As defined by the famous cartoonist Scott McCloud in the influential Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, comics are "juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to ...

Of all the elements of Superman lore that have existed since 1938, the toughest for modern audiences to swallow has been the notion that a simple pair of glasses hides Clark Kent’s secret identity.

A detail from Johnny Craig's infamous cover to "Crime SuspenStories" No. 22 from EC Comics. Credit: Comic Book cover For avid followers of comic book history, 1954 was the most epochal, unsettling, ...

In the MCU, The Void is a place beyond time and space where things that have been "pruned" or eliminated from reality go to be destroyed into nothingness by the monstrous Alioth. It's played a major ...

The 1970s were an interesting time for DC Comics. Jack Kirby, one half of the brain trust that had made Marvel into a juggernaut, had come to DC and created the Fourth World mythos before returning to ...

For a kid growing up in Chicago during the 90s, the Sunday edition of the Tribune was an event. It was the one day of the week when the comics had their own section, blown up big and in glorious full ...

Getting paid to immerse yourself in vintage paper and use your deep knowledge of comic book history sounds like a dream job, and Heritage Auctions is looking for someone with that particular set of ...

Few Marvel Comics villains live-action debuts have been teased as long as the Leader. The Hulk’s brilliant adversary was first introduced in his pre-villain form in 2008’s The Incredible Hulk, played ...

Former James Bond actor Daniel Craig is in talks to portray classic DC character Sgt. Rock - which could be extra intriguing given that the character just made his official cinematic DC Universe debut ...

EAST LANSING, MI — Before visiting Michigan State University’s massive comic book collection, I asked librarian Jason Larsen to set aside what he considers the five rarest or quirkiest items. Not the ...