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How To Start Reading Comics In 2023: A Beginner’s Guide

January 25, 2021 by Dave 10 Comments

Comic books can be intimidating. The easy solution to learning to love comics is quite clearly “read some,” but it can be a challenge to know where to start. The first time I walked into a comic book shop, I walked out with a “Flash” issue that tied into an event I knew nothing about, and focused exclusively on a Flash rogue (Boomerang) without hardly any mention of the hero. [Read more…] about How To Start Reading Comics In 2023: A Beginner’s Guide

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The Road to MCU Phase 4! Reading Companion For Every Movie & Show!

July 23, 2019 by Dave Leave a Comment

For the first time since Avengers: Endgame we know what the outline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will look like through 2021. In a blend of unmitigated excitement and reaction to 8 million requests for related reading orders (which I have for every Phase 4 movie outlined! Planning!), I’ve put together a reading companion for all of Phase 4.

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Filed Under: Best Comics Ever Podcast, Featured Tagged With: Black Widow, Captain America, comic books, Doctor Strange, eternals, Falcon, hawkeye, Loki, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Movies, reading order, recommendations, scarlet witch, shang-chi, Television, Thor, vision, What If, Winter Soldier

The Essential Jimmy Olsen Comic Book Stories

July 17, 2019 by Dave Leave a Comment

Jimmy Olsen is one of the most recognizable supporting characters in comics, and for my money, the most famous pal in history. The red-headed bow-tie wearing Daily Planet photographer is up there with Archie and Dennis the Menace as fictional presences interwoven in the modern American mythology. [Read more…] about The Essential Jimmy Olsen Comic Book Stories

Filed Under: DC Comics, Featured Tagged With: comic books, dc, jimmy olsen, recommendations, Superman

The Best Comics to Read With Spider-Man Far From Home!

July 3, 2019 by Dave Leave a Comment

Spider-Man: Far From Home is uniquely situated to carry the Marvel Cinematic Universe into a post Endgame future (no easy feat), and based on early indicators, both Mysterio and concepts of the Marvel multiverse will be major factors. [Read more…] about The Best Comics to Read With Spider-Man Far From Home!

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This Month In Comics Continuity: January 2018

February 3, 2018 by Dave Leave a Comment

Thanks to reader support on Patreon, every week I put together weekly recaps and analysis of the biggest storylines impacting Big 2 superhero continuity. [Read more…] about This Month In Comics Continuity: January 2018

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