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Written by Tokyo Mullins
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Monday, 08 June 2009 13:37 |
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 Mike Mullins continues his journey through the history of Marvel's Ultimates Comics line. You can read the earlier chapters here: Part 1 Part 2
February 2002 was an epic day, in my humble opinion, for the Ultimate Universe. A book launched that gives me shortness of breath and sweaty palms just thinking about it. The Ultimates (the Ultimate version of the Avengers) began, and it was everything I hoped it would be. The core team of Captain America, The Wasp, Giant-Man and Iron Man were a small, but dysfunctional group. S.H.I.E.L.D. and Dr. Bruce Banner had been trying to re-create the super soldier serum that made Captain America what he was, but to no avail.
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Read more: Marvel Ultimate Retrospective Part 3
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Written by CeeScott
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Monday, 01 June 2009 14:11 |
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You said you wanted more classic back issues? You got it!
Andy has returned from the legendary land of Northern Michigan, a far away region of thrills and excitement, and he's brought back a tidy little stack of golden age comics from his trek!
Just under 50 books in all, you'll find these titles in the stack:
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Read more: Golden Age Comics Incoming This Week!
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Written by CeeScott
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 14:48 |
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 One of my favorite parts of this job is getting to dig through piles of old stuff and find something that doesn't necessarily have any monetary value, but gives me a glimpse into the past. How people thought, or what the prevailing social norms were.
This week, a copy of Physical Culture magazine from October, 1920 popped up, and it is jammed full of little gems for thought.
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Read more: Cool Find: Physical Culture Magazine October 1920
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Written by Tokyo Mullins
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Monday, 18 May 2009 13:21 |
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This is the second of a three part article series about Marvel Comics' Ultimate imprint. If you missed the first part, you can read it here!
February of 2001 saw the launch of the second ongoing title of the Ultimate Marvel imprint: Ultimate X-Men. Brian Michael Bendis was offered the job of writing Ultimate X-Men, due to his success with Ultimate Spider-Man, but he declined. This left the door open for Mark Millar (who, lucky for us, happened to know next to nothing about the 616 X-Men) to take the helm and give us a gritty, fresh look at our favorite mutants.
Just like its predecessor, Ultimate Spider-Man, Ultimate X-Men started off with a bang.
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Read more: A Retrospective Look at Marvel's Ultimate Universe, Part 2
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Written by AndyC
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Tuesday, 19 May 2009 10:40 |
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Since we announced that Mike's health was not well many of you have asked us for an update.
I wish I had better news to report, but, unfortunately, his condition has worsened. I have been speaking to him a couple of times a week by phone and getting over to his house about once a week and his spirits remain high.
Due to a bad spell, he ended up back in the hospital this past Saturday. When I went by to visit him, he wanted me to thank everybody who took the time to write or send a card. I can tell you that it meant the world to him to receive them and truly brightened his spirits.
He was especially moved by those of you who made him a homemade card or drew a superhero picture in your card. He does want you to know that, while none of you appear to have any artistic talent whatsoever (except for you, Scratch), you are all wonderful people and he is forever grateful that you took the time to write him the cards and letters.
For our part, we are hopeful that the big lug will knock off all of this 'sick crap' and get back to work as his efforts are truly missed. In the meantime, I will be happy to continue to forward any cards or well wishes his way so feel free to pass them along to us here at the shop.
Andy |
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Written by CeeScott
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Friday, 08 May 2009 13:44 |
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 (Note: There are some SPOILERS in my review, though I try to keep them
something less than blatant. If you don't want to hear anything about
the actual plot of the movie, feel free to read the last two paragraphs
and you'll get the bottom line without any hints.)
Hey all, Scott here with my review of the new Star Trek film.
Although Andy and I have secretly hated each other for years now, one
thing we have always agreed upon is that "Star Trek" = Kirk, Spock
& McCoy. There have been some other fine programs under the Star
Trek banner: Next Generation and Deep Space Nine were both well done,
but they are NOT "Star Trek," to my way of thinking.
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Read more: Review: Star Trek Movie
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