So when Marvel rolls out Punisher: Red Band this fall, with Frank Castle clawing his way back into the spotlight, it is more than a violent reboot. It is a reckoning. A clash between the man behind ...

Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982, journalist Chris Nashawaty convincingly argues that one particular six-week stretch in the 1980s not only established the careers of today’s most ...

It was feeling your parents tense up with shock when Raphael said “Damn ... The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie was the first comic book movie to show deference to the source material ...

The bespoke graphic design press Standards Manual has faithfully reproduced the mammoth three-ring binder created by DC Comics in ... The book was published in 1979, and she revised it in 1989 ...

Todd Phillips' antihero musical starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga is the first Hollywood comic book pic in history to receive the failing grade. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer ...

They first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #120 in 1979 as Wolverine’s former teammates ... by the collective’s co-creator John Byrne, a comic book superstar at the time. He added a new member ...

a prominent villain in the Marvel comic books -- it was revealed. He appeared anonymously on stage among a group of hooded and masked figures, before stepping forward and revealing his much ...

In 1961, Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby changed comics forever with the arrival ... which leaned into shock value (a Millar trait), this relatively brief run only has 16 issues.

Speaking of the X-Men, the highly anticipated X-Men ’97 series will debut soon, and it has led to a renewed interest in the comic book ... Spider-Man and Shocker. This book is pulling its ...

comic books. Christopher Hastings (writer): My stance here is a widely-held I don't think will shock anyone: A comic page has to be clear. The reader should be able to follow what's going on.

By 1979, monthly comic book circulation was its lowest since the early ‘40s.” This state of things—comics being immature, unpopular, and creatively stagnant—makes the maturation of the ...