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Silver Age Trivia Challenge Returns to C2E2!

I’m pleased to say that the Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) has invited back the Mr. Silver Age Trivia Challenge for this year’s show! Mark Waid will take on a panel of trivia geeks to determine who knows more … See More

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Dragging? Complaining? Visit the new Mr. Silver Age Forum!

Mr. Silver Age is pleased to announce that he has been generously offered a Forum section on the Website of CBG Columnist Captain Comics! See More

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Barnaby to be Collected

I’m a little late to learn of this, as it was announced earlier this month, but I figured others might not have heard and would be interested (hi, Maggie!). Fantagraphics will be reprinting the entire run of the Barnaby comic … See More

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FF: What’s Ahead?

Lee Houston Junior asked me to post this exchange he and I had via e-mail, in the hopes that someone else might want to join in: Above is an image from Comic Book resources showing a promo poster for the … See More

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Smallville: What Will Replace It?

Lee Houston Jr. asked me to post this thread for him: So, since we have time until the next installment, let’s open the floor to a discussion between now and then as to what, if anything, should replace Smallville on … See More

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Smallville’s Fall Finale

Lee Houston asked me to post his final SMALLVILLE review for the fall, so we could discuss it while it’s fresh in our minds: First off, a big thank you to Craig Shutt for posting this for me. Dang hackers! … See More

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Brenda’s Starr goes supernova

In all the hubbub of the site going down, I almost forgot to post this vital news: After 70 years, Brenda Starr will stop her comical-strip adventures on January 2. You can read about it here Sad to say, this … See More

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Visit The AMSA Safe House

The Columnist areas of CBGXtra are up and running. Only the Columnists can start threads, but anyone can Reply, so we exploit that capability by jerry-rigging a Forum.

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The Mr. Silver Age Safe House

Our Pal Hoy Murphy alerted me to the A-#1 news of the day, about a DC Archives coming next fall, according to Amazon: Sugar and Spike Archives Vol. 1 [Hardcover] Sheldon Mayer (Author, Illustrator) List Price: $59.99 Price: $40.09 240 … See More

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A (10) Grand Kirby FF Page!

I was browsing around eBay today, and I came across this fine Kirby page from FF #23. Yowza! Autographed, no less! Not a truly great FF page, but it’s got three FFers and a Klassic Kirby Kar from an issue … See More

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