Julia Dixon Evans: In 1769, Father Junípero Serra founded the first Spanish mission in California — just a couple of miles from our KPBS studio. Back then, California was home to an estimated 300,000 ...
Spider-Man is one of Marvel's most iconic characters, and this has caused him to have some even more iconic comic covers.
A copy of Action Comics #1, which first introduced the character of Superman to the world in 1938 and was once owned by ...
How does a writer approach guiding comic book legends through new sagas? Allow Phillip Kennedy Johnson to explain.
EAST LANSING, MI — Before visiting Michigan State University’s massive comic book collection, I asked librarian Jason Larsen to set aside what he considers the five rarest or quirkiest items. Not the ...
A detail from Johnny Craig's infamous cover to "Crime SuspenStories" No. 22 from EC Comics. Credit: Comic Book cover For avid followers of comic book history, 1954 was the most epochal, unsettling, ...
Nicholas Hoult plays Lex Luthor in writer/director James Gunn's Superman reboot movie. And from what we've seen in the trailers, it looks like we'll be witnessing his transformation from ruthless ...
ST. LOUIS – With the highly anticipated release of Marvel Studios’ “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” hitting theaters nationwide this Friday, July 25th, St. Louis has its own moment in the Marvel ...