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@grandcomicsdb.bsky.social synopsis: "Luthor gains super strength in order to battle Superman in hand-to-hand combat after Brett Calhoun announces that he is going to give away half of his fortune ($3 million) to any man who can prove he is the richest man in Metropolis."
November 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
@grandcomicsdb.bsky.social synopsis: "Luthor gains super strength in order to battle Superman in hand-to-hand combat after Brett Calhoun announces that he is going to give away half of his fortune ($3 million) to any man who can prove he is the richest man in Metropolis."
Buscema's note to Lee on the original art (bottom of the final page): "Near Earth, still in the future."
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Buscema's note to Lee on the original art (bottom of the final page): "Near Earth, still in the future."
Original art of the cover, in all its paste-up glory
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November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Original art of the cover, in all its paste-up glory
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The comments on Nicola Scott's tweet are enlightening.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The comments on Nicola Scott's tweet are enlightening.
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Nicola Scott: "Graphic novels are called GRAPHIC novels for a fucking reason. This bullshit is exhausting. I've worked on scripts that barely explain what's happening, sometimes with no dialogue. I have to work out what the hell’s going on, make it make sense, emotional & visually interesting."
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Nicola Scott: "Graphic novels are called GRAPHIC novels for a fucking reason. This bullshit is exhausting. I've worked on scripts that barely explain what's happening, sometimes with no dialogue. I have to work out what the hell’s going on, make it make sense, emotional & visually interesting."
In the dumbest ending of a time travel story ever written, the Surfer gets to future by flying past the speed of light in Silver Surfer #6, 1969.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
In the dumbest ending of a time travel story ever written, the Surfer gets to future by flying past the speed of light in Silver Surfer #6, 1969.
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"The Living Statues" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (lettered by Artie Simek) for Amazing Adult Fantasy #12, 1962
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"The Living Statues" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (lettered by Artie Simek) for Amazing Adult Fantasy #12, 1962
"The Secret of the Universe" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (lettered by Artie Simek) for Amazing Adult Fantasy #11, 1962
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
"The Secret of the Universe" by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (lettered by Artie Simek) for Amazing Adult Fantasy #11, 1962
Three years later without any scientific basis, Marvel had at least two short stories showing time moving faster in space:
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Three years later without any scientific basis, Marvel had at least two short stories showing time moving faster in space:
The ghost of Bernie Krigstein could expand this 1937 Slim and Tubby strip into at least eight pages.
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This 1937 Slim and Tubby strip by John J. Welsh is so wordy, Bernie Krigstein could stretch it out for at least eight pages. #wordycomics #writethefuckingnovel #handlettering #comicbooklettering
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The ghost of Bernie Krigstein could expand this 1937 Slim and Tubby strip into at least eight pages.
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John Byrne's panel from Action Comics #584 is the gift that keeps on giving:
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John Byrne's run on Superman was a tsunami of genius. Action Comics #584, January 1987. "Squatter!" written and drawn by John Byrne, inked by Dick Giordano, lettered by John Costanza, colored by Tom Ziuko.
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
John Byrne's panel from Action Comics #584 is the gift that keeps on giving:
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