In addition, Jamie and his Store Manager, Kristin Juan, have brought in several of the 2010 Special Edition FCBD Comics for FREE distribution on this upcoming Special Saturday!

Plus, there will be several back issues of regular titles that will also be distributed Free, in conjunction with the FCBD Comics!

Lastly, there Could be even another Golden Age Key comic book on display for viewing that day!  I'll let you know when I see it tomorrow... but here's a clue:  There's been two comic books sold at over a million dollars lately that's been in the news... Action Comics #1 and ________?  I'll fill you on Saturday when I see it there for sure!

But first... back to 'DOUBLE the ACTION'!

For those of you who don't realize it, Action Comics #1 is a 'Holy Grail' for many comic collectors, and the ever increasing prices on that comic keep it out of the hands of most of them!

Indeed, the most recent news in the Comics World has been the fantastic prices realized at auction for two other graded copies of this comic book! Just 'google' that and you'll see what I mean!

The Fun starts at 10AM Saturday, May 1st, and is expected to end by 5PM when the store normally closes.

There will be possible photo ops, as well as FCBD Comics and other comics distributed as well by Southern California Comics.

PLUS, since I am conducting an 'Online Event' on Facebook itself titled: "Blogging & Facebooking From a Free Comic Book Day Event (FCBD)" I will also be distributing and mailing to lucky winners for FREE, several copies of FCBD Edition Comic Books!

Check this link: Blogging & Facebooking From a Free Comic Book Day Event (FCBD) to click the 'ATTENDING' Button, even though YOU will be there only 'virtually'! To be eligible to 'Win' you have to click the 'Attending' button, as 'Maybe Attending' and 'Not Attending' do NOT qualify you to be eligible!

For location and store hours, see below:

Southern California Comics (SoCal Comics) 

8280 Clairemont Mesa Bl. #124
San Diego, CA. 92111
(858) 715-8669

Saturday, May 1st of 2010 is FCBD: 
Hours 10 AM - 5 PM

SoCal Comics web site: http://www.SoCalComics.com

PERSONAL NOTE From Michael:  Last year Tina and I drove over almost all of Metro San Diego for the FCBD 2009. See these links, 2009 FCBD Part 1 & 2009 FCBD Part 2 for my reviews on what all the participating stores were doing last year.

This year, I will be blogging and Facebooking from this one location only.  I invite you to stop by in person, and say hello after seeing 'DOUBLE the ACTION!  Matter of fact, I'll be set up very close to Both of the Action Comics #1s on display!

I will be Blogging and Facebooking from before the start of the event by 10AM and will be there onsite till at least 2PM. Depending on the response for this 'Online Event', I may be still there at 'closing time' when the shop closes... we'll see! Note:  All times quoted are PST as the Local Comic Book Shop (LCBS) is located in San Diego, California.

For those of YOU 'attending' via the online event, here is a link to compute what time it is in YOUR area when the Event is running:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html

My thanks in advance to Jamie Newbold for extending the invitation to me to set up a table at his shop to blog about 'DOUBLE the ACTION' in San Diego!

AND My thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over the 3,100 total posts in number!

~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

Note: I'll be blogging and Facebooking while at this location, plus I will be distributing some neat promos that have arrived before FCBD starts on Saturday. BTW, Tina's and my online comic book store can be found at:

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 

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"Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"       Note: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:     Make It So Marketing Inc. PO Box 130653 Carlsbad, CA 92013

Check Out More Of Our Own Endeavors:   Yeah, that's me in the photo shown to the left, taken at the 1973 San Diego Comic Con at the Sheraton Hotel at Harbor Island in San Diego! I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 SDCC at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL! Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)! You can view our table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link. So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day!    Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'.         ------------------- Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review! I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph! ~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com   WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768. NOTE; All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

Which BTW, is the 1st Logo it's ever had!

This is thanks to Joe Pepitone, of Pepitone Creative Services, who also originated the company logo for my wife's company:

Make It So Marketing Inc. as seen to the left!

Tina was so happy with this Logo, the end result of joint efforts as she worked with Joe Pepitone (JoepeP) through three rounds of drafts before coming up with the final version.

Tina, who was presented with several different styles to choose from, found working with JoepeP to be a fun and rewarding experience!  So much so, that she recommended him on LinkedIn!

For myself, I knew that JoepeP was the one to go to for sure.  JoepeP nailed the design on the first round for me!  Which I quickly shared on my Facebook Group Page.

I just wanted the colors to be more 'compatible' to my Blog's Blue and White color scheme, which would also flow with my Facebook activities, as Facebook was also Blue and White.

So the request to JoepeP for the second round in Logo Design was for Blue and Gold.  And he came through on the second round!  I love it!

Enough to post a complete blog on my Blog's NEW Logo here this morning, and to start using it on my web activities, PLUS this Saturday's Free Comic Book Day event I'll be blogging and Facebooking at from Southern California Comics!

Again, My thanks to to JoepeP of Pepitone Creative Services, who I AND my wife, Tina LoSasso, HIGHLY recommend for Logo Design!  BTW, You can be interactive with JoepeP at his Facebook Fan Page, where he posts his JoepeP Automotive Portraits as well as other items at: Joe Pepitone's Facebook Fan Page!

~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

Note: We have comics, graphic novels, and fanzines for sale at our own online store @ ComicBooksCircus.com, which sometime in the future could possibly use a new log also...So You know who we will be turning to for that!

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 

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"Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"       Note: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:     Make It So Marketing Inc. PO Box 130653 Carlsbad, CA 92013

Check Out More Of Our Own Endeavors:   Yeah, that's me in the photo shown to the left, taken at the 1973 San Diego Comic Con! I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 SDCC at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL! Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)! You can view our table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link.  So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day!    Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'.         ------------------- Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review! I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph! ~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com   WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768. NOTE; All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.

 

(Please Note: As of Comic Fan #6, (this issue), several of my review blog posts are being re-printed in the 'Spinner Rack' review section of this magazine.  Thus I am considered a 'contributor' to this publication. Please be aware of this.)

First,  I have not yet seen this magazine in print form before, although it is now up to issue #6.  I am thus reviewing this in a format that some prefer, although I am more 'tactile' in my reading habits. I don't believe this will affect my thoughts of this magazine as I read and review it.

Second, here are my thoughts as I read through the magazine:

Front Cover: This is an interesting and compelling front cover for this issue, especially if you are interested in what appears to be the major feature of this magazine's issue.  That being the JLA, (Justice League of America).  Of course, there is a major following of both the individual characters portrayed on the cover, as well as their joint involvement in the JLA.  So the cover should attract the attention of quite a few.

The "In This Issue" blurb states that the JLA article is on 'Evolutions'.  Plus the other articles featured on the front cover are: Capt. George Henderson, and Mike Sekowsky, and the 'Spinner Rack' review section that I mentioned above. So there appears to be enough material presented on the front  cover for a browser at a LCBS to want to immediately pick up the magazine and thumb through it.

What they would find would be the following:

Inside Front cover - by John Lambert is in a style that I have seen before, (see my review of 'Chase'), and I enjoyed this pencilled and inked illustration, which could be considered a tribute page to Jack Kirby.  I had not seen John illustrating 'mainstream' characters before and enjoyed this cover!

The Splash Page - was laid out well, and showed me there was a lot more content on the inside, as the front cover had promised. 

The next page was titled: "Comic Fan Comments" which was basically a 'Letter from the Editor' page.   I generally like these features, and this one gave me the insight to the next issue's features that I want to come back for... Atlas / Seaboard article and an article on Charlton Comics.  So I've made a note on that!

The next item was a one page 'Eulogy for Rusty Haller' - a very informative piece by Robert J Sodaro.

'The Low Down' - which is the 'letters section' for Comic Fan! was next.  I'll let you read that on your own...

"Justice League Evolution" by Glenn Walker was next. With this being the main feature shown on the front cover, I wanted to pay special attention to this article.

I'm not going to bore you with complete details, but I did want to say this.  Even though I was a 'Marvel Zombie' in the truest sense of the term, I did see several other comics in my formative years.  Especially since the Fantastic Four was supposedly inspired by Martin Goodman learning of DC / National Comics good fortune on bringing back a super hero team.  So I had to see those early JLA issues in the 1960's for comparison.  Plus as I grew older, and started dealing in comics, of course I would read individual issues to see what I was also selling!

So I enjoyed this article, what with the early history of the JLA, and then the author delving into the periods when additional artists had their turns illustrating DC's premiere team of superheroes!

This feature article was well written, and illustrated profusely.  Good job!

"(Super) Boys And Their Toys!" by Jeffery Vavra was the next article.  It was an examination of the devices used by the super folks.

I gotta admit it... As a kid, I was fascinated by the special pin-up style pages on Batman's utility belt, Daredevil's billy club, and other special features that were printed in either Annuals or an extra page in the monthly comic book.  Well, those two above mentioned examples are covered in this article, as well as paragraphs on the Two-Gun Kid, Ghost Rider, Iron Man, and more!

This was another article that I enjoyed reading!  Thanks, Jeffery Vavra for sharing that in those pages!

But wait... There's more!  LOL, kinda sounds like a commercial, but it's true!

"Comic Fandom Profiles: Carl Taylor" was written by Lance "Doc" Boucher.  If YOU don't know who he is... well, that's a good reason to at least pick up the .pdf copy of this magazine!

"The New Mike Sekowsky: Appreciating His Radical Years" by Jason Sacks -  And yes, I do admit to reading Wonder Woman comics that Mike illustrated during her "New Wonder Woman" period!  Several comics covers are shown along with info on this period.  Plus the article delves into 'Metal Men',  'Supergirl In Adventure Comics', (which I also picked up as a dealer and read),  plus 'Jason's Quest' and 'Manhunter 2070', which I have not yet read.  So this article covered an interesting period of Mike Sekowsky's life.   If you don't already know, Mike passed away in 1989 at the age of 66 after complications from alcoholism...

"Blast From The Past" Featured "An Interview with John Byrne" - Conducted and Transcribed by Rick Limacher.  Rick first printed this in his own fanzine "Visual Show Case" in 1976.   Rick was 16 years old, and a high school student at the time.  The interview was conducted after John Byrne had left Charlton Comics, and was working for Marvel Comics.  He had already started drawing 'Power Man / Iron Fist', 'The Defenders', and was starting his run on 'Marvel Team-Up'.    I had not seen this interview before, and was pleased to see it reprinted here.

Whew, I am going to be running out of room for this review of Comic Fan #6 and am only through page 47 in this review!

So, with what I've covered so far in this review... I gotta admit... there is a LOT to read for your money here!

So, definitely I would suggest to at LEAST purchase the .pdf version of this magazine for the low price of $2.00 that YOU can read now, or go ahead and order the print copy which would be mailed to you shortly.  The print version was added yesterday after Jim came back from last weekend's S.P.A.C.E. where the print version debuted as it had just come in from the printer!

The price on that format and how to obtain it can be found in this link:

Click here to view and order the Print Copy to be mailed to YOU!

Click here to view and order the PDF version to be e-mailed!

My thanks to to Publisher, Jim Main, for sending me this preview copy for review.  Plus my thanks for including my reviews starting with this issue!

~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com

Note: We also have comics, graphic novels, and fanzines for sale at our own online store:

http://www.comicbookscircus.com/

 

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"Hammering Out the Web For You Since May 12th, 1998!"       Note: If you are breaking into, or already work in the comic book industry or other pop culture productions, you are welcome to email us press releases, news items, and updates that you feel would be of interest to our blog readers. Including YOUR own works! To mail printed items to us for possible review, send to:     Make It So Marketing Inc. PO Box 130653 Carlsbad, CA 92013

Check Out More Of Our Own Endeavors:   Yeah, that's me in the photo shown to the left, taken at the 1973 San Diego Comic Con! I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 SDCC at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL! Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)! You can view our table and interact with us there on Facebook by clicking this link.  So if YOU are a Facebook member, please 'join' our Facebook Comic Con - Make It So Marketing exhibitor table for updates, specials, links to this blog, and other wall comments that we post every day!    Also, if you are a Facebook member and would like to join my Facebook Network, feel free to send a 'friend request' to 'Michael D Hamersky'.         ------------------- Talking about comics: if YOU are a comics creator, (writer, penciler, inker, colorist, letterer, etc.), OR even a Comics / Magazine Publisher, feel free to contact me regarding YOUR works for a possible mention / review! I've made a special blog post about: "How To Best Submit YOUR Publication For Possible Review!" for those creators / publishers that would like to possibly have their publications mentioned or reviewed. Just click on the link provided in this paragraph! ~Michael @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com   WEB PAGE NOTE:  This blog post is written for the IE Browser standards. Chrome, Safarai, Netscape, Firefox and the others serve the page up differently. The screen display resolution is best seen at the setting of 1024 x 768. NOTE; All images and characters within this blog post are copyright and trademark their respective owners.