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Top Collected Editions

The year is winding down so Pick Five will be focusing on top items for the remainder of the year to aid in reading and Christmas shopping.  This week: top collected editions. 5. John Byrne’s Next Men:...

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Top Graphic Novels 2011

The year is winding down so Pick Five will be focusing on top items for the remainder of the year to aid in reading and Christmas shopping.  This week: top graphic novels. 5. The Someday Funnies Yes,...

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Top Translated Comics 2011

The year is winding down so Pick Five will be focusing on top items for the remainder of the year to aid in reading and Christmas shopping.  This week: top translated comics. 5. Long John Silver Three...

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Death and Resurrection

It’s Easter weekend and many of you may be recovering from a chocolate bunny induced coma. It’s also a time of year that we think about death and resurrection.  Whether it is in the biblical sense, or...

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Wrestlers in Comic Book Movies

Last week the movie posters were released for this summer’s G.I. Joe Retaliation.  One of the posters featured was of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as Roadblock. Dwayne Johnson also had a recent successful...

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Superheroes in Music (Video Hits Edition)

I know I’ve done several Pick 5′s about music before, but this week it is a bit different.  Here is my Pick 5 Superheroes in Music, but this time with video accompaniment. #5 – Paradise City (Guns n...

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Return of a Hero (Movie Edition)

Heroes will get knocked down.  Their morale will drain.  Sometimes they can’t fight anymore. When that happens the hero has to look deep inside, and try to find that special something that made them a...

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Potentially Awesome Things With Disney Buying Lucasfilm

Okay, so yesterday the nerd world exploded with the news of Disney acquiring Lucasfilm and announcing a 7th Star Wars movie. There will be a lot of negative talk (because that is what the internet is...

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Pick 5 | Forgotten Comic Book Movies

Recently I was cleaning up and organizing my DVD collection.  I love movies and I own a lot of them.  It takes a while to go through them all.  I try to keep all my comic book movies in one section...

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Pick 5 | Music Stars in Comic Movies

Super Bowl 47 happened not too long ago, and music mega superstar Beyoncé rocked the half time show.  Like a lot of music stars, Beyoncé has been in the movies.  Her most famous role (to us people who...

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Top 5 Fan Expo Guests

Fan Expo is this week and here’s my Pick Five: to […]

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Top Five Interview Tips

Scoring an exclusive interview, on record, at Fan Expo […]

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Superhero Vehicles

Everybody looks cooler when you have a cool vehicle.  S […]

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Action Figures (to be released)

Now that fall is upon us, images are popping up on the […]

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Halloween Costumes

Halloween is fast approaching and time is running short […]

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Halloween Masks

On my last Pick 5 I talked about Halloween Costumes.  I […]

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NYCC 2011

New York Comicon 2011 just passed and here are my top five announcements. Dive right in.

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Marvel Trading Cards

Like comic books, trading cards were booming back in th […]

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Comic Book Mustaches

November is coming to a close, and many men around the […]

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Top Comic Strip Reprints

The year is winding down so Pick Five will be focusing […]

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Pick Five | Comic Book Lunchboxes

Welcome to the first installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the blank” that tickles their fancy. Does every grade schooler still have a...

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Pick Five | Comic Book Birthday Cakes

Good Work on the lunchboxes Scott. I prefer the Wonder Woman lunchbox myself. Welcome to the second installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the...

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Pick Five | Comic Book Mullets

Welcome to another installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the blank” that tickles their fancy. Superheroes have always been at the forefront of...

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Pick Five | Paul Smith Art

Welcome to another installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the blank” that tickles their fancy. One of my favourite artists of all time is Paul...

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Pick Five | Successful Adaptations

Welcome to another installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the blank” that tickles their fancy. The success rate of adapting comic book...

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Pick Five: Worst Comic Book Movies

Kids today have it so easy. They have the internet; they don’t need to get up off the couch to change the channel and in the last 10 years we have seen some great movies based on comic books. However,...

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Pick Five | I Need a Stiff One!

Pick Five | Shot Glasses Welcome to another installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the blank” that tickles their fancy. A few days ago Chris...

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Pick Five: Best Comic Book Video Games

Welcome to another installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the blank” that tickles their fancy. Video games and comic books go together like...

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Pick Five: Comic Book Monkeys

Welcome to another installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the blank” that tickles their fancy. Everyone knows that monkeys are awesome, and...

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Pick Five: Comic Book Ninjas

Welcome to another installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the blank” that tickles their fancy. Monkeys are awesome. And so are ninjas. So this...

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Pick Five: Comic Book Television Shows

There have been a lot of comic book properties that have been shown on the small screen, here are 5 of my favorites.  I left animated series off the list, just because they could make up a great list...

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Pick Five | New Frontier Splash Pages

I'm a huge Darwyn Cooke fan and was recently perusing my Absolute New Frontier, marveling at some of the splash pages. Here are five I picked at random, in order of appearance. The post Pick Five | New...

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Pick Five | Belt Buckles

I thought it was time to buy another belt buckle. I love them. I have a bunch of different styles and switch them regularly. I started searching online and found lots of really cool looking belt...

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Pick Five | Pez Dispensers

Everybody loves candy. Check out these cool Pez dispensers. The post Pick Five | Pez Dispensers appeared first on Comic Book Daily.

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Pick Five – Italian Comics

Italian Comics I visited Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia in the summer of 2009. I have relatives all over the region and, like the geek I am, I talked comics wherever I went (often while pounding back...

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Pick Five | Comic Book Mullets (Part Deux) – Bloodties Edition

On a previous Pick 5, five “mullet-tastic” hair-dos were highlighted.  This week I was reading the Avengers and X-Men crossover event from 1993 Bloodties, and realized this issue has a lot of mullets...

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Pick Five: Best Comic Book Magicians

5.  Dr. Doom That’s right team, in addition to being a megalomaniacal  snappy dresser, Victor Von Doom is also well versed in the black arts. In fact, he is so knowledgeable that he was even in the...

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Superheroes in Pop

As we all know, Super Heroes (and comic characters) are pop culture icons.  It only makes sense that these characters would show up in places other than comic books.  Here are 5 songs that feature...

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The Last Charltons

Charlton was a great comic publisher that gave us a good 50 year run. The company is synonymous with names like Steve Ditko, Pat Boyette and it helped launch the careers of John Byrne, Dennis O’Neal,...

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Movie Cameos

With the recent release of X-Men First Class (which features two cameos), I got thinking about cameo appearances in our favourite Super Hero movies.  Easily there could be a Pick 5 list on just Stan...

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DC’s First to Fall

Don’t get me wrong here; I want the new DC to be a huge success. There will be 52 new #1s this September and even the biggest optimist at DC doesn’t expect all 52 to last out even a year. So here’s...

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Top July Collections

We don’t focus on upcoming books enough here at Comic Book Daily so for the last Pick Five of the month I’ll be looking at the top July 2011 collections that are supposed to ship.  It’s a solid month...

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Canadian Superheroes

In honour of Canada Day, I decided to choose 5 Canadian Superheroes. #5 Scott Pilgrim This bass playing, video-gaming, vanquisher of evil exes lives in Toronto.  He had to fight 7 evil exes of the...

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American Patriotic Superheroes

My recent Pick 5 focused on Canadian Superheroes.  Since Independence Day just recently passed, I got thinking of heroes who fought for “Old Glory”.  Here is my list of American Patriotic Superheroes....

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It’s Hammer Time!

There has only been one item, in your toolbox, that has been featured the most in the comics world, and that is the hammer.  So this week let’s get hammered and Pick 5. #5 Justin Hammer Justin Hammer...

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Best Marvel Covers Oct 11

Marvel released their October 2011 solicitations and I’ve picked the best five to share with you here. 5. Punisher Max #18 by Dave Johnson.  Johnson has a unique composition style that works well with...

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T Shirts

Yesterday I was at the 80’s Toy Expo, and I found a really cool T shirt (check out my column later this week for more details).  This gave me an idea.  I hit a website I have bought from before, and...

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Music in Comic Movies

On a previous Pick 5, I highlighted 5 songs that feature Superheroes/Comics.  While reflecting on this Pick 5, I thought of music that has been featured in comic book movies.  Comic book movie...

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1941 In Comics

This weeks Pick 5 is a little bit different.  Since there are many lists that feature “this day in”, I thought I would try it here.  So this week’s Pick 5 are big events in a given year.  The year I...

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