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This is the first in an ongoing series featuring my favorite comic book covers from my personal collection. As such, I'll only be able to post images of covers that I could pull out of a box and show you at my house, but since I don't want you at my house you'll have to settle for seeing a picture down below. First up is Wolverine #59 from 1992. Yep, I was ten years old when I first read this issue and it's still a fave in my mind today. Note the "Terminator" reference, which I didn't understand for another couple of years.

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While it doesn't match up correctly here, the clay figure covers were very cool back in 1992.

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Another sign of how cool Wolverine is (or maybe, how cool he used to be): A sword through his chest!  As the cover advertises, this issue features a surreal visit from Jean Grey.  This was later retconned to be a visit from Wolverine's childhood love, Rose, whom he brutally murdered.  Bummer.

The Cosmic Return!

"This Is It! Spidey Goes Cosmic"

2012 is the year everything ends, so why not begin this blog again?

After ignoring this blog for the most part of 2011 (showing remarkable consistency posting at least 205 entries 2008 through 2010), I've decided to make attempts at regular updates.

Features will include posts on comics and movies, as usual, but with slight variations:

• Cool Covers brings you my favorite comic book covers from my own personal collection every Monday
• Off the Shelf returns periodically, when I've read a sizable amount of graphic novels
• Let's All Go to the Lobby will once again showcase my inability to write about movies in a critical fashion
• Pull & Hold will showcase the new release comics I plan to pick up each week. I'll also feature potential purchases in trade paperbacks, graphic novels, or other appealing collectibles. I hope to include brief (one sentence) reviews of comics from the prior week
• Capsule Movie Reviews (title pending) will chronicle my attempt to watch at least four movies a week, then succinctly reviewing those films in a 'good, bad, and ugly' format
• Comic Series Reviews is an attempt to read a complete comic series, usually 50 issues or so in duration, and present a similar 'good, bad, and ugly' review
• Short Film Friday shares a short film or two each week. Pieces will be narrative fiction, music videos, promotional spots, or abstract creations (this feature essentially replaces Wednesday Filler)
• Trailer Tuesday is a spotlight on trailers for upcoming releases of films in theaters or DVD, as well as comic books or graphic novels given the trailer treatment.
  

Occasionally, I hope to post entries in the "What Shapes A Young Brian Spath?" series. This weekend, I plan to finish entries for 2011 best of movies and comics. Stay tuned!

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I forget how old I was when I bought this issue (Action Comics #662), but I don't think I was any older than 13 years of age.  If memory serves, I picked it up at Comic Headquarters, though I can't say for certain.  I know it was during a weekend with my dad while he lived in South County (Covington Place).  Those were the days when I could only pick one or two issues to take home (as opposed to today when I really don't know my limits).  When I pulled this comic out of the back issue bin, I was instantly taken with it.  The art really hit me and the message goes a long way and ties in so much history and it's all done by one simple reflection.  I still miss style of those mid-90s covers with the character in the upper left and the small triangle keeping you informed which issue goes where, which helps with multiple titles Superman and Batman (though it was recently brought back with the New Krypton storyline).

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Comic book artists covering comic book covers...

Thanks, Karu!

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I was a huge fan of this series when I was 12 years old. I had read comics for awhile, but had started to become more selective with my reading choices. I come from the Kyle Rayner camp, mostly because his introduction was poised to bring in new, younger readers like myself, but also because his path to becoming a Green Lantern was paved by the homicidal rage of Hal Jordan. Confined within the context of when it was orignally published, Emerald Twilight is one of the single greatest mainstream "superhero with human follies" stories I have ever read.This issue features one of the first confrontations between the old Green Lantern, Hal Jordan (greatest of the Corps) and the new Green Lantern, Kyle Rayner (the last Green Lantern). I really liked that DC would blow up everything readers knew about GL history and take it in a different direction. You can imagine my resentment a few years ago when they decided to retcon Jordan's descent into madness as an infectious parasite.

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For Gerald!

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Archive footage of the event!

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