Neilalien fave The Surrogates headed to Hollywood, Disney congrats to Rob Venditti Īngelina Jolie joins Wanted cast Peter David explains three-act writing ĭan Slott politely asks downloaders to stop downloading his comics Yay for us wonks and those seeking historical sales numbers!Īn appreciation of Criminal Ĭomics 1, Prudes 0: Missouri Library Reinstates Graphic Novels The Comics Chronicles: a resource for comic-book circulation data
Marvel's June 02007 solicitations include World War Hulk #1 and Mystic Arcana: Magik Ī bad month for Doc fans: Hulk beats Doc, and Doc not in a major mystic event. "Unfortunately for the most part Ditko's brief tenure as fill-in artist didn't intersect with the well-written eras."ĭitko love note lots of info per panel
Gilbert neat re-imagination of Amazing Spider-Man Annual #2 cover ĭitko's early-80's Legion of Super-Heroes considered at Ditko Comics (Comics enthusiasts should note that Capra's Lost Horizon appears to have been an influence on Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's Doctor Strange: the Ancient One may have been inspired by Lost Horizon's High Lama, and, as drawn by Ditko, Strange even looked like the film's star, Ronald Colman, complete with the latter's trademark mustache.)
(This is all after the Asianesque first appearance, of course.)ĭoctor Strange at the Movies Ĭomics in Context #137 with Peter Sanderson Doctor Strange became Doc after years in the original origin- in today's instant-gratification world and JMS' Strange unnecessary retooling, it was five weeks Īlso: Early 'Latin Lover' movie star Gilbert Roland as inspiration for Doc's look?