J M Wetherington Sr
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Miracle Monday
Monday , 18, May 2020 Books, Comic Books, Special Days Comments Off on Miracle MondayHappy Miracle Monday! Do you know what Miracle Monday is? If you’re a fan of Superman you probably do. But if not, allow me to explain. To begin with, Miracle Monday is the title of a Superman novel written by Elliot S! Maggin (yes, that’s an exclamation point after his middle initial, and I’m not […]
Happy Leap Day and Happy Birthday Superman!
Saturday , 29, February 2020 Comic Books, Special Days Comments Off on Happy Leap Day and Happy Birthday Superman!Leap Day Today is that day that only rolls around every four years; Leap Day. In school we were taught that every year has 365 days…except Leap Year which occurs every four years on February 29th. The reason is that February 29th every four years helps keep our calendars aligned with planet Earth’s rotation around […]
Father’s Day 2018
Sunday , 17, June 2018 Comic Books, Family, Holidays, Sports, Star Trek Comments Off on Father’s Day 2018It’s been three years since I shared my Father’s Day cards, gifts, and calls here, so I thought Father’s Day 2018 was perhaps time again. First up is this awesome cap from my youngest grandchildren, Jade and Maxwell. Cindy is going to be bringing it to me in a couple of weeks when she comes […]
Action Comics #1 – Superman’s 80th Anniversary
Tuesday , 24, April 2018 Comic Books Comments Off on Action Comics #1 – Superman’s 80th AnniversaryOnce I become a time traveler, the first thing I’m going to do (after killing Hitler before his rise to power and stopping Oswald before he assassinates Kennedy, but before I go visit with Einstein in Princeton) is go back to the year 1938. Sometime between April 18th and May 3rd because that’s when Action […]
Happy 56th Birthday to The Incredible Hulk
Tuesday , 27, February 2018 Comic Books Comments Off on Happy 56th Birthday to The Incredible HulkIt was 56 years ago this month that The Incredible Hulk #1 hit the newsstands of the day, though cover-dated May, which was the practice in those days. The year before Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had started the Marvel Comics revolution with the publication of Fantastic Four #1, and now they added The Incredible […]
I attended the North Texas Comic Book Show a couple of weekends ago and you can read about my two days there by clicking here for the first part of day one, here for the second part of day one, and here for day two. Today’s post is just a few photos I took during […]
I’m finally getting around to writing about and sharing photos from my trip to the North Texas Comic Book Show – Day Two. You can read about day one, part one here; and day one, part two here. This will be long as I’m trying to fit it all into one post. The Sunday morning […]
If you missed it, you can read about the first part of day one at the North Texas Comic Book Show right here. After getting my main mission accomplished, I was able to relax a bit and enjoy the show. First up was Jim Shooter’s one-man-panel on storytelling. When Jim Shooter was 14 years old […]
I arrived at the convention center on Saturday for the North Texas Comic Book Show at 8:30 am for a 10 am “doors opening” time. There were already a few people in line to get their tickets, but I already had mine so I stepped outside to get a shot of the exterior of the […]
It’s been a while since I’ve been to a Comic Book Convention, so I’m especially looking forward to going to the North Texas Comic Book Show this weekend for my first visit to this event. I marked this on my calendar back in November in case I was still here in Austin, so I’m really […]