Whom you choose marry is usually none of our business, but it probably should not be your mother.
Superman
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The art knight rises
Marilyn Artus “Comic books are a billion-dollar industry,” Kovash said. “They’ve become an important part of American art. The Museum of Modern Art (in New York City) has been collecting comic books for a long time. It’s a legitimate art form, and I think The Art of the Comic Book will help give people who […]
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The Last Challenge / The Hanging Tree
First, 1967’s The Last Challenge features the late Chad Everett (TV’s Medical Center) as Lot McGuire, a cocky quick draw who rolls into town, and Marshal Blaine (Glenn Ford, hangdog as ever) not only takes offense to that, but tries to run the jerk right back out. Coming between them is a saloon girl — […]
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Justice League: Doom
It’s the latest of DC Universe’s 13 animated features for the PG-13 crowd, following the recent “Batman: Year One,” more-than-decent “Green Lantern: Emerald Knights” and dull “All-Star Superman.” A chalice-carrying lunatic appropriately named Vandal Savage (voiced by Phil Morris) offers members of the Legion of Doom (including Cheetah, Mirror Master and — timely! — Bane) […]
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Action Comics #900 / Flashpoint #1 / Batman: Arkham City #1
The point of controversy isn’t to be found in the main story, which finds a Phantom Zone-radiated Lex Luthor taking Superman on a tour of his past to try and break him, and thus, gain his infinite power. Or something like that. Since the tale completes a serialized storyline I haven’t been exposed to, it’s […]
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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
The straight-to-video animated feature seems made just for them, at times at the risk of alienating newcomers to the DC Universe. As “Batman: Gotham Knights” did, “Green Lantern: Emerald Knights” takes the anthology approach, telling multiple stories within a loose framework. Here, Green Lantern (voiced by Nathan Fillion, TV’s “Castle”) is showing the ropes to […]
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The 7th Dawn
This vehicle for William Holden takes place in Malaysia — shot on location, even — as World War II comes to an end. He’s Maj. Ferris, while the character played by Susannah York (read: Superman’s Kryptonian mom) is named Trumpey, which will make any “MST3K” fan snicker in delight each time it’s spoken. Together, they […]