The End.

Hi. I'd like to say I'm quitting Evan's Library. I've done over 50 posts, but I haven't done one for months because my heart isn't in it. I don't have the willpower to keep doing it. So, I'm stopping writing posts, and I'm leaving this site up for two reasons:
1. I want people to still read my previous posts
2. I don't know how to tear it down.
So, that's my last official post. As of when I publish this, Evan's Library is an archive site. Bye!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Happy Independence Day!

The Ultimate Comicbook Collection, Part Two

Hi! Sorry for the looooooooooong, huge, Gim Allon-sized, gap in posts! I was on vacation! (More about that to follow.) Here's some more about the ultimate comicbook collection for under $1,000,000:
Actually, I think that the comics would be in chronological order in the rooms. There would be a desk with two things: an area to examine and read comics, and a computer to catalog it.
As for location, it would be in Philadelphia. According to this site here, it's number eight least dangerous U.S. city out of the 50 most populated, not counting drought and fires. Also, it's a big city.
Here's the floor plan:

To see what the display cases would look like, click here.
And that's the second part of the Ultimate Comicbook Collection for under $1,000,000! Bye!
P.S. Next up are my VACATION POSTS! Here's a cool picture of a house in Scotland. I bet Charlie Brown would like it. Coconuts, the pain don't hurt:

The Ultimate Comicbook Collection, Part One

Hi! Today, I'm going to talk about what I think might be the ultimate comicbook collection that costs less than $1,000,000. (Hey, comicbooks are expensive!)
First, we have the building. I'd say it would be underground, like this:
Side View
Next up is safety. Of course, everything would be insured against fire, robbery, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and insurance agents, but, because of the more hard to replace comicbooks, there would be a system that sucks out all the air in the room whenever it detects carbon monoxide. There would also be an oxygen tank in case anyone gets trapped inside during a fire. That, and a really, really good dehumidifier.
Now we get to the fun part. The comicbooks! Near the entrance, there would be a complete collection of the Marvel Masterworks books and DC Archives books. For the shelves, there would be display cases with lexon fronts. (A really strong glass-like substance.) The more valuable the comics are, the farther back they would be.
In the very back, there would be Golden Age comics, including All-Star Comics #3.
Stay tuned for Part 2 of the ultimate comicbook collection!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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Four days after my blog's birthday, I'm publishing this post, thanks to technical difficulties and my incredibly bad memory. I've finally got it to work, so here's my birthday post:

This post is being published one year after my first post at Evan's Library! I can't believe that I've been doing it for almost a year! When I started it, I had no idea how long I would be doing it. It could have been one post to who knows how long. But, I'm happy to say that I've surpassed 50 posts and have been doing it for a year! Happy birthday, Evan's Library!

Evan's Library

Hi! Today, I'm going to show you the (nonexistent) actual Evan's Library while it was still a home! We begin with the front view, which can be seen here. Next up is the angle view, here. Finally, we have the entrance view, here. Now, a little history:
Evan's Library used to be a mansion owned by billionaire James Simons (actual person) in Boston. On May 31st, 2010, he gave it to me, who turned it into the world's only comics-specialized library! Here's a sneak peek at the Marvel Masterworks shelf:

Pretty impressive, huh? So come to Boston, across the street from the famous public library, and see Evan's Library! (Okay, don't. It doesn't exist. But still..!)
P.S. Next up is my EVAN'S LIBRARY FIRST BIRTHDAY POST!

Evan's Superman Set

Hi! Have you ever seen the "sets of Superman"? You know, like the DVD collections such as the Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition. (You can read about it here.)
Well, I've designed my OWN set of Superman, and it's called Evan's Superman Set. First off, we have the picture of the front:

You'll notice that inside the carrying handle of the steel-reinforced aluminum box is a loop, which is for this padlock:

Of course, every padlock needs a key, (or a combination) and what better key to have than a key to the Fortress of Solitude?

Maybe it would be attached to a necklace so you don't lose it. Now you've seen the exterior, but what about the interior? Well, I made a diagram of the inside: (Click on it for a better view.)

And it would all be sold for $99! Oh, and in case you can't read the note at the bottom of the diagram, all of the products inside are for sale, except the signed photo of John Byrne and the encyclopedia, which is the wrong size. So how do you like it? I really wish it was a real set, but I designed it, and I know what I like so that's just me. Bye!

Happy Birthday!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGH!!!!!
Four days after my blog's birthday, I'm publishing this post, thanks to technical difficulties and my incredibly bad memory. I've finally got it to work, so here's my birthday post:

This post is being published one year after my first post at Evan's Library! I can't believe that I've been doing it for almost a year! When I started it, I had no idea how long I would be doing it. It could have been one post to who knows how long. But, I'm happy to say that I've surpassed 50 posts and have been doing it for a year! Happy birthday, Evan's Library!

Top Types of Comics By DC and Marvel

Hi! This post happens to be...(cue drumroll) my 50th post at Evan's Library! Today, I'm going to tell you the top seven types of comics made by DC and Marvel, at least in my opinion. It was originally my top five, but I just like so many of them so much, I just changed it to seven.
Number seven is the MARVELS books. While having a head-scratching ending, the rest was really good, though I didn't get how he was more freaked out about the First Coming of Galactus than the first, which kind of contradicted the comics. Oh, well.
Number six is the Marvel monster comics from the Atlas Era. You know, like Groot and Moomba? (To learn about some of the monsters, click here.) I find them pretty cool.
Number five is the Golden Age Sub-Mariner comics. Not only did a huge Namor-Original Human Torch battle be made really cool in the MARVELS comics, I just like them.
Number four is Golden Age Superman comics. Again, I just like them.
Number three is the Silver Age Superman comics. While some were a little goofy and some didn't make sense, I still like them.
Number two is the classic Silver Age Legion of Super-Heroes stories. There was decent art, fantastic characters, and good storylines.
And number one is...the Plastic Man comics from the early forties to mid-fifties!
JUST KIDDING! That isn't my favorite type of comic! (And it probably never will be.) My REAL favorite is...
The incredible Lee/Kirby Fantastic Four run for the first 102 issues of Fantastic Four. Great artwork, great stories...Not many comicbooks (and not ANY types of comicbooks)are better than that run.
And number zero, for being good, but not quite on the Top Seven, is every single other comicbook published by DC and Marvel during the Silver Age of Comics. They're really good!
Bye!

Mistake!

I just found a mistake in comics! I was reading a post on the blog Silver Age Comics, and I found an image from Adventure Comics #289. Here it is:

In the second panel, it shows Krypton with a red sun, as it's almost always depicted, but in the first panel, it's shown with a yellow sun, like Earth. What happened?

Top 5 Coolest Superhero Costume Parts

Hi! I can't believe that my last post was almost a MONTH ago! I'm sorry! Anyway, this post is a list of the five coolest superhero costume parts, in no particular order. (Well, in my opinion, at least.)
1. The Batman utility belt (Click on the image for a better view.)
With a utility belt, Batman can carry his important anti-crime equipment in a non-bulky container. Where would he be without it?
2. The third Robin's shuriken
Face it: a detachable symbol on your costume that doubles as a ninja throwing star is cool.
3. Barry Allen's winged boots
It's a good idea to have the Fastest Man Alive wear winged boots. It just shows how fast he is.
4. The Legion of Super-Heroes flight ring
It can make people fly, act as a tracking device, and send an emergency signal.
5. Superman's entire costume
I love it, to sum it up. Bye!

My personality hasn't fully developed yet.

Hi! You know Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner, right? Proud, dignified, a born ruler, right? So why, in his very first appearance, in Marvel Comics #1 (1939), did he say:

Well, he WAS pretty new.
UPDATE: To clarify, since the Sub-Mariner is so dignified and proud, it wouldn't make sense for him to say "Holy mother of Neptune!"

Heeey...

Hi! Sorry for the ELEVEN DAY LATE post! Today, I'd like to show you two pictures from two comicbooks. One is from Adventure Comics No. 366 (March 1968), the Legion of Super-Heroes' clubhouse:

The second one is of the same clubhouse, a little later, from The Legion's Lost Home (1975), which takes place a little later: (Click on it for a better view.)

So what happened? In the first picture, the clubhouse was totally decimated, but it the second picture, the top fin was just dented a little! Plus, Cosmic Boy said that the Fatal Five "left it a total wreck"! Not to mention Shadow Lass was a member of the Legion for roughly 24 hours, so it's a little odd she would feel nostalgic for the old clubhouse. My guess is that they repaired most of the exterior damage, but then decided completely repairing the whole thing wasn't worth it. Besides, they already had plans for the new one.
Oh, well. I guess I'll just never know for sure. (Sorry also for the bad scan.)

House of Mystery No. 167

Hi! I really like the Showcase Presents _________ books. They have around 500 pages of comics, and they only cost $16.99! (Yes, I know there was a typo in my earlier post about Showcase Presents.)The only drawback is that they're only in black and white. Usually, this isn't much of a problem, but sometimes... (Click on the picture for a better view.)

Evan
P.S. To see the full-color cover of House of Mystery No. 167, clickhere.

Adventure Comics No. 240: "The Super-Teacher From Krypton!" (September 1957)

Hi! Today, I'm going to talk about Adventure Comics No. 240: "The Super-Teacher From Krypton!" (September 1957). It's a little silly, but it has good art, and the plot is OK.
The story opens with the students of Smallville starting a week-long vacation. (I think it's pretty appropriate to talk about this comicbook so close to spring break.) Clark Kent hurries to Pa Kent's general store to help out, but on the way to the store, he sees something like a missile with his telescopic vision.
He changes to Superboy, and flies up to meet whatever the missile-like thing is, and it is revealed that it is a robot from Krypton that's been searching for Superboy "all over the universe", and the robot's origin is told. (Click on the pages for a better view.)


Superboy complete the tests, and tries to do the others, but he doesn't do them very well, as if he did do them well, he would endanger people. Then comes the second-to-last-test on ingenuity. He has to do super feats in Smallville like he usually would, but here's the catch: He has to do them as Clark Kent. When he does them (pushing over a chimney, holding up and moving two statues, and lifting up a tree), he admits that he, Clark Kent, is Superboy. Fortunately, Ma and Pa Kent pretend they didn't know anything about it.
Thankfully, Clark makes a Superboy costume out of a wire frame, and attaches four long, strong wires. He then hurls it at superspeed towards the teacher robot, who had been flying overhead, watching Clark, and it (the costume) slips onto the robot. People see the wires attached to "Superboy" flying overhead, and assume that Superboy really did the feats instead of weak, meek Clark Kent. Clark says that it was a hoax he had done to prove Lana Lang wrong about her suspicions that Clark Kent was Superboy, and Lana, naturally, is embarrassed.
"Moments later",

So, as you saw, it's a little silly, but nonetheless an okay story. You can read the full version here. Bye!

Well...

Hi! Today, I'd like to show you this Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee comic strip from February 27th. Here it is: (Click on it for a larger view.)

I partly agree with Edison. (The guy in the lab coat.) While Stan Lee did take a lot of the really good superhero ideas, he didn't take ALL of them.
Exhibit A in the case against Stan Lee:

On the other hand, Mr. Lee did have some great ideas.

Not to mention Thor, the Hulk, the Avengers, Spider-Man (notice the hyphen), Dr. Strange, Hank Pym, S.H.I.E.L.D. (I think), and the X-Men.
But he didn't come up with the best idea. I think you all know what I'm talking about.

Top 10 Superman Adventures

Hi! Today, I'm going to tell you my 10 favorite Superman comicbooks, including a tiny summary.
10. Number ten is Superman No. 227, an 80-Page giant containing kryptonite stories.
9. Number nine is Action Comics No. 1. I think we all know what happens in that. (You can read it here.)
8. Eight is Action Comics No. 211 "The Superman Spectaculars!", where Superman preforms super-feats in five different countries for the five international editions of the Daily Planet.
7. Seven is Action Comics No. 429 "The Man Who Wrote Superman's Obituary!", when the man working in the Daily Planet's morgue writes a biography of Superman.
6. Six is Action Comics No. 436 "The Super-Cigars of Perry White!", where Perry White suddenly gains super-powers.
5. Five is Superman No. 141 "Superman's Return to Krypton!" (You can read it here.)
Superman No. 162 "The Amazing Story of Superman Red and Superman Blue!" (You can read it here.)
Superman Annual No. 9 "I flew with Superman!"
4. Four is Adventure Comics No. 352, 353, 365, and 366, the first and second appearances of the Fatal Five (Yes, I know that it doesn't have SuperMAN in it but it does have SuperBOY, who are the same person, just with an age difference.)
3. Three is Superman No. 187 "An All-Star Collection Featuring Superman's Inner Sanctum!", which is another 80-Page giant with the Fortress of Solitude.
2. Two is one of those "best of" collections, Superman No. 193 "Featuring SUPER-Stories Published During the Last 28 Years!"
1. And number one is...is...actually, I don't really have a number one. It's undecided. If I could make a Superman comicbook, it would probably be a collection of the best 30 Superman stories made from June 1938 to 2008.
Thanks for reading this! Zbohom!

Snippets: Fantastic Four

Hi! Today, I'm going to show you two snippets; one from Fantastic Four #2, and one from the Marvel Wiki. Here's the snippet from Fantastic Four #2, when the Super-Skrull is demonstrating his powers to the Skrull king (click on it for a larger view):

Pretty normal, right? (Well, normal for comicbooks) But, the snippet from the Marvel Wiki says:
"Over the years, through rigerous training and further mutation, his strength dramatically increased to the point where he could lift roughly 85 tons. He has continued to exercise over the years using special equipment designed by Reed Richards. It is believed his strength has increased further, sufficient to lift at least 90 tons , and will continue to do say as a future version of the Thing states. However, The Thing has shown multiple feats of strength that would require a strength level far in excess of the ability to lift 100 tons such as successfully holding back a giant alien spacecraft from jettisoning from Earth [12] and stopping a multiple story building (weighing roughly 30,000 tons) from falling over and lifting it back into place [13]. "
My question is, why did the people at Marvel want to change it? They probably just decided that he wasn't strong enough, but I could be wrong. Does anybody know? Let me know in the comments. Чао!

A Reading Recommendation

Hi! Today, I'm going to tell you about a cool series of graphic novels. They're pretty old, the main creator died,and they were originally published in England. And they aren't Asterix. They're Tintin. Tintin is a series of graphic novels about a young reporter named Tintin. He lives in England with his dog, Snowy, and his best friend is a retired sea captain named Captain Haddock.
Tintin goes of adventures around the world, and even though his job is referenced a lot, he's only seen writing a story once. There are 24 graphic novels, but the first one is black-and-white, and the 24th is only half-finished. Click to here see all the covers in chronological order.
Despite the downsides, Tintin is really a cool series, and I highly recommend it. So go to your local library right now, and check a Tintin book out! Afscheid!

Fantastic Four #59

Hi again! Today, I'm going to show you an awesome Fantastic Four cover. Not only is the comicbook from my favorite period of Fantatsic Four, (Fantastic Four issues 20-62) it also has a great plot and, as I mentioned, a cover that's...well...fantastic. So, without further ado, let me present the cover of Fantastic Four #59.

The Inhumans break free? They've been trying to do that ever since Fantastic Four #45, a year and four months ago! And this is the issue right after the two issues where Doctor Doom gains the Silver Surfer's powers? What the heck is going to happen inside? The Black Bolt in front of an exploding city in the middle of the Fantastic Four, really catches the eye, especially with Reed Richards reaching out towards you. Also, the 12 cent cover price is a nice addition to an already great cover.
So, as you can see, Fantastic Four #59 is truly an amazing cover. Bye!

Superbowl Ad Aftermath

Hi! On the day after the Superbowl, I'd like to tell you about my favorite ad that was shown during the 2011 superbowl. (I only saw a few seconds of the actual game, what with me re-reading the Secret Wars collection I checked out from the library.)
In the the ad, a man is driving in his car in front of a bridge. He swerves to avoid hitting a beaver. Six months later, he's driving his car in the same spot, when a tree chewed down by a beaver crashes down in front of him, forcing him to hit the brakes. The camera then shows the river has overflowed, destroying a bridge. The beaver then gives the driver a salute.
I just really like that ad. What's your favorite 2011 superbowl ad? Let me know in the comments. Alpha!

Favorite Moments in Comicbooks

Hi! Today, I'm going to show you one of my favorite moments in comicbooks, from Super-Villain Classics #1(1983), which features the origin of Galactus. One of my favorite parts is the last page, where Galactus says: (Click on it for a bigger view)

It's pretty impressive. How will Galactus give back to the universe? Maybe it's how he could stop the rouge Watcher and crack open his armor, creating the next Big Bang. But then again, that's only a possible future. Anyway, the only thing that could make it better is a full-body shot of Galactus as he says it. Oh, well. I still really like it. Adios!
P.S. Apologies for the bad scan of Galactus and for the lack of recent posts.

Look at THIS one!

Hi, and happy Martin Luther King Junior Day! apologies for not doing this post a few days ago; I had writer's block. Today, I'd like to show you an awesome cover, specifically Avengers #4. (1998) Here it is:

Here are the reasons it is awesome:
1. The big "A" The giant "A" for Avengers is jam-packed with tons of them. I especially like how some parts of their faces are off-screen, as if someone cut a big A-shaped hole in the cover.
2. The logo In the Avengers logo, instead of the main heroes, like Avengers #3, (1998)as shown here, there's a big question mark.
3. The "Who will be the Avengers?" blurb The blurb was a nice way to clue in the reader what was going on. It was also a little clearer to have it, unlike SOME covers, where it's completely unnecessary.
And that's an awesome cover! Bye!