Batman: The Brave and the Bold meets the Metal Men

The Metal Men feature on tonight's episode of "Batman: Brave and the Bold."

Synopsis:

"Batman is introduced to a team of energetic androids known as the Metal Men. When their creator goes missing at the hands of the Gas Gang, Batman helps them track the villains to get him back."


Drool! Chip Kidd working on Captain Marvel coffee table book

Book designer Chip Kidd is reportedly working on a coffee table compiling images of Captain Marvel comics and memorabilia. As anyone who owns his super-amazing "Batman Collected" book, this promises to be a thing of beauty. Details so far are slim and buried in this article, but I'm excited. It's high-time the most popular super-hero of the 1940s got his due!

Pop links: Jack Kirby, Brady Kids

Read a batch of Jack Kirby-illustrated sci-fi and suspense tales from the 1950s.

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Check out the animated "Brady Kids" from 1972.

Official version of "lost" Hendrix song now streaming online

 You can hear the title track from upcoming Valleys of Neptune compilation, out March 9, here. Sounds like Jimi.

Vintage DC Comics House Ad


A peek at DC Comics' First Wave

This is something I'll likely check out, being a fan of things of the pulp/noir variety:

It’s almost here — an Earth very much like our own, but featuring a collection of pulp and noir heroes that include the Batman, the Spirit, Doc Savage, Black Canary and many more.
In the shadows of the War, the roots of the Golden Tree cabal grew deep into the heart of a fallen world and the leaders at the heart of this secret organization see no place in their utopia for heroism. Doc Savage, struggling with the loss of his father, has been blind to their advance – until now. Central City’s mysterious Spirit has caught wind of their plans as well. But whose side have the Blackhawks chosen? What is the Red Right Hand? And where is the Batman? Eisner Award winner Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS, JOKER) and superstar Rags Morales (IDENTITY CRISIS) craft a DC universe like you’ve never seen before. It’s a world with no supermen, only mortal men. Death can come at any moment, and adventure can still be found at every corner of the map.
Dive right in with a look at some black and white interiors from the first issue. And, as an added bonus, we’re including the Morales sketch pages some of you saw in the back of select DCU books and the handful we initially spotlighted here. Enjoy:

New Alice in Wonderland pictures


Pop links: Captain Marvel memorabilia, J.D.Salinger dies, iPad for comics, more

Check out some cool Captain Marvel memorabilia. (And, as always, see more at our DC Comics Fortress of Memorabilia).

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The legendary J.D. Salinger, author of "Catcher in the Rye," has died.

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This recent Spider-Man daily strip is just plain silly.

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What does the iPad mean for comics? I like to read comics in the bath tub, so I'm thinking this device may not be for me.

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Variety reviews a new documentary on Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs.