August 2nd, 2008 Issue time09:12:08 am, by ComicList Email
Categories: Suspended Animation, Reviews, Archie Comics

Suspended Animation Review

Betty #s 165, 166, 168, 169, 170-173/approx. 23 pgs. & $2.25 each from Archie Comics/principal artist, Stan Goldberg; various writers/available in lots of places and at www.archiecomics.com.

Betty is a good girl.

There was a time in America when saying someone is a good girl wasn’t insulting. Betty still lives in that time, along with Archie, Jughead, and the gang in Riverdale. In these reviewed issues, she spends her hours looking for a lost five dollar bill, reliving memories while cleaning her room, enjoying Friday night football, introducing romance into Pop’s eatery, playing pranks with a cell phone, planting trees, and dreaming of being a super heroine, among a host of other quiet, real world activities.

Continue reading...

July 26th, 2008 Issue time08:39:01 am, by ComicList Email
Categories: Suspended Animation, DC Comics, Reviews

Suspended Animation Review

Batman Special #1, published by DC Comics, 48 pages, cover price $1.25.

In honor of the theatrical release of The Dark Knight, I present to you one of the better Batman stories from the eighties, found in 1984's Batman Special #1.

Continue reading...

July 19th, 2008 Issue time02:05:59 pm, by ComicList Email
Categories: Suspended Animation, Reviews, Checker Book Publishing Group

Suspended Animation Review

Scion V. 6 (reprinting CrossGen issues 34-39)/153 pgs. & $17.95 from Checker Book Publishing, principal artist, Jim Cheung; Ron Marz, writer/sold in comics shops and at www.checkerbpg.com.

Imagine the 'knights and damsels' comic strip Prince Valiant sprinkled with pseudo light sabers and aliens and you've pictured Scion, a comic book series that ran for thirty-nine issues before its original publisher went out of business.

Continue reading...

July 12th, 2008 Issue time12:41:35 pm, by ComicList Email
Categories: Suspended Animation, Reviews, Contemporary Cartoon Militia

Suspended Animation Review

The Li’l Depressed Boy, published by Contemporary Cartoon Militia, 14 pages, $2.00.

Oh, to be a sad, sock-headed boy, living a dreary life, loving music, but being loved by no one.

Continue reading...

July 5th, 2008 Issue time09:25:41 am, by ComicList Email
Categories: Suspended Animation, DC Comics, Reviews, TwoMorrows Publishing

Suspended Animation Review

All Star Companion Volume 3/238 pages & $26.95, TwoMorrows Publishing/Roy Thomas, editor; various writers & artists/ available at comics shops and at www.twomorrows.com.

There have been pivotal events in the history of comic strips and comic books. Among them are the creation of the first superhero, Superman, of the first non-super powered costumed hero, Batman, and the first female superhero, Wonder Woman.

Continue reading...

June 28th, 2008 Issue time06:29:53 pm, by ComicList Email
Categories: Suspended Animation, Marvel Comics, Reviews

Suspended Animation Review

Rom: Spaceknight, published by Marvel Comics, 32 pages.

As an 11-year-old child, discovering Rom: Spaceknight was just more icing on the cake that was the world of comics. The exciting concept of a heroic alien, stationed on our planet to wipe out an evil alien race living right under our noses? C’mon! You expect any red-blooded boy to pass that up?

Continue reading...

This Week's New Releases List

The Exclusive ComicList Checklist

ComicList Database & Archive

Our Latest Reviews

Receive ComicList Reviews via RSS

 Subscribe in a reader

Receive ComicList Reviews via email

Enter your Email


Preview | Powered by FeedBlitz

Search

Google

Who's Online?

  • Guest Users: 166

Read reviews of comics past and present.

ComicList was founded Jan. 12, 1995 with the mission of empowering comic book consumers by providing accurate and timely information. By delivering the weekly list of new releases, along with news concerning current and future products available in local and online comic book shops, we enable consumers to meet their goals more effectively.

The new releases list is posted weekly every Tuesday at this web site, and is also available via email, RSS feed, and usenet.

Editor In Chief: Charles LePage

Reviewer In Chief: Brandon Borzelli

Powered by b2evolution