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Mysterious And Heavy Lands The “Black Hammer #1” On The Wednesday Run
First issues. They get me excited! And first issues by great creators that I trust and whose work I constantly follow due to their reverence for the history of the comic book art forum – as well as...
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Get Up For “The Fall And Rise of Captain Atom #1” On The Wednesday Run
The lost and the forgotten. In the mid 1980’s, DC Comics bought up a number of Charlton Comics characters as assets to integrate into their own pantheon of superheroes. They included The Question, Blue...
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Chase The Tempest With “The Wild Storm #1” On The Wednesday Run
Another week, another re-launch for DC Comics. We’ve been down this road with the publishing company a number of times over the last few years, haven’t we? For us readers, it’s been a veritable tempest...
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Tour The DC Universe With The ‘Cosmic Odyssey: The Deluxe Edition’ On The...
Space. The cosmos. The uncharted ether of imagination. That’s what brings us to today. Over the last month and a half, we’ve begun unofficially celebrating the year of comic book legend Jack Kirby’s...
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Celebrate An Early #WonderWomanDay w. “Wonder Woman Annual #1” On The...
Even if you had your head under a rock, you’d know that there’s a highly anticipated (and finally!) Wonder Woman film being released this weekend! Early reviews have been positive to absolutely glowing...
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It’s A Wonderful #WonderWomanDay – Let’s All Celebrate!
You’ve already heard that the new Wonder Woman film has been released this weekend – and it’s making for some pretty glowing reviews! We’re hearing that it’s full of action, adventure, tears and joy –...
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#Kirby100 Celebrations Are Now In Your Dreams With “The Sandman Special #1”...
Thank goodness August has thirty-one days in it. It allows us to have the longest possible (monthly) time period to celebrate all things Jack Kirby during #Kirby100, the month that would have seen the...
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BBP! Guide To Fan Expo Canada 2017: Preview #FXC17
There’s a well-known, partly tongue-in-cheek saying, that every Torontonian knows: The City of Toronto sees two seasons – winter and construction. With the gut-bursting pop culture excitement of this...
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Uncover Oz In “Action Comics #987” On The Wednesday Run
It’s been a year and a half in the making: A comic book mystery to rival all others! A senses shattering surprise that not only changes the DC Universe as we know it today, but one that will have...
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31 Days Of Horror: The Wednesday Run Goes BOO! With “DC House Of Horror #1”
We’re literally six sleeps away from one of the best times of year! And with all the little ghosts and ghouls and goblins (and, let’s face it, superheroes) ringing your doorbell and asking for tricks...
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It’s A Dark & Looney “Moon Knight #188” On The Wednesday Run
I know there are a number of Moon Knight fans out there, fans from all the way back to the characters first ongoing monthly series in 1980, written by comic book luminary, Doug Moench and illustrated...
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TV Producer Damon Lindelof Stirs the HBO ‘Watchmen’ Pot
Watchmen, sequential art’s magnum opus, and, to many, its final word on the superhero genre, is being made into an HBO television series, didn’t you know? Yes. Casting is already underway. The ongoing...
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Say “I Do” At The Big Wedding In ‘Batman #50’ On The Wednesday Run
The wedding of Batman and Catwoman in Batman #50 has been a long time in the making. How long? How about seventy-eight years, give or take a month or two. That’s how long, in publishing years, that...
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Up, Up, & Away With ‘Superman #1’ On The Wednesday Run
It’s another week of new releases at the local comic book shop and that means another week of Superman topping the list of newly-released reads! Really, this kind of interest for a character that has a...
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No One Is Safe In The Trust Tree Of ‘Heroes In Crisis #1’ On The Wednesday Run
Heroes in crisis in DC Comics. Yes, there is a long, storied history of crisis-level events in the pages of DC’s monthly comic book titles. From the ground-breaking (and to my mind, the example to...
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RIP Norm Breyfogle – A Celebrated Batman Artist
Norm Breyfogle was one of my favourite Batman artists. His might not be the most popular name paired with the character – over the years, there have been so many talented artists that have worked on...
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31 Days Of Horror: Throwback Superhero Horror In ‘Cursed Comics Cavalcade’ On...
Cursed Comics Cavalcade #1 – where heroes meet horror! But before those heroes met up with the likes of spooks and dreadful things, DC Comics met it’s own brand of horror in the late 1970’s. Biff Bam...
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Get Courageous With ‘Ironheart #1’ On The Wednesday Run
Riri Wiliams, better known as “Ironheart” in the superhero community, made her first appearance in the summer of 2016 within the pages of Invincible Iron Man. Created by acclaimed writer Brian Michael...
View ArticleThe CW’s ‘Elseworlds’ Delivers Excellent Crossover Action, Sets Up Classic DC...
So…Elseworlds just wrapped up and while doing so, the CW dunked on the entirety of the DCEU in the final few moments of the event. It wasn’t just a regular dunk…it was the kind of dunk where they...
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Uncle Sam Leads With His ‘Freedom Fighters #1’ On The Wednesday Run
If you know the history of the Freedom Fighters, you know that their comic book lineage is a relatively complex one. The characters that make up the superhero team were created and originally published...
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Marvel At The ‘Marvel Action Avengers #1’ On The Wednesday Run
What’s this – Marvel’s Avengers comics published by someone other than Marvel Comics? Inconceivable! Impossible! Unheard of! Well, that’s exactly what’s happening. And from what I hear, it’s got the...
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‘Mike Grell: Life Is Drawing Without An Eraser’ hits a Bullseye
I was first introduced to the artistic work of comic book legend, writer and artist Mike Grell, in the early nineteen eighties. His monthly fantasy series The Warlord (1976-1988), published by DC...
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Magnificently Marvel At ‘The Magnificent Ms. Marvel #1’ On The Wednesday Run
Well, I’ll be damned if the magnificent Ms. Marvel hasn’t been in the global public spotlight the last few weeks! And well she should – but don’t get her confused with the $160 million (as of last...
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Escape Humdrum With The ‘Mister Miracle HC’ On The Wednesday Run
You may not know much about Mister Miracle – and that’s OK. He’s a fairly obscure DC Comics character that came to (relative) prominence via his inclusion in the mid 1980’s version of the Justice...
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Cosmic Team-Up Redux In ‘The Green Lantern #8’ On The Wednesday Run
We’ve highlighted the monthly series, The Green Lantern, here at The Wednesday Run column before. It was only seven months ago and you can read that particular entry right here. All of the excitement...
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The ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Blu-ray Is Assembled for August Release
Clear off space on your physical media shelf! The details of the Avengers: Endgame Blu-ray release have been announced. There’s no question MCU fans will want this. Hearken unto the following missive...
View ArticleThe Leftscape Podcast: ‘Represent: The ‘For Hire’ Superhero Novels of Alana...
The latest novel by Alana Phelan and Kevin Patterson is on its way! In the latest episode of The Leftscape, Kevin and Alana speak with friend and fan Robin Renée about their For Hire book series,...
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Everything (Finally) Ends In ‘Doomsday Clock #12’ On The Wednesday Run
Biff Bam Pop’s Editor-In-Chief Andy Burns and I often talk Watchmen. We talk about Watchmen, the original, seminal, comic book series published by DC Comics in the mid-1980’s, written by Alan Moore and...
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Tomorrow Is A Dark Today With “Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1” On...
There are those comic book readers who are hard-core fans of the Legion of Super-Heroes And there are those comic book readers who haven’t picked up a LoSH book yet. If you didn’t already know, the...
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Multi-Creatives Take Over With ‘Black Hammer: Visions #1’ On The Wednesday Run
We here at Biff Bam Pop! love our Black Hammer! Created by the brilliant minds of Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Moon Knight, Descender, Essex County), and Dean Ormston (Lucifer, Books of Magick: Life...
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No Time Like The Present For ‘Kang The Conqueror #1’ On The Wednesday Run
Well, the conclusion of the recent Loki series on Disney+ sure has everyone salivating! And if they keep true to form, the minds behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) will surely show fans of the...
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Take A Deep Sociopolitical Dive Into ‘The Other History Of The DC Universe...
At the close of DC Comics famously ground-breaking 12-issue maxi-series, Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1986, the publisher released a two-issue, prestige format “afterward” that sought to wrap up the...
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Uncover A Heroic Lie In “Cloaked #1” On The Wednesday Run
You could be forgiven if your first reminisces upon reading the premise to the new and eagerly anticipated Dark Horse Comics, four-issue miniseries, Cloaked, was 1986’s now legendary, genre-breaking...
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Biff Bam Pop’s Holiday Gift Guide 2021 – Comic Book Compilations Part 1
Everyone of every age loves a comic book in their stocking over the holidays. And if that gift can’t fit (or is too heavy) in the stocking, how about just gift-wrapped with a bow? As we head into the...
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Witness The Forging Of A Myth In “Batman: The Knight #1” On The Wednesday Run
Sure, we all know the origin of Bruce Wayne and how he became Batman. Devoted parents are murdered. Criminals are a superstitious and cowardly lot. I shall become a bat. It’s been told again and again...
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Line Up For Excitement & Execution With ‘Suicide Squad: Blaze #1’ On The...
Thanks to two action-packed, big-budget movies and one strangely fun and irreverent HBO Max television series, pretty much everyone knows who the Suicide Squad is. Now. A few years back, no one...
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Team Up With Legends In ‘Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #1’ On The Wednesday...
World’s Finest is one of the preeminent comic book titles in all comicdom publishing. Publications under the World’s Finest or its original World’s Best Comics moniker go back over eight decades and...
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The Answer Can Be Found In ‘The Question Omnibus Vol. 1’ On The Wednesday Run
In early 1987, DC Comics released the first monthly issue of The Question, a mysterious crimefighter that not many comic book readers knew much about, let alone recognized. Those readers could be...
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Go Back To School With ‘DC’s Saved By The Belle Reve #1’ On The Wednesday Run
As we approach the coming long weekend, the last days of the summer sun’s heat is upon us. And so is a certain seasonal frenzy. All summer long it’s been shuttling kids from camp to camp; from one...
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Race Across Universe For ‘The Absolute Multiversity’ On The Wednesday Run
Everyone who has read comics has read or at least knows about the mid 1980’s DC Comics series, Crisis On Infinite Earths. It was the maxi-series that aimed to simplify the ever-expanding,...
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Time To Dig Into ‘Timeless 1 (2022)’ On The Wednesday Run
Timeless. It’s something that is forever, not shaped or defined by the ticking of a clock or the transient whims of cultures that advance and then recede. Today, it’s also a sort of nod to the...
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Amid Crisis, Superman & The Rest Of The DCU Film Franchise Finally Gets Its...
It’s just like its comic book source, really. When things are off the rails and creative and financial difficulties arise, the publishers of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, DC Comics, often turns...
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Celebrate Black History Month With ‘DC Power: A Celebration #1’ On The...
In case you already didn’t know, February 1st marks the beginning of Black History Month. Among many things, the month is set as annual event here in North America (and growing throughout the world)...
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Feast Your Eyes On & Warm Your Comic Book Soul With ‘Legends Of the DC...
When a book proudly carries a title like Legends of the DC Universe, the mind automatically jumps to more famous DC Comics superheroes such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash and all of the...
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Stand Guard With The Worldly ‘The Vigil #1’ On The Wednesday Run
There’s a preponderance in North American superhero comics to have the superheroes hail from and, most of the time, operate solely in North America. Historically, stories that feature these characters...
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Take The Tour With ‘City Boy #1’ On The Wednesday Run
Over the last several weeks, DC Comics has been regularly premiering three new superhero titles, all of them being six monthly issues in length, that focus on new characters who hail from diverse...
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Experience A Wonderful Piece of History In ‘Wonder Woman Historia: The...
If there’s one complaint about Wonder Woman, it’s the perceived lack of classic, monumental, stories or storylines incorporating the character or her Amazonian heritage and history. Certainly, there’s...
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Speed Your Way To ‘The Flash #1’ On The Wednesday Run
Although I was aware of the longstanding The Flash comic book series (who wasn’t?), I didn’t become a fan of the hero until he heroically died in the pages of Crisis On Infinite Earths, the...
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Go Nuts With ‘Batman ’89: Echoes #1’ On The Wednesday Run
I can still remember skipping high school classes the day that Tim Burton’s first Batman film found its way into theatres. Wearing our favourite Dark Knight or Joker t-shirts, my buddies and I...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2023: Comic Book Compilations – Part 2
There’s plenty of comic books gifts to give your friends and loved ones this holiday season and as we get closer and closer to shopping deadlines, we’re doing our best to turn you on to some of the...
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