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| BIRDS
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BLACK
CANARY
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ORACLE |
Written by Chuck Dixon & Jordan B. Gorfinkel
Art by Gary Frank, Matt Haley, Stefano Raffaele, Jennifer Graves,
John Dell, Bob McLeod,
& Wade Von Grawbadger
Cover by Gary Frank & John Dell |
Paperback: 208 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 156389484X |
$17.95
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| The earliest
adventures of Black Canary and Oracle — the BIRDS OF PREY — are collected
in an affordable trade paperback. Reprinting the BLACK CANARY/ORACLE: BIRDS
OF PREY one-shot, the 4-issue BIRDS OF PREY: MANHUNT miniseries, the BIRDS
OF PREY: REVOLUTION one-shot and the BIRDS story from SHOWCASE '96 #3,
these stories find Oracle and the Canary assisted by unlikely allies such
as Catwoman, the Huntress and Lois Lane. |
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former member of the JLA, Black Canary, gets into and out of all sorts
of adventures with the help of Oracle, the crippled heroinne once known
as Batgirl. This graphic novel features the first issue of the comic BIRDS
OF PREY, as well as issues including Lois Lane, Catwoman, Huntress, and
Lady Shiva. The interaction between Black Canary, devil-may-care adventuress,
and Oracle, the responsible daughter of Comissioner Gordon, is amusing.
It's a good book full of fun. Recommend to anyone who enjoys action-oriented
comics. |
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| BLACK
CANARY |
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Archives:
Volume One |
| by Gardner Fox, Carmine Infantino, & Alex Toth,
et al |
Hardcover: 228 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563897342 |
$49.95
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| A One-Volume
Journey Thru' the History of a Heroinne
Written by Robert Kanigher,
Gardner Fox and Dennis O'Neil
Art by Carmine Infantino,
Murphy Anderson, Alex Toth, Joe Giella, and Bernard Sachs
Cover by Infantino and Giella |
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This deluxe
hardbound volume covers the entire range of the Black Canary's four-color
career:
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FLASH COMICS #86-104,
August 1947 through February 1949,
featuring:
Her first appearance in Johnny Thunder, issue # 86
Her first solo adventure in issue # 92
(Issue #104 was the last Golden Age issue of FLASH COMICS);
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COMICS CALVACADE # 25,
February/March 1948;
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BRAVE AND THE BOLD #'S
61-62, September 1965, November 1965
featuring the origins of Starman and Black Canary, with art by Murphy Anderson;
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ADVENTURE COMICS # 399,
November 1970
featuring an unpublished Golden Age story;
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ADVENTURE COMICS #'s
418-419, April/May 1972
and more! |
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| BLACKHAWK |
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Archives:
Volume One |
by Will Eisner, Dick French, William Woolfolk,
& Reed Crandall |
Hardcover: 240 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563897008 |
$49.95
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| This handsome,
hardbound volume, one of the latest in DC's impressive ARCHIVES series,
reprints the origin and first appearances of Blackhawk from MILITARY COMICS,
beginning in August of 1941. The Blackhawk series was originally
written by Will Eisner, the creator of the Spirit. |
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See also our WILL
EISNER collection.
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| BLACK
ORCHID |
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The
Collected Edition |
| by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean |
Paperback: 160 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 0930289552 |
$19.95
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| BLACK ORCHID
is one of Neil Gaiman's early forays into comics for DC Comics.
It his revamp of a little-known superheroine who is a hybrid of human and
orchid, with the ability to control minds with the use of scent. As befitting
to a story that utilizes a lot of flora and fauna as metaphors, the fully-painted
artwork is lush and colorful...you almost want to reach out and touch the
leaves of a tree or smell the flowers. Look for cameos from well-known
DC
characters such as Lex Luthor, Batman, Poison Ivy,
the Mad Hatter, and others. |
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Also-- Check out our entire Neil
Gaiman and Vertigo
listings!
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| The
BRAVE & the BOLD |
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The
Flash & Green Lantern |
by Mark Waid, Tom Peyer, Tom Grindberg,
& Barry Kitson |
Paperback: 144 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563897083 |
$12.95
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| This is collected
Flash/Green Lantern: The Brave and the Bold mini-series features "new"
adventures of a young Hal Jordan and Barry Allen. We also get some special
guest appearances by the Golden Age Flash, Jay Garrick, and Golden Age
Green Lantern, Alan Scott. Kid Flash, Green Arrow, and classic support
characters like Iris West, Carol Ferris and Tom "Pieface" Kalmaku also
star in this series. The stories are simple yet entertaining. Nothing too
complex that might further destroy any of DC's current continuity. |
The art is good
and clean. Nothing to complain about there. The writer focuses on the brash,
fearless side of Hal's character, along with Barry's cleancut image.
Overall, the book embodies values missing in many of today's comics.
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See also our FLASH and
GREEN
LANTERN listings.
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