Parting Shot: A 1975 Fantastic Four Radio Show Starring Bill Murray as the Human Torch

Enjoy this two-part Fantastic Four radio show from 1975 based on some of the original comics, and featuring not only the narration of Stan Lee, but the voice of a 25-year-old actor named Bill Murray as the Human Torch. [Via Robot 6] ...

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Parting Shot: '(After)Life with Archie' Variant Cover Imagines Zombies in Riverdale

Archie Comics has tackled everything from marriage equality to breast cancer in recent years, but they've never quite gotten around to one of the most popular fads in comics: ZOMBIES! All that changes with the zombie-themed variant cover for this month's Life with Archie #23, which is illustrated and colored by the excellent Francesco Francavilla. Read more for an exclusive look at the full ...

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Parting Shot: What a Gay Superhero Looks Like

It's great to see superhero comics doing a better job of not omitting gay characters from their stories (or leaving them to idle in the background). But it's worth noting that while diverse characters make comics richer and more representative of the real world, they're also an opportunity to reflect the many ways that we are not so different from each other, regardless of our different ...

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Parting Shot: The X-Men Drawn in Disney Cartoon Style

This X-Men lineup by Matthew Humphreys reminds us strongly of the Disney animation style, and makes us wish for a lot of things, but mostly a Kitty Pryde and Lockheed animated series. This roster also includes a few less prominent X-Men, like Marrow and Kid Gladiator, and alternate takes on some more popular mutants, like the hooded (and presumably British) version of Psylocke, ...

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Parting Shot: 34 Ways of Looking at the Dean from 'Community'

Things have been up and down for the NBC comedy Community lately, with a fantastic three-part season finale that included an 8-bit episode featuring the cast as video game characters (that's good!), the news that the fan-favorite show would return for a fourth season (that's good!) but that it would do so without creator and showrunner Dan Harmon, who was fired by NBC (that's bad). As fans ...

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Parting Shot: First Look at Michonne on AMC's 'The Walking Dead'

Entertainment Weekly has debuted the first picture of Danai Gurira as Michonne on the AMC show The Walking Dead. In the Image comic book series by Robert Kirkman, the fan-favorite character is a former lawyer best known for her skill with a katana. Initially teased at the end of the season 2 finale, Michonne will appear in season 3 this fall. While showrunner Glen Mazzara told the Hollywood ...

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'The Comic Book History of Comics' Collection: The Rise of Manga and Osamu Tezuka

Comic Book Comics, the six-issue miniseries by Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey that retold the history of comic books in comic books, finally gets collected today in an IDW trade paperback collection titled The Comic Book History of Comics: The Inspiring, Infuriating, and Utterly Insane Story of the American Comic Book History. Our final exclusive preview details the rise of manga through the ...

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Parting Shot: The Official Cinematic Avengers Timeline

The Avengers movie is an unqualified hit, with over a billion dollars in worldwide box office (and $50 million for Robert Downey Jr. alone). The culmination of years of inter-related Marvel superhero blockbusters, The Avengers melded the heroes and stories of Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America and Thor into both a superteam and a supermovie. Now, Marvel has released an official ...

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Prophet #25: Giants of the Dead Metropolis [Preview]

A group of hunters from the Earth empire arrive in the now-empty metropolis of Kartanus world to hunt the giant Nephilim, and find more than they bargained for in this 6-page preview from Prophet #25 (originally solicited as Prophet #27). The new issue written is by Brandon Graham (King City) and illustrated by Giannis Milonogiannis with a cover by previous Prophet artist Simon Roy, available ...

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Scott Pilgrim T-Shirt Contest Winners from WeLoveFine (and Guest Judge Bryan Lee O'Malley)

The winner of WeLoveFine's latest comics-inspired t-shirt contest have been announced, and this time around we've got Scott Pilgrim shirts, including several that were selected by Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley himself, with the help of fellow judge (and comics retailer (and the inspiration for Wallace Wells)) Chris Butcher. Each shirt is available in both men's and women's cuts, and ...

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