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You Won’t Throwback The Black Beetle #0 On The Wednesday Run – December 19, 2012
There are lots of new comic books out on the store shelves today. Lots. All of the publishing companies, big and small, are pushing books out on the last before-the-holidays Wednesday even though...
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It’s A Warm Farewell With Winter Soldier #14 On The Wednesday Run – January...
There are the comic books you read because they star a particularly favourite character – or group of characters. There are also the comic books you read because a major got-the-fans-talking storyline...
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Kickstart This! – The Adventures Of Aero-Girl
The Adventures of Aero-Girl is a find on Kickstarter. They have only 9 days left and they are almost to their goal! With art and quotes like these – how can you go wrong? “THE ADVENTURES OF AERO-GIRL...
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Hyperbole Abounds With Jupiter’s Legacy #1 On The Wednesday Run – April 24, 2013
When a comic book company advertises one of their new publications as the comic book event of the year, you’ve got to assume that it’s just hyperbole. Heck, it happens all the time. The big spring,...
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Dream Thief Dreams Of Being A Superhero On The Wednesday Run–May 15, 2013
Who doesn’t like a good “possession” story? Yep, those sorts of ghost/demon/entity tales wherein a strange force takes over the body of a living host are where it’s at. I mean, The Exorcist, written by...
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Today, We Are Gathered Together By Unity #1 On The Wednesday Run–November 6,...
A phoenix from the ashes. That’s what we’re talking about when we talk about publisher Valiant Entertainment. Founded in the late 1980’s as Valiant Comics by Marvel Comics legends, Jim Shooter and Bob...
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Biff Bam Pop’s Holiday Gift Guide 2014: Comic Book Compilations Part 1
Over the last few weeks, our 2014 Gift Guide has detailed a number of comic book related ideas that you should consider wrapping up for that special pop-culture comic book fan in your life. You can...
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Go Capespotting With PLUTONA #1 On The Wednesday Run
Think back to your childhood. Do you remember those distinct coming-of-age moments? Opening the pages to a stolen nudie magazine. Seeing your grandmother pass away. Your first kiss. An after-school...
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Repo THE PAYBACKS #1 On The Wednesday Run
You know, there are times when I pause and sit back at my office desk and contemplate things other than the work that is at hand. There are moments in the middle of a droning conversation where I’ll...
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Aw Shucks, It’s Millar With His HUCK #1 On The Wednesday Run
Everybody remembers that scene, in that movie, don’t they? Revered American comic book superhero creation, a fictional emblem for those who believe in truth and justice and all things inherently good,...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2015: Comic Book Collections Part 2
Yesterday, we highlighted a number of horror, science fiction, detective and all-round heroic comic book softcover compilations that you could (and should!) gift your friend or loved one this holiday...
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The Wednesday Run – September 7, 2011
DC’s supremacy over all-comics-interesting continues this month. I suppose releasing 52 brand new first issues will do that sort of thing. Many of the titles from the company’s “new 52” that I thought...
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Mysterious And Heavy Lands The “Black Hammer #1” On The Wednesday Run
First issues. They get me excited! And first issues by great creators that I trust and whose work I constantly follow due to their reverence for the history of the comic book art forum – as well as...
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It’s A Cat, It’s A Bird, It’s “Angel Catbird Volume 1” On The Wednesday Run
If you’ve been reading Biff Bam Pop! regularly over the last few days, you’ll know that this past weekend in Toronto was a busy one: Fan Expo Canada happened over four days in the city, as it does...
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It’s Time For The Crazy Necessity Of “Doom Patrol #1” On The Wednesday Run
A funny thing happened on the way to the Vertigo Comics section of the comic book stand: It wasn’t there anymore. Well, it hasn’t been there for some time, really. We’ve been talking about it in...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2016: Comic Book Collections Part 3
Over the last few weeks, we’ve highlighted a series of comic book collections that would make ideal gifts for your comic book loving friends and loved ones this season. You can find the first part of...
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Relive Days Gone By With “Black Hammer Giant-Sized Annual” On The Wednesday Run
The comic book annual. In many ways, the comic book annual is a thing of the past – the last refuge of a special excitement for regular readers of an ongoing comic book series. For the most part, the...
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It Won’t Take Wealth To Get Your Hands On “The Black Sinister” HC On The...
It’s been ten years since the 2007-2008 global financial crisis that devastated longstanding, too-big-to-fail, banking institutions and shattered the life savings of hundreds of thousands of hard...
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31 Days Of Horror: The Wednesday Run Goes Criminal With “Sherlock...
Since the summer of 2016, acclaimed writer Jeff Lemire and fan favourite artist Dean Ormston have been crafting a monthly superhero story full of mystery, dread, heart and heartbreak. Here is the tale...
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31 Days Of Horror: The Wednesday Run Goes BOO! With “DC House Of Horror #1”
We’re literally six sleeps away from one of the best times of year! And with all the little ghosts and ghouls and goblins (and, let’s face it, superheroes) ringing your doorbell and asking for tricks...
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It’s A Dark & Looney “Moon Knight #188” On The Wednesday Run
I know there are a number of Moon Knight fans out there, fans from all the way back to the characters first ongoing monthly series in 1980, written by comic book luminary, Doug Moench and illustrated...
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Road To Justice League: Long & Winding & Obstacle Filled
The road to the about-to-be-released Justice League film has been a long and winding one. Long and winding and fraught with bumps and pitfalls and massive industry, cultural, commercial and familial...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2017: Comic Book Collections Part 2
There’s time! There’s time! You still have time! I know: you’re looking to buy that perfect, mid-priced, comic book collection for a friend or loved one as a gift for the holiday season, aren’t you?...
View ArticleTrailer Time: ‘Spider-Man: Far from Home’
Peter Parker crosses the big pond in the new trailer for Spider-Man: Far from Home. This looks like an 80s sequel, like it should be called Peter Parker’s European Vacation. But with the likable Tom...
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‘Mike Grell: Life Is Drawing Without An Eraser’ hits a Bullseye
I was first introduced to the artistic work of comic book legend, writer and artist Mike Grell, in the early nineteen eighties. His monthly fantasy series The Warlord (1976-1988), published by DC...
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Escape Humdrum With The ‘Mister Miracle HC’ On The Wednesday Run
You may not know much about Mister Miracle – and that’s OK. He’s a fairly obscure DC Comics character that came to (relative) prominence via his inclusion in the mid 1980’s version of the Justice...
View Article‘Brightburn’ Melds Heroes and Horror into a Bloody Stew
What if Superman was a bad guy? It’s actually an age old question that has been explored in comics books over the Man of Steel’s existence, most recently in Tom Taylor’s exceptional Injustice series,...
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Cosmic Team-Up Redux In ‘The Green Lantern #8’ On The Wednesday Run
We’ve highlighted the monthly series, The Green Lantern, here at The Wednesday Run column before. It was only seven months ago and you can read that particular entry right here. All of the excitement...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2019 – Comic Book Collections Part 1
So, you’re looking to pick up a comic book compilation or a graphic novel for a friend or a family member: brother, sister, daughter or son, this holiday season. Well, you’ve come to the right website....
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Multi-Creatives Take Over With ‘Black Hammer: Visions #1’ On The Wednesday Run
We here at Biff Bam Pop! love our Black Hammer! Created by the brilliant minds of Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Moon Knight, Descender, Essex County), and Dean Ormston (Lucifer, Books of Magick: Life...
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The Blockbuster Summer Event Arrives In ‘Crossover’ Vol 1On The Wednesday Run
It’s nearly summer. If you’re a comic book reader – well, a comic book reader of the “Big Two” publishers, Marvel Comics and DC Comics, that generally means it’s high time for a blockbuster crossover...
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Uncover A Heroic Lie In “Cloaked #1” On The Wednesday Run
You could be forgiven if your first reminisces upon reading the premise to the new and eagerly anticipated Dark Horse Comics, four-issue miniseries, Cloaked, was 1986’s now legendary, genre-breaking...
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Line Up For Excitement & Execution With ‘Suicide Squad: Blaze #1’ On The...
Thanks to two action-packed, big-budget movies and one strangely fun and irreverent HBO Max television series, pretty much everyone knows who the Suicide Squad is. Now. A few years back, no one...
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The Answer Can Be Found In ‘The Question Omnibus Vol. 1’ On The Wednesday Run
In early 1987, DC Comics released the first monthly issue of The Question, a mysterious crimefighter that not many comic book readers knew much about, let alone recognized. Those readers could be...
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Feast Your Eyes On & Warm Your Comic Book Soul With ‘Legends Of the DC...
When a book proudly carries a title like Legends of the DC Universe, the mind automatically jumps to more famous DC Comics superheroes such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash and all of the...
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Take The Tour With ‘City Boy #1’ On The Wednesday Run
Over the last several weeks, DC Comics has been regularly premiering three new superhero titles, all of them being six monthly issues in length, that focus on new characters who hail from diverse...
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Experience A Wonderful Piece of History In ‘Wonder Woman Historia: The...
If there’s one complaint about Wonder Woman, it’s the perceived lack of classic, monumental, stories or storylines incorporating the character or her Amazonian heritage and history. Certainly, there’s...
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Go Nuts With ‘Batman ’89: Echoes #1’ On The Wednesday Run
I can still remember skipping high school classes the day that Tim Burton’s first Batman film found its way into theatres. Wearing our favourite Dark Knight or Joker t-shirts, my buddies and I...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2023: Comic Book Compilations – Part 1
If you’re anything like me (and let’s face it, if you’re frequenting this website, it means we probably share a lot in common) you’re neck deep in holiday shopping. Whether it’s actually pulling the...
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Find More Answers In ‘The Question Omnibus Vol. 2’ On The Wednesday Run
It’s no secret that this particular writer is a big fan of the Steve Ditko creation, The Question. Created in 1967 and published by Charlton Comics within the back pages of Blue Beetle, The Question...
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