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Over a lifetime of reading comics, Senior Writer Chris Sims has developed an inexhaustible arsenal of facts and opinions. That's why each and every week, we turn to you, to put his comics culture knowledge to the test as he responds to your reader questions...

Over a lifetime of reading comics, Senior Writer Chris Sims has developed an inexhaustible arsenal of facts and opinions. That's why each and every week, we turn to you, to put his comics culture knowledge to the test as he responds to your reader questions...

I've been looking forward to Art Baltazar and Franco's Superman Family Adventures since it was announced, and this week, the release of the first issue brought everything I'd hoped for. It's fun, bright, accessible and -- most importantly -- it features more Jimmy Olsen per page than any other current comic...

One of the most accepted truisms in super-hero comics is that there's not a whole lot of new stuff to be found underneath Earth's yellow sun. With seventy years of heroes, villains, selfless acts and dastardly schemes, plenty of creators have come up with bold new ideas, only to find out that they were done years ago. Probably by Jack Kirby. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. A lot of the fun

This week, DC announced that while they're cutting two story pages out of all of their monthly titles in an effort to keep prices at $2.99, the trade-off is that one of those missing pages will now be filled by the return of the letter column...

As 2010 draws nearer to a close, ComicsAlliance has gathered its annual list of the top 10 best comics and graphic novels to come out in the last 12 months, as selected by our staff. Like any list, it is naturally subjective, but we've packed it chock full of books that had awed us, excited us, and entertained us, and book that we're passionate about recommending...

In this week's issue of "Action Comics," Nick Spencer and RB Silva have returned Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen to a starring role in a series of back-up stories that have already earned the ComicsAlliance Seal of Approval. Not only is it sharply written and beautifully drawn, but considering that it features Jimmy infiltrating an underground techno-bottle to stop a Genie revolution and an a

Here at ComicsAlliance, we value our readership and are always open to what the masses of Internet readers have to say. That's why we've given Senior Writer Chris Sims the punishment pleasure of stepping into the grand tradition of the Answer Man as he responds to your reader questions...

When it was first announced that Nick Spencer and RB Silver were going to be adding Jimmy Olsen backup stories to "Action Comics," I'll admit that I was a little apprehensive -- and more than a little jealous of Spencer, who got my dream job...

DC's Event Horizon panel, moderated by Ian Sattler, promised some big announcements but largely involved sharing bits of news about upcoming titles that we've already heard about before. Sticking around did pay off a little bit, though: The big moment during the Q & A: when asked by a fan about whether or not we'll be seeing Rorschach again, Sattler responded with an extremely suggestive &quo