New songs entering the charts 50 years ago this week:
Picture Sleeve Parade
New Music Releases: Dionne Warwick! Neil Young! Ahmad Jamal! More!
Our picks this week. Click the links to order from Amazon.
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Pop Culture Roundup: More Al Jaffee! Penguin! Game of Thrones!
ITEM! HBO has greenlighted another "Game of Thrones" prequel series.
ITEM! Also greenlighted: A Penguin TV series spinning off of "The Batman" feature film.
ITEM! Bob Dylan has seen Metallica live. Twice.
ITEM! The Comics Journal looks at the long, long, long career of Mad Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee, who passed away this week at age 102.
ITEM! Steve Colbert pays tribute to Al, too.
New Comics Collected Editions: Guardians of the Galaxy Epic Collection! Thor Masterworks!
Our picks this week. Click the links to order from Amazon.
Welcome to the 31st century! A thousand years from now, Vance Astro, Yondu, Martinex and Charlie-27 — the original Guardians of the Galaxy - rise to retake the Solar System from reptilian raiders! And soon, the greatest heroes of the present day — Captain America, Doctor Strange, the Thing, the Hulk and more — will join the Guardians in the future's greatest war! Then, as the Guardians help society rebuild, threats arise from two worlds: one of them living, the other gone mad! The Guardians meet the flame-haired Nikki and the mysterious, all-knowing Starhawk, and the team faces a baptism of fire! Plus: Thor lends a hand against the all-powerful man-machine called Korvac!
Collecting MARVEL SUPER-HEROES (1967) #18, MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE (1974) #4-5, GIANT-SIZE DEFENDERS #5, DEFENDERS (1972) #26-29, MARVEL PRESENTS #3-12 and THOR ANNUAL #6.
Written by Arnold Drake, Steve Gerber, Roger Stern & More
Penciled by Gene Colan, Sal Buscema, Don Heck, Al Milgrom & More
Cover by Al Milgrom
All hail Asgard! All hail Stan and Jack! That's right, the creative team that sparked the Marvel revolution is back to show you just how it's done with a collection of THOR classics! Experience a war against the Cobra and Mister Hyde for the life of Jane Foster, earthshaking fisticuffs between the Mighty Thor and the Incredible Hulk, the return of the Grey Gargoyle, the entrance of the Absorbing Man, Odin's trial of Thor and Loki that exiles them to the dangerous and desolate Skornheim, and the first appearance of the unstoppable Destroyer! Also featuring the fan-favorite "Tales of Asgard" backup stories revealing the origins of Marvel's Norse pantheon of heroes, villains, giants and mystic lands. Reserve your copy today - lightning doesn't strike twice! Collecting JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (1952) #110-119.
Pop Culture Roundup: So long, Al Jaffee, and more
ITEM! Al Jaffee, creator of Mad's classic fold-ins, is dead at age 102.
ITEM! An animated "Stranger Things" series is planned.
ITEM! There's a Kickstarter to launch a Nancy Drew toy line.
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