Comic News Recap: Sal Buscema Tribute, Supergirl goes global, and Absolute reprints

About this episode

The episode features a tribute to Sal Buscema and a recap of recent comic news.

Edmund Dansart is back from hiatus to join the show for a special tribute episode. In this one, we celebrate the life and career of comics fast and furious artist Sal Buscema, followed by recapping comic news from the year so far, like the global Supergirl anthology and the Absolute Universe's latest reprint run. Ed also chimes in with his favorite comics at the moment (Universal Monsters: The Invincible Man, James Stokoe's Orphan in the Five Beasts, This Ends Tonight) Check out patreon...

People in this episode

Host: Badr Milligan

Guest: Edmund Dansart

Topics covered

• comic news
• Sal Buscema tribute
• Supergirl anthology
• Absolute reprints
• favorite comics

Keywords

• comic news
• Sal Buscema
• Supergirl
• Absolute Universe
• favorite comics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Absolute Universe

Books & works: Universal Monsters: The Invincible Man, James Stokoe's Orphan in the Five Beasts, This Ends Tonight, Supergirl

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