The Greatest Page In X-Men History

Crossposted from Disco Potential, but I bet a lot of you aren’t reading it, so here.

Yet Another Reminder: Barda is amazing.

Another Reminder: Barda is amazing

REMINDER: Barda is amazing.

Because sometimes you need to be reminded about how amazing Jack Kirby’s Barda is.

Adam Warren states his position about manga scanlation in the latest Empowered.

And then there was the time that Darkseid took some time out of his day to visit an amusement park and scare a little girl and her grandfather.

I now understand the appeal of Judge Dredd.

From Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 01.

Deb Aoki told me to read BIOMEGA. She’s now in the will.

Great Comic Book Fights: Captain America vs Batroc

I was re-reading some old Captain America comics this afternoon for inspiration and came across this pretty spectacular fight between Cap and Batroc from Tales of Suspense #76, written by Stan Lee and drawn by John Romita. I’ve edited down a bit; there’s a few panels with people running and screaming “Holy fucking shit, Captain America is here to ruin our meticulous plans and we better leg it before OH GOD SHIELD TO THE HE–” that didn’t really need to be included but the gist is certainly present.

Thanks to Bully for sending me scans of the relevant pages so I don’t have to crack the spin on my Masterworks volume. You should go see what he did for the Ides of March.

And then there was the time that Superboy cheerfully explained that he lied to Lori Lemaris about giving her legs and decided to brainwash her instead.

Great Moments In Comic Book Dialogue #1

And then there was the time that John Constantine went to Ibiza.

From Simon Oliver and Goran Sudzuka’s Chas: The Knowledge

From Starfleet’s QuickFix Manual (Third Edition)

There may be other books out there, but I don’t want to hear about them.

Because sometimes you just need to post a picture of Ben Grimm with a huge sandwich.

MARKETING!

For the record.

INGLOURIOUS MARVELS