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Haus of Secrets 92 The Coming of Man-Swamp

Batcool - Batman and the popularity of Batman

Theatre of Superhero Mockery III

Gandorf and Batz and Skoob

VEDUM 25 COVER

Mable Comics Group, Popcorn Edition

Spidery Woman Issue 101

Apologies to Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot

DZEASED Parody cover

Batmobile Italiano

Batmobile Isetta Italiano automobile - More Batmobile

Apologies to DC Comics

Batzman 92 Cover

Theatre of Superhero Mockery Pages 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6

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American Comic Book Chronicles: 1965-69 Hardcover from TwoMorrows – AMAZON

Overstreet Price Guide 2022-2023

Amazing Spider-Man by Ditko and Lee from Penguin Classics

Original Page May 2019 | Updated July 20, 2021

The Marvel Movie Schedule List

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Feb. 17, 2023

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
May 5, 2023

The Marvels
July 28, 2023

Armor Wars
TBA

Captain America: New World Order
May 3, 2024

Thunderbolts
July 26, 2024

Blade
September 6, 2024

Deadpool 3
November 8, 2024

Fantastic Four
February 14, 2025

Nova
TBA

Avengers: The Kang Dynasty
May 2, 2025

Avengers: Secret Wars
May 1, 2026

Short Review: She-Hulk, Attorney-at-Law

Black Panther Wakanda Reviews

"After T’Challa, a new protector, in an ungainly but engaging sequel "– MSN Chicago Tribune

"Wakanda Forever is a profound, action-packed take on life and legacy" – USA Today MSN

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" Is Officially Here, and Amazon Has a Whole Section of Merch to Celebrate" – MSN People Magazine

"Wakanda Forever provokes intrigue and emotion" – MSN UPI

"When Duty Calls, Passion Recedes - Ryan Coogler’s sequel to his 2018 hit... can’t match the earlier film’s dramatic or political excitement" – New Yorker

"MCU Hit Overcomes the Loss of Chadwick Boseman With Slightly Diminished Returns" – The Wrap

"Death is a sales strategy" – CBC MSN

Black Adam film review

The original Christopher Reeve Superman Costume auctions for $350,000 – MSN People Magazine

The reality of Marvel's Reality Stones is that they're really expensive – Los Angeles Times - MSN

Comic Book Movie Money January 23, 2023 numbers

Films playing worldwide

Avatard The Way O' Water at $1,972,676,353 worldwide earnings [Production budget of estimated between $250-$400 million].

Black Panther Wakanda Forever at $839,045,359 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $200 million].

Compare with recent films:

Black Adam at $392,952,111 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $195 million].

DC League of Super-Pets at $203,658,039 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $90 million].

Bullet Train at $239,220,735 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $90 million].

Top Gun II Maverick at $1,486,657,763 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $152 million].

Thor: Love and Thunder at $760,745,764 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $250 million].

Everything Everywhere All at Once at $99,879,077 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $25 million].

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero closed at $79,982,582 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $90 million].

Elvis closed at $285,945,604 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $85 million].

Jurassic World: Dominion closed at $997,814,080 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $185 million].

Lightyear closed at $226,414,635 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $200 million].

Doctor Strange II: Madness of the Multiverse ended with $954,863,075 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $200 million].

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ended with $401,872,904 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $110 million].

Morbius ended with $163,865,530 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $75 million].

Spider-Man No Way Home ended with $1,901,231,491 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $200 million].

The Northman ended with $68,544,035 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $90 million].

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledork ended with $405,161,334 worldwide [Production budget reported at $200 million].

The Batman ended with $770,345,583 worldwide earnings [Production budget of $180 million].

Dune Buggy ended with $400,668,094 worldwide [Production budget reported at $160 million].

Data from BoxOfficeMojo and production budget information from Wikipedia.

She Hulk TV Show Reviews

"infused with dated #girlboss energy" – Variety

"She-Hulk is just pure fun" – Radio Times

Marvel's first true comedy – MSN News - Mens Health

I felt so empowered – Decider – MSN

“She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” — 3 stars (out of 4), based on first four episodes – Chicago Tribune

Someone is selling a complete run of Conan The Barbarian, along with Annuals and Giant Size runs, on eBay for $4500

NEWS

"The numbers at DC are terrifying"

"There's been a lot of speculation about the health of DC, but nothing says 'you're screwed" like this... the top fifty DC titles, 48 of them are Batman books. It is "The Batman Company," just forget the rest. You're now at the place if DC didn't publish anything but Batman, their financial picture would not look much different... no part of that is good news."

The picture forming is one that has been criticized for ...maybe a decade, that only Batman can move month-to-month copies for DC, and all the new directions DC explores to replace the old fanbase with a new one hasn't worked.

The Origin of the Superman-Batman Team - review of World's Finest #94, May-June 1958, art by Dick Sprang

Spider-Man rules the 2021-2022 Box Office list

The year of 2021 started off in a mess, in the sense of box office numbers, with many a person predicting that the age of in-theater movie-watching could be drawing to a close in America, clubbed to death by two indomitable opponents: a worldwide pandemic and the rise of streaming TV.

Overview: Top Grossing films of 2021