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By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Feb. 28, 2007: Which Big Two?

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:28:41 +0000

[...] Little boy enters comics shop with Dad, wants to buy Iron Man comic; retailer nearly driven nuts trying to find one suitable for a younger reader. (Link via Dorian Wright.) [...]

By: admin

admin — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:17:36 +0000

Mr. Keeper, I had been wondering that very same question myself for quite some issues before and after. Let’s just say when Peter David made a cliffhanger out of everything after his first run on the book being a dream? There was a mighy happy Carla until reality kicked in.

Not only is the new Shazam fun and entertaining all around, it’s not pandering or ‘anime’ to catch kids’s attentions. Not everything has to be XTREME, you know. It can just be a good story

By: Fortress Keeper

Fortress Keeper — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 06:04:56 +0000

I hadn’t read the Hulk in a couple of years when that 25 cent issue came out and so I picked it up. I remembered wondering why the Hulk wasn’t in his own comic.

Marvel AND DC make no bones about their mainstream books not being for kids. If a character is not part of the Johnny DC or Marvel Adventures line, tough.

Which is why I was so thankful for Jeff Smith’s Shazam. A new Captain Marvel book that my child can read - amazing!

By: admin

admin — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 23:56:42 +0000

Do not get me started on that piece of crap 25-cent issue they put out around the Hulk movie. Because promoting a movie with a book containing no basic conception of the character, sexual harassment and oh, what was it, like freakin’ shot of the Hulk’s ELBOW in it is really going to appeal to the masses?! Yikes.
Everything’s going according to plan at the House of Ideas…

By: Dorian

Dorian — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:03:48 +0000

Sounds like the exact sort of thing I went through when the Daredevil movie came out. And the Hulk movie.