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I finally found a good OCR program, so I think it's time to start sharing these gems of entries from the old Marvel and DC Comics character handbooks. First up, the strange looking M.O.D.A.M.
If M.O.D.O.K. was a good idea, then why not have MODAM was probably the consensus around the Marvel Comics offices when [...]

The Hero Initiative is starting a fund raiser for retired comic creators. More than 80 artists were asked to participate by drawing a custom sketch on the blank cover of a specially produced Ultimate Spider-Man #100, with 100 total custom covers created. Proceeds from the auctions will benefit the Hero Initiative’s efforts to"provide a financial [...]

Photographer DULCE PINZON has an amazing set of photos dedicated to the work of Mexican immigrant workers who send money to their families every month. She’s dressed the workers as popular superheroes and each photo depicts them at work as the hero. Do yourself a favor and check out all the photos in the series.

This past Wednesday, Marvel Comics relaunched their series Thunderbolts with issue #110. The relaunch has a team of villains led by a newly pardoned Norman Osborne (Green Goblin) tracking down super-heroes who have not registered with the government.
Evidently the comic features a page that "shows" a TV commercial for Thunderbolts toys. When I saw [...]

If Superheroes aged in "real time," the ones we (and our parents) grew up reading might look a little bit like the works of artist Giles Barbier.

While you're on the site, be sure to check out some of his other works.

If you look at my comics list on the site, you’ll see that the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and DC Who’s Who are some of my favorites. There’s something about having all of that information in one place. The bad thing about them is they become outdated even before they are published.
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