or #79, or #301)? I wouldn’t know what’s going on at all!” Well, there are new series’ starting all the time, that don’t...
by Doc Schaefer | May 5, 2021 | Docs Corner, Reviews
CRIME SYNDICATE #3 DC COMICS Not even a guest appearence of Doctor Chaos (the Reverse Dr. Fate) on the cover could help me with this one. After a really good couple of issues, this almost turns into a regular Justice League story with even Lex Luthor joining up...
by | Apr 28, 2021 | Articles, Lists
Commentary by Sean H. (St. Charles) So, here we are. With the Future State behind us, the Infinite Frontier awaits. As a lifelong DC fan, I have high standards for their books, and I am not easy to please as those around me will testify. Not as hard to please as some,...
by Doc Schaefer | Apr 28, 2021 | Docs Corner, Reviews
THE MARVELS #1 MARVEL COMICS Just a quick note to Marvel Comics, Comic shops hate the word “The” as the first word of a title. That being said how can you not love a book with an Alex Ross cover, written by Kurt Busiek, amazing art by Yildray Cinar,...
