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Here are some suggestions for comics related gifts for this holiday season:

Mighty Marvel Calendar Book: All the classic Marvel calendar images from '75-'81 are collected in this hardcover. It features art by Buscema, Miller, Simonson, Perez, Kirby, and more. Who doesn't want to see the Hulk as George Washington at Valley Forge?

Hobtown Mysteries vol 2: The Cursed Hermit: I've been charmed by this quirky series of stories probably most succinctly described as "Twin Peaks meets Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys." Creators Bertin and Forbes present a small, coastal Canadian village with a lot of weird stuff going on under the surface. The Teen Detective Club—a registered after-school program makes it their business to get to the bottom every one of their town's bizarre occurrences unraveling the secret history of their town as they go. You'll want to read volume one first.

World's Finest: Teen Titans vol 1: Spinning out of the Waid's World's Finest we get a tale of the original Teen Titans, that homages the Silver Age while by completely modern. Waid's approach to this these link series brings a lot of warmth and a bit of humor in addition to the superhero action.

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End vol 1: I've talked about how good this fantasy manga about what happens after the party completes the epic quest is before (back when #11 came out). Alas, there's no bundle of all 11 (currently) volumes, but this is where you want to jump in.

Duke vol 1: I was skeptical of the Energon Universe re-imaging of Hasbro's toy properties when I first heard about it, but the Duke limited series won me over. Not every limited series has been as good I don't think, but this one and Cobra Commander are well worth your time if you have any interest in the 80s iteration of G.I. Joe.

DC Comics Style Guide: Early this year Standards Manual announced they would be reprinting the fabled DC Style Guide from 1982 with that gorgeous José Luis García-López artwork that set the standard for the look of the DCU for a generation. It ain't cheap, but you can pre-order this hardcover here. 

Over the past month, I've been reading some historical fantasy (Between Two Fires and His Black Tongue), some straight historical stuff (rpg supplements from Codex Integrum and the season on Frederick II of the podcast History of the Germans), and most recently, taking a real look at the World of Greyhawk (1980) folio.  All this stuff knocking around in my head led me to believe it might be interested in borrowing an old idea from Miranda Elkins and doing a series of blog posts developing a version of Greyhawk derived from the folio, with a Medieval history sort of feel.

I'll be using the 1980 folio as the only "canon" though I'm not opposed to taking material from the 1983 boxset and the Dragon articles written between and around the time of both publications. I'm trying to avoid more recent Greyhawk material. In keeping with the other recent inspirations, I'm going channel the historical wargamer Gygax over the pulp fan Gygax, and also I'll be using some of the ideas derived from examination of the pre-Greyhawk implied setting of D&D.  

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Many of Spider-Man’s early foes were animal-themed costumed adventurers, like him. And one of them was a thrill-seeking, macho master of such beasts. “In all fairness, Amazing Spider-Man 34 isn’t…

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Title: Gatchaman # 5 Publisher: Mad Cave Studios Writer: Cullen Bunn Pencils: Chris Batista Inks: Sabrina Cintron Colorist: Carlos Lopez Letterer: Buddy Beaudoin Cover Artist: Inaki Miranda Variant Covers: Sanford…

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(New Bedford, MA – November 28, 2024) The 501(c)(3)non-profit Inkwell Awards have more auction listings to launch this Black Friday, November 29, including their second tribute auction from their Dave Simons Estate Collection as first…

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I have always loved stories that explored “the roads not traveled.” I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ‘ABSOLUTE’ STORIES I am entertained with the reaction of some to DC established an…

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Fawcett’s Captain Marvel was one early superhero who swiftly evolved into a franchise. Debuting in 1940, he was joined by Captain Marvel Jr. in 1941 and Mary Marvel in 1942.…

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Title: Betty # 8 Facsimile Publisher: Archie Comics Writers: Bob Bolling Penciling: Stan Goldberg, Doug Crane Inking: Henry Scarpelli, Rudy Lapick Lettering: Bill Yoshida Coloring: Barry Grossman Cover Artist: Dan…

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The staff of First Comics News wishes our readers a Happy Thanksgiving… Alex Wright, Barry Gregory, Ben Herman, Bill Black, Bob Almond, Christopher Watts, Dærick Gröss Sr., Dan Hagan, Matthew…

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