Book News: First Superman Comic Soars To $3.2 Million At Auction

Book News: First Superman Comic Soars To .2 Million At Auction

A copy of 1938"s Action Comics No. 1, which features the first appearance of Superman, sold for a record-breaking $ 3,207,852 to an unnamed buyer on Sunday. Darren Adams, the owner of Pristine Comics, posted it on eBay on Aug. 14. The only other comic …
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Charger Bulletin staff conquers Comic Con

I talked with him about the relationship between movies and comics and how they may not be quite like you would think. We tend to believe that changes in the comics affect the films, and reasonably so, since the films are based on the stories in these …
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New Spider-Woman comic cover condemned for "blatant sexualisation"

Announced at Comic-Con in San Diego last month , as part of a "Women of Marvel" panel, the new series, by author Dennis Hopeless and artist Greg Land, is set to debut in November, starring Jessica Drew as Spider-Woman. A variant cover for the first …
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Images from Wizard World Chicago Comic Con in Rosemont

Noah Fuller, 15 of Tinley Park poses for a photo with Lou Ferrigno, aka the "Hulk" from the 1970s TV during his visit to the Comic Con convention at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont. Fuller said his dad used to watch the Hulk on TV …
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Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century (American Century)

Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century (American Century)

Coney Island: the name still resonates with a sense of racy Brooklyn excitement, the echo of beach-front popular entertainment before World War I. Amusing the Million examines the historical context in which Coney Island made its reputation as an amusement park and shows how America"s changing social and economic conditions formed the basis of a new mass culture. Exploring it afresh in this way, John Kasson shows Coney Island no longer as the object of nostalgia but as a harbinger of modernity--

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For $1.575 million, you could own the kissing cousin of a priceless ...

For .575 million, you could own the kissing cousin of a priceless …

For the privilege of walking the grounds of Philip Johnson"s Glass House, the building that brought its architect (and resident) instant fame when it was completed in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1949, you"ll pay $ 30, or $ 100 for an extended visit. An …
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"Priceless" DIA art featured in citywide reproductions

The Detroit Institute of Arts has stationed its reproduction collection of priceless portraits around Downtown West Dearborn as part its Inside-Outside Program, which brings the replicas of art throughout communities surrounding metro Detroit. The DIA …
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Comedy Special "Katt Williams: Priceless: Afterlife" to Premiere Saturday …

KATT WILLIAMS: PRICELESS: AFTERLIFE, featuring the hot comic in his second HBO solo special, directed by Spike Lee, debuts SATURDAY, AUG. 16 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT). Other HBO playdates: Aug. 18 (10:45 p.m., 3:20 a.m.), 26 (9:00 p.m., 2:40 a.m.) …
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Ex-Im Bank Exceeds Travel Budget By $3 Million

Ex-Im Bank Exceeds Travel Budget By Million

The Export-Import Bank seeks to save export subsidies, but it seems less interested in saving money on its travel budget, the Washington Examiner reports. In fact, the Export-Import Bank exceeded its travel budget by about $ 1 million in each of the …
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Richard Branson: My biggest travel disaster

It is crucial to find time to rest during business travel, so we created the best flat beds in the skies. Again, our rivals thought we were barmy as they would take up too much room – now many of them have copied the idea. Now when I"m flying Virgin …
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10 Travel Diet Tips From Alison Sweeney of "The Biggest Loser"

To keep wholesome routines intact, Alison Sweeney, the actress, mother, and host of the TV show “The Biggest Loser,” has given us her 10 best tips for staying in shape while traveling and her favorite dishes that she deems worthy of a few extra …
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