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What would Zorro (or someone kinda like him) look like in the 21st Century?
Definitely not Zorro. It’s Zorro.21 Like it or not, the character Zorro has slipped into the Public Domain. Don’t get too excited with your publishing plans, though. The owners of the Zorro copyright...
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The Heathcliff Weirdness Level: A Daily Index of Heathcliff Comics
To determine the Daily Weirdness Level of a Heathcliff comic, please note the elements in the comic, consult the chart below and make a sum of points. Although the sum can achieve higher than 100 or...
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Lash Lightning, Dash Lightning are ready to patrol New Cairo
Lash Lightning design by John Simcoe Here’s another Public Domain character makeover. This time, Comics on the Brain turns to Lash Lightning from Ace Comics! Lash began his crime-fighting career in the...
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How can I get superpowers? Comics on the Brain offers you some tips!
As an expert on all things superhero, it’s not unheard of for knowledge-seekers to … uh … seek knowledge from Team Comics on the Brain. Just recently, one such lost soul scaled the summit and entered...
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The Star Wars that weren’t: Imagining a Legacy
With the success of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” and the fact that “Solo: A Star Wars Story” was a darn fine movie as well, we couldn’t help but imagine a better “Star Wars” movie and TV show...
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Enter the Spark Man … yet another electric-themed superhero from the 1940s
The earliest comic heroes often shared very similar characteristics. Capes were still a thing. Everybody was super-strong. They all seemed to be eager to join the Army to fight Nazis, and when the...
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Jungle Tales of Johnny Cash – Part 1
When country singer Johnny Cash’s tour plane crashed in the remote jungles of Africa, the Man in Black adopted a new life, launching the Jungle Tales of Johnny Cash! Yes, he does indeed walk the vine!...
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Jungle Tales of Johnny Cash – Part 2
We’re back with the continuation of “Jungle Tales of Johnny Cash” …. When we last left Johnny Cash, he survived a plane crash in the deadly African Jungle. Blinded in the disaster, he successfully...
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Magno solves Super-Mysteries in Hong Kong
The newest Public Domain redesign challenge has turned its eye on a character named Magno. Chances are you haven’t heard of Magno because he wasn’t a character created by any of the big Golden Age...
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Super Ann and the Super-Kid Crusaders
First appearing in Amazing Man Comics in 1941, the heroine known as Super Ann is described as a somewhat dainty superhuman who is cleverly assisted — in secret — by Mighty Man. Like many of the new...
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Enter the Spark Man … yet another electric-themed superhero from the 1940s
The earliest comic heroes often shared very similar characteristics. Capes were still a thing. Everybody was super-strong. They all seemed to be eager to join the Army to fight Nazis, and when the...
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Jungle Tales of Johnny Cash – Part 1
When country singer Johnny Cash’s tour plane crashed in the remote jungles of Africa, the Man in Black adopted a new life, launching the Jungle Tales of Johnny Cash! Yes, he does indeed walk the vine!...
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Jungle Tales of Johnny Cash – Part 2
We’re back with the continuation of “Jungle Tales of Johnny Cash” …. When we last left Johnny Cash, he survived a plane crash in the deadly African Jungle. Blinded in the disaster, he successfully...
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Magno solves Super-Mysteries in Hong Kong
The newest Public Domain redesign challenge has turned its eye on a character named Magno. Chances are you haven’t heard of Magno because he wasn’t a character created by any of the big Golden Age...
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Super Ann and the Super-Kid Crusaders
First appearing in Amazing Man Comics in 1941, the heroine known as Super Ann is described as a somewhat dainty superhuman who is cleverly assisted — in secret — by Mighty Man. Like many of the new...
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What are the best features of D&D 5th edition?
CotB had an opportunity to try a few sessions of fifth-edition Dungeons & Dragons. It proved to be a great time that allowed us to focus on the story and our characters. Not only that, it felt like...
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Jungle Tales of Johnny Cash — The Complete Comic Script
At long last, it’s done! Here is the finished comic script for “Jungle Tales of Johnny Cash.” Jungle Johnny Cash makes the best out a bad situation You can download it for free here, it’s also a sample...
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I.W. Atlas: A superhero born from the legacy of I.W. Publishing
“Hey, Skinny! Your ribs are showing!” — Israel “Mac” Waldmann had heard it all. This insult — and a savage beating — made a man out of little Mac. Backed by the secrets of the gods, he transformed into...
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Stilt-Man will always stand tall
When CotB started reading comics, Marvel Comics were the comics to read. We’re talking the early 1980s, and it was sometime then that we picked up a copy of Amazing Spider-Man that featured a new-to-us...
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Adventure magazine and Ared White
This issue of Adventure magazine, a 10-cent pulp from December 1932, features an eye-catching cover. It depicts a troop of knights reaching the shores after some sort of journey across the sea. Are...
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