RAHWAY — Mike Okaly has been collecting comics since he was 8 years old. Now collecting is not just his hobby, it’s his livelihood. He and his wife, Pamela, are owners of Classic Comics in Rahway.

The moment his shield was spotted in Tony Stark’s workshop, we took a giant step closer to the day when the words Captain America would light up across marquees. While we’re still over two years away and the project continues to remain shrouded in secrecy, here’s a round up of what’s known so far…

Everyone who has watched or studied animation for a fair amount of time can tell you who the greats are; many of them are recognizable by first name alone. Bugs, Woody, Donald, Rocky, Mickey, Scooby, Homer, Fred and Wilma all need no further elucidation.

While Dwight MacPherson lives in what we consider reality, he plies his trade in the world of fantasy, combining history, fiction and a vivid imagination to create fantastic stories of circus kids who solve mysteries, of legendary authors who pursue their lost imaginations, of pirates, superheroes and misfits.

Batman, Spider-Man and the Flash have a new comics compatriot: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.

Smallville (TV) We talk to the writer about the big Justice Society of America episode.

HARTFORD, Conn. — Thanks to East Hartford, Conn., resident Cesar Feliciano, Batman, Spider-Man and the Flash have a new comics compatriot: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Feliciano recently finished the artwork for “Female Force: Sonia Sotomayor,” a comic book that will be available in April.

If you surveyed superhero fans to guess which Marvel Comics character would produce the best and the most direct-to-video animated movies, it’s unlikely that many… [read more]

Conspiracy Theory is a new editorial column where we debate the merits of various oddball theories that might not be as kooky as they sound. In today’s edition, we ask whether The Sentry, Marvel’s Golden Guardian of Good, might actually be Marvelman. The two heroes share a number of conceptual similarities. Fans have already argued that the duo are too similar to exist within the same universe …

Scapled, Sweet Tooth, Nova, Invincible Iron Man, Boys, and Siege all drop this week, and all would likely have made my top ten list, but instead we&rsquo…

Mike Fischetti is known to readers of The Mirror , Fairfield University’s student-run paper, as “Comic Book Boy,” thanks to his column of the same name. Recently, the Fairfield U senior has made his interest in funny books downright academic with a three-credit independent study on the…

Spider-Man has Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando in a web that legal experts say could put the rival resorts at risk of antitrust complaints.

It’s New Comic Book Day! Here are the books of the week we’re itchin’ to pick up.

HARTFORD, Conn. - Thanks to East Hartford, Conn., resident Cesar Feliciano, Batman, Spider-Man and the Flash have…

HARTFORD, Conn. - Thanks to East Hartford, Conn., resident Cesar Felici-ano, Batman, Spider-Man and the Flash have a new comics compatriot: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Soto-mayor.

Lost finally returns, thank God! Time to get past the hype of what might happen and on to what actually happens. There’s also a major Smallville movie event that revels in superheroes galore AND Kristin Kreuk goes Nerd Herd in Chuck , Peter tries to save Sylar on Heroes , The Vampire Diaries flashes back to Katherine’s troublemaking days, Sam and Dean go back in time to save their parents from …

Our friends over at Comicscape ran an interesting piece called The Three Cs of Comics (consistency, continuity, and confusion) as they relate to new readers. Chad Derdowski made light of the dense and daunting world of superhero comics and their tangled…

Sunday and Wednesday. Opera. Bass Hao Jiang Tian is among the first Chinese-born singers to achieve international fame in the field. He earned his master’s degree from the University of Denver in 1987 and has retained close ties to the area since.

On a cloudy day in late October 2007, as I made my way down Elmwood Avenue toward Allen Street, something unsettling entered my peripheral vision.

LeBron James grows up in the inspiring documentary “More Than a Game,” Rose Byrne grows worried in the unconventional romance “Adam,” and Lon Chaney Jr. grows a lot of body hair in the 1941 horror classic, “The Wolf Man.”

LONDON - Future, the specialist publishing group, has appointed Carat associate director Steve Payne to the new role of ad planning director.

After years of avoiding the Good Book like the plague, Hollywood has done an about-face on faith. As people are faced every day with threats of terrorism, environmental decay and economic uncertainty, a number of recent films, such as “The Blind Side,” “The Book of Eli” and “Legion,” have embraced religion. “The Road” tackled morality and its place in the world. Terry Gilliam’s “The Imaginarium …

Fans can get photos taken with some of the media guests at scheduled times. Guests charge for autographs and photos. “I am hoping to make this one because Adam West will be there,” film/video junior Patrick Camacho said. He said he’d like to ask West to record a voice mail greeting.

One of my favorite things about going home is catching up with the months of comic books I have not read. My days of covering my ears whenever I hear “Hal Jordan this” or “Batman and Robin that” are temporarily over.

Thanks to East Hartford resident Cesar Feliciano, Batman, Spider-Man and the Flash have a new comics compatriot: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.