Fantastic Four
Category: Comic Books
Supermen Old and New
An interesting pair of clues on today’s J! First, about an old time radio serial …
… then about a very up-to-date streaming TV series.
As Ken said, tomorrow The Boys returns on Amazon Prime. Today, there is a new episode of Daredevil: Born Again on Disney. Thursday, The Pitt team of superheroes will work their everyday miracles on HBO Max.
Blues from ME
“As I’ve mentioned, I was recently the victim of a robbery — and what really hurts is that I know who did it and it was someone I trusted a lot and not for a short time.”
— Mark Evanierhttps://www.newsfromme.com/2026/04/07/more-about-the-missing-masterpieces/
A robbery implies the theft occurred while Mark was present. I’m thinking it’s probably more likely that he is the victim of a burglary, committed while he was away at WonderCon.
What Barks Like a Duck?
Denro and I were college kids when we met Carl Barks fifty years ago, at a Newcon in Boston. We’re now only about five years away from the age that Barks was then! Who was Carl Barks?
MAD About DC
I had no idea DC was doing this, just had dinner with Zardsky a couple of weeks ago, will never look at him the same way again!!!
— Colleen Doran
https://www.amazon.com/MAD-About-DC-2026-ebook/dp/B0GSSQKXQ8/
A Couple of Co-Creators
Here are the two most notorious credit-grabbers of their respective fields, Stan Lee and Bob Clampett, in a brief interview together, fifty years ago.