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  • Fun Loving Toddler Costumes
    By: MITH | - Toddler costumes are a great way to dress your child up for a birthday party, special event, photo shoot, or Halloween. More and more parents are deciding to throw theme birthday parties for their child. Some of these themes involve Marvel comic book heroes, Disney characters, Anne Geddes signature garden motif, and even Strawberry Shortcake. Let your child be the center of attention with a costume designed especially for their age group. Special events can include religious plays and local even ...
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  • Five Of The Worst Marvel Heroes
    By: VIRGIL STORYTELLER. | - There are a good number of marvel heroes worth their salt. They're powerful, relatable and fun and entertaining. Most of them are just and true, and some of them are the bad boys or girls we refer to as anti-heroes. But amidst all those good marvel heroes reside some that just don't make the mark. Maybe it's their lame powers, or their crappy attitudes. Maybe they have lame costumes, or just aren't good characters from the start. Whatever the case, these are five characters that should h ...
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  • Blade Comic Book Movies And Other Media
    By: Virgil Storyteller | - Created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan in 1973, the first Blade comic book appearance as a supporting character in The Tomb of Dracula #10 by Marvel Comics. Over the years, Blade appeared in back-up stories and made guest appearances, but it wasn't until the mid 90s when the first Blade comic book came out. From there, Blade gained popularity and eventually branched out into other forms of media.

    In 1998, the first Blade comic book adaptation to the big screen was released. Starr ...
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  • Then There Were Two
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Comic books have been around for a long, long time. Many decades have we read the adventures of heroes in tights, monsters, wizards, courageous cowboys and anthropomorphic beings in the from of a miniature magazine. And over those tens of years weve seen many comic companies come and go, but only a few were able to survive and thrive.

    There are literally hundreds of failed comic book companies littering the printing press graveyard. Some had a fair amount of success, ot ...
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  • The "wonder" In Wonder Woman Comics
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Wonder Woman comics have always carried the theme of strong, independent women. This may be attributed to Elizabeth Holloway Marston, wife of the character's creator William Moulton Marston (who also created the polygraph). It was her idea to create a female superhero when her husband was contacted by what would become DC Comics to write something for them after reading an interview he had done on the potential educational value of comic books.

    A member of the fabled Amazons, Di ...
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  • The Rise And Fall Of Comics In The Modern Era
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - The comic book industry, like any artistic industry, or any industry for that matter, is cyclical. There are up times and there are down times. There are times when sales are through the roof and there are times when sales can't break through the basement floor. Right now comics are in an in-between place, unlike a few years ago when things looked pretty grim. But before that period there was a high that crumbled down before our very eyes.

    Im of course referring to the ...
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  • The Perception Of Comic Books
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Comic books have carried a negative stigma for as long as they have existed. Viewed as juvenile, cheap or inferior forms of literature and art, comic books have had an uphill battle from day one. But with the success of comic books as represented in Hollywood, maybe, just maybe the perception of them will change.

    The truth is, however, that in some circles comic books will always represent what's wrong with the world, like many other forms of entertainment. Video games and tele ...
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  • The Many Faces Of The X-men
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - The X-Men are and have always been a diverse group of characters from various backgrounds with a wide variety of unique powers and abilities. The very first core group, for example, consisted of a rich kid, an orphan, an intelligent athlete, a girl and a young boy. Later incarnations of the team would include a range of races and creeds further applying the ongoing theme of tolerance, acceptance and the fight against racism and prejudice.

    There are some members of the X-Men rank ...
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  • The Magnet Man
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Born Erik Lensherr, the villain known as Magneto has been a thorn in the side of the X-Men since the formation of the team. He controls the power of magnetism, meaning he can manipulate any metallic metal even in its smallest form. He can also control the magnetic pull of the earth and defy gravity by appearing to fly, when he reality he is just propelling himself through the air as one would with anti-gravity boots for example.

    While these are impressive powers, and there is a ...
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  • The First Batman Comics A Different Batman
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - The first Batman comics were written in a pulp style representative of the times. In these early stories, Batman was not above using firearms, or even harming or killing criminals with little to no remorse. Being a detective more so than a superhero, Batman was more akin to a private eye than a capes and tights crimefighter, despite his appearance. Things toned down a little when Robin joined the Caped Crusader, but were still kept in that pulp tone.

    Bill Finger, the co-creator ...
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  • The Anti-hero
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Great, iconic heroes we're not short on. They are commonplace and well known. Spider-Man, Captain America, Superman and the like are tried and true, and true blue, and all that good stuff. And that's fine and well, we need that. But somewhere along the way someone decided we also needed a darker type of hero. An 'anti-hero' if you will.

    Who the first superhero was is a an issue that will forever be debated, but I think it's fair to say that the first somewhat anti-hero had to ...
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  • Top Ten Comic Book Characters
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - There are thousands of comic book characters in existence from past to present. Many are well known while the majority are more obscure to the general public. And while top ten lists are generally subjective and based on opinion, there are certain comic book characters that will be discussed in this article that are worthy of that distinction by most standards. These are in random order.

    Superman - There absolutely cannot be a top ten list of comic book characters without the M ...
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  • What To Do With Old Comic Books
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Everyone at one time or another had those old comic books lying around. Either from childhood, or they belonged to your parents or even grandparents. Or perhaps they were given to you from someone close who wanted to get rid of theirs. Most of the time they're not worth much, just nice to have around for nostalgia's sake. Other times you can find a real gem that you could keep and hold dear, or sell that puppy on Ebay or to a local retailer.

    Regardless of where they came fro ...
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  • Where Have All The Super Powers Gone?
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Are there any good super powers left that haven't been used? As a creator, I find it hard to come up with something original that hasn't been used in some way, shape or form before. All the typical powers were used up long ago, and every innovative power that is the least bit plausible is taken.

    Your basic super powers include super strength, super speed, flight, invulnerability, invisibility, enhanced reflexes and agility and stretching ability. These are the principal super p ...
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  • Wonder Woman
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Perhaps more than any of her contemporaries, the personality of the lead character of the Wonder Woman comic has changed drastically from decade to decade in various attempts to keep the story fresh and appease public critique of the storyline.

    When Wonder Woman began in 1941, she was introduced as unapologetically assertive and independent Princess Diana of the Amazons. Her mother was Queen Hippolyte and the infamous lasso of truth was a gift bequeathed by the goddess Aphrodite. ...
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  • Super Girl
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Though there have been numerous women who have had Kryptonian-level superpowers ever since Superman's debut in 1938, there have traditionally been four true comic book Supergirls. The various Supergirl comic books began in 1959 with the arrival of Kara Zor-El.

    Known as the Silver Age Super girl (though her stories continued past the Silver Age), the first Kara Zor-El was the daughter of Alura In-Ze and Zor-El, Superman's uncle. When she came to Earth, she was quickly discovered ...
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  • Stan, The Man
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - So, you ask the question "who created spiderman comics?" Well, unless you've been living under a rock for the past several years, it's pretty common knowledge, even well outside the comic community, that that would be Stan "The Man" Lee along with artist Steve Ditko. These two created the iconic webslinger way back in 1962.

    Born in New York City on December 28, 1922, Celia Lieber, a Romanian-born Jewish immigrant as was her husband Jack, gave birth to Stanley Martin Lieber, the ...
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  • Is The Brand New Day Of The "spider-man Comics" Refreshing?
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada had it in for Spider-Man's marriage to Mary Jane Watson. Quesada argued Peter Parker was more interesting as a bachelor and more sympathetic not being married to a supermodel. Some fans (me included) liked the spunky redhead, while others were dead-set against her. Quesada knew either killing off MJ or divorcing her was ultimately a no-sell. The controversial solution came with a Faustian price.

    To be fair, the Spider-Man comics had been one bad ...
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  • Mourning Of The Martian
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - In the recent universe-wide storyline at DC Comics, Final Crisis, the DC Universe lost a prominent and beloved character. A lynchpin, if you will, in one of the most recognizable teams in all of comics, the Justice League of America. To say the loss came as a shock and disappointment to fans across the globe would be a gross understatement. If you have not yet read Final Crisis, be prepared for an emotional roller coaster ride.

    Of all DC Comic Characters, J'onn J'onz is, or was ...
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  • Marvel Comic Books: The Industry Standard?
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - It's no secret that Marvel comic books are the best selling comic books in the American market. Marvel holds the highest percentage of the market share as it has for many years, just above main rival, DC Comics. But does this really mean that Marvel comic books are the standard for the industry? Are they the best written and best illustrated? Are they diverse and varied enough? Do they really captivate readers that much, or is it mainly due to diehard fans of their characters or creators bu ...
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  • Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Despite the longest title possible, Indy is back. The year isn't 1936 (Raiders of the Lost Ark), 1935 (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) or even 1938 (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade), but 1957. The shift to a new decade is one of the reasons the film works, as co-creators Steven Spielberg and George Lucas do an excellent job of placing bare-knuckled Indiana so far into the next decade.

    This time, the Nazis are out and the Commies are in. While it might have been easy to ma ...
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  • In The Spotlight
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - Marvel Spotlight is a traditional title at Marvel Comics. Like many others, Marvel Spotlight is a title that has been recycled a few times and applied to new concepts. The original Marvel Spotlight title was used for two volumes of an anthology running throughout the 1970s and early 1980s lasting a total of 44 issues. Many Marvel characters that would go on to have their own series, like Ghost Rider, Spider-Woman and Werewolf by Night, first appeared in the anthology.

    In recent ...
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  • Iconic Objects In Comics
    By: Vince P.Platania,Jr | - There are many objects found between the covers of comics that symbolize various characters, storylines or what have you. Some are objects of power, like the M'Kraan Crystal or the Infinity Gauntlet. Others are power sources for their wielders like Green Lantern's lamp or ring, or Quasar's Quantum Bands. And others are simply weapons like Thor's hammer or the captain America shield.

    Each one of these, and countless others, has been solidified in the world of comics as iconic ob ...
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  • "comic Book News" Is A Relative Term
    By: Virgil Storyteller | - Over the annals of time there have been people to report on the events that occur in life. The same can be said in the world of comics where the term "comic book news" is readily applied, though is rarely accurate. Much like tabloid news, comic book news is mostly comprised of hype and interviews promoting products.

    Take a publication like Wizard Magazine that used to be a fun and credible source of comic book news prior to the widespread use of the internet with comic book news ...
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  • Looking To Buy Comic Books?
    By: Phoenix Delray | - The first person to buy comic books in the 1930s had very limited supplies to choose from, but these days the collections and inventories of the little magazines number in the thousands, if not the millions. Collecting comics has become a major pastime for fans of all ages and walks of life. Prices range from a couple of dollars for new releases to thousands of dollars for the old classics.

    There are many people who want to buy comic books that are of a certain type or from a ce ...
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  • Science Fiction Throughout The Ages And Into The Future!
    By: Ronald.Eapen | - The evolution of science fiction movies over the last 50 years can be attributed to much more than the advances in special effects and movie-making technology (although those changes have had an effect); the biggest influence on scifi during this time period are the events that occurred in the real world. These past five decades leading up to today have been subject to an ever-accelerating onslaught of technological achievements and world-changing events.

    While every movie is subj ...
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  • Why Selling Comics Can Be Tough In This Economy
    By: Joseph Gardener | - At any point in time where people will be watching their finances very strictly, it can be very difficult to be someone who is trying to sell items some would view as not essential for basic daily survival such as comic books. With the economy having problems and prices for food and other items becoming higher, it gets harder many people to survive and some comic book collectors or fans may even need to go to their last resort which is selling their comic books.

    However, how do ...
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  • From Comics To Film
    By: Virgil The Story Teller | - When did this become trendy? When did Hollywood finally see the potential in decades old Spider-Man, X-Men, Batman, Captain America and even thor comics? When did moviegoers finally understand and appreciate the appeal of the four color world as it is represented in live action (with a little CGI animation thrown in for good measure)?

    Comic books and film go hand-in-hand, and always have more or less. They are both forms of visual entertainment that tell fantastic stories, man ...
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  • Heroes Without Powers
    By: Virgil The Story Teller | - FWe all know about all those superheroes with magnificent powers. Superman comes from another planet and possesses many powers beyond that of a mortal man. Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider and now has the enhanced abilities of an arachnid. The Incredible Hulk gets dosed with gamma rays and becomes a hulking monster impervious to pain.

    There are tons of characters just like this that possess amazing abilities that allow them to do what normal human beings cant d ...
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  • Green Lantern "€" Part One
    By: Vince Platania | - The title of the Green Lantern refers to more than one DC comic book superhero. At the height of popularity, Green Lanterns were a universal peacekeeping force that numbered in the thousands and came from many different parts of the universe. The comic book adventures have traditionally been based on the five Green Lanterns assigned to Earth.

    The first Green Lantern, Alan Scott, made his debut in All-American Comics in 1940. Alan became a superhero the day he discovered a magic ...
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  • Green Lantern "€" Part Two
    By: Virgil The Story Teller | - Despite the critical success of the Green Arrow team-ups, the period was not a strong one in Hal Jordans history. His longtime girlfriend broke up with him, and that sent Hal traveling around the country doing odd jobs here and there. Also during this period, two new back-up Lanterns were introduced.

    Guy Gardner premiered in the 1960s and was shown to be Abin Surs second choice after Hal for the role of Green Lantern. Stubborn and hot-headed, Guy has had many altercation ...
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  • Female Comic Book Characters And What They Mean To Comics
    By: Virgil The Story Teller | - Early female comic book characters were limited to supporting roles or used as damsels in distress. They were the Lois Lanes and Lana Langs; characters that mattered to a certain extent, but not as much as the male leads. But since comics were primarily marketed to the male population, this was acceptable and expected.

    With the role of women becoming more prominent in society in later years, though, more and more female comic book characters took on larger roles, like Wonder Wo ...
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  • Fantastic Four
    By: Virgil The Story Teller | - Created in 1961 to rival the Justice League of America, the Fantastic Four centered around the adventures of genius Reed Richards, his fianc Sue Storm, her brother Johnny, and friend Ben Grimms ill-fated space mission. As a result of being affected by cosmic rays, the four began developing new powers. Reed could stretch and began calling himself Mr. Fantastic; Sue could turn invisible and accordingly called herself first the Invisible Girl then the Invisible Woman; Johnnys ability to tu ...
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  • Captain Marvel
    By: Virgil The Story Teller | - Captain Marvel was created in 1940 to be Fawcett Comics version of the popular DC hero Superman. After being approached by a stranger while trying to sell his papers on a rainy-night, Billy Baston followed the stranger, who turned out to be the wizard Shazam.

    The wizard explained to young Billy that he had been fighting evil for 3,000 years and was growing tired. Thus, he gave his powers to Billy. In order to activate his powers, Billy had to shout Shazam! and he woul ...
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  • Batman - Part Two
    By: Virgil The Story Teller | - Though the stories took on a more serious tone, this did very little to help the failing Batman books. Batman was in very real danger of cancellation by the time writer Frank Miller came along and wrote The Dark Knight Returns. The story, which features a future Batman coming out of retirement to take on Superman, the government and anyone else that dares to get in his way, featured a much darker Batman than before and the financial success of the comic inspired DC to use the Frank Miller style ...
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  • Captain America - Part Two
    By: Virgil The Story Teller | - The political turmoil of the 60s was a great showcase for refining Captain Americas personality. Over the next two decades, Captain America would deal with racial tensions, changing gender roles, and Watergate whilst battling familiar and new villains. Caps reaction to Watergate saw him leave behind his Captain America identity, as he felt he could no longer serve a government so corrupt. He continued his superhero adventures, in the form of Nomad, and exchanged his bright colors for fa ...
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  • Captain America - Part One
    By: Virgil The Story Teller | - The impressively long history of the comic superhero Captain America began in December 1940, a full year before the bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. "As the ruthless war-mongers of Europe focus their eyes on a peace-loving America..the youth of our country heed the call to arm for defense," came the bold declaration on the first page of Captain America Comics. One of those young men was Steve Rogers, a skinny artist full of the patriotic fever to join the arm ...
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  • Batman - Part One
    By: Virgil The Story Teller | - Making his debut in the May 1939 issue of Detective Comics, Batman has been around longer than any other traditional superhero besides Superman. For this reason, both the history and personality depicted in Batman comics has shifted repeatedly.

    The original Batman, created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, was modeled after Zorro. That version of Batman was a pretty somber character because, as Bob Kane explained, I always thought it would be more exiting for Batman to work outs ...
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  • Earth"€™s Mightiest Super-heroes
    By: Virgil The Story Teller | - In September of 1963, the first issue of the Avengers comic, boasting Earths Mightiest Super-heroes on the cover, brought together Thor, Ant-Man, the Wasp, Hulk, and Iron Man in an effort to defeat Loki. Seeing how well the five heroes work together, Ant-Man suggested forming a team and the others agreed. The name Avengers came courtesy of Wasp.

    Foreshadowing the ever-revolving door that would define Avengers membership in the years to come, the line-up of Avengers cha ...
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  • Building A Collection Of Comic Books
    By: Victor Epand | - In the past collectors have found that comic books have certainly come a long way and are valuable collector items. Every walk of life has enjoyed a comic book at some time in their life and collectors are more than willing to add one of these collectible works of art to their collection.

    Comic books may be seen a simply a form of childish entertainment to some, but to a collector comic books are sophisticated works of art that can be extremely valuable. In fact, the first appeara ...
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  • Collecting Comic Books As A Collectible
    By: Victor Epand | - Collectors of comic books may choose from a variety of characters and in doing so they may also decide to statues, toys, prints, or posters of that character also to their collection. The character that a collector decides to base their collection on may be one of their childhood favorites.

    Collectors might choose to build their collections on characters from Batman, Superman, Spider Man, or even X-Men. Every collector of comic books at some point will remember purchasing their fi ...
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  • Iron Man Cartoon
    By: Richard Pulfer | - A few months ago, one of my friends sent me a text "I'm so glad to be part of the Marvel/DC generation!" Technically, anyone alive during the 1960's and on is part of the Marvel/DC generation, but my friend had a point in the 1990's specially, fans were introduced to all variety of comic book characters on Saturday morning cartoons and Iron Man is no exception.

    The first Iron Man cartoon debuted twice before the 1990's first in the 1966 series The Marvel superheroe ...
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  • A Quick History Of Comics, Part One
    By: hari | - Anyone looking at the number of much-hyped superhero films at the box office could stake the claim comics have never been bigger, but a quick view of comic book history, however, reveals while comics have never soared to higher heights in the movie gross, this fantastic foundation has never been more unstable.

    Comic books were an easy fit for 1930s America. They were cheap, easy to produce, and even easier to sell. With large booms in pulp, radio shows and comic strips, comic b ...
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  • Selected Artwork By Kati Heck
    By: Saatchi-Gallery | - Katie Heck is often the protagonist in her work: she is the good fairy who, with her work and aura, offers to her fellows a magical potion meant to engender a change in their manner of thinking. Katie Heck's work seems constructed from the colourful innocence of childhood. Aside from the often masterly painted and drawn figures, there also appear various comic-book heroes with whom she grew up. They play the role of propitious spirits, and exercise a positive influence on the viewer's human brai ...
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  • Keep Your Heroes In The Bag
    By: Jim Brown | - Every time a mother goes to clean out her son's bedroom and puts his comics in the trash, a heart is broken, a memory is made and collectors everywhere smile. Partly, because they remember the painful day it happened to them, and partly because the value of their collection just went up.

    Comic book collecting is a great pastime and way to be involved in entertainment. Investing in comics is a long term strategy that will usually reimburse or pay out in the end. Unlike baseball ca ...
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  • The Amazing Spiderman Phenomenon
    By: Stephen Dolan | - From his first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15, SpiderMan has grown to be one of the most loved superheroes ever created, appearing in a range of products, from comic books to movies.

    The birth of SpiderMan

    When we first met SpiderMan in Amazing Fantasy #15, he was just plain Peter Parker, an unpopular high school student. He was lonely and more interested in books than saving anything or anyone. However, due to the timely interference of a radioactive spider, Pe ...
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  • Batman Comics - The Fascinating World Of These Marvels
    By: Bowe Packer | - For people there are many different forms of reading material. These reading materials can be thought of as non-fictional and fictional forms of reading matter. In the fictional form comic books like Batman comics are a firm staple for people of different ages.

    Batman was first introduced to the populace by Detective Comic in their book number 27. The character of Batman was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. As the latest crime fighter Batman was a huge success. ...
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