Wow. I am SO very glad I picked up the new book
The book is one in a long line of efforts in the last few years to kick-start the Flash Gordon property, and at last this one truly succeeds.
The story is by Jeff Parker with art by Evan Shaner. So far
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Editor's Note: Due to a schedule change at his "main" job, the Captain's Comics Guide commentary is necessarily limited this week. But the list is as comprehensive as ever, and the Captain has bumped up the cover size to see if you
Read more…It's not that it doesn't seem to have much to do with the story as much as the images of the JLA members with drawn images behind them doesn't make sense to me. It doesn't look bad artistically, it just seems kinda off somehow.
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Forever Evil #7: DC Comics finally brings their epic Trinity War/Forever Evil storyline to its climax with three books this week: Justice League #30, Justice League of America #14 (the final issue) and Forever Evil #7 (of 7). I
Read more…In case you're wondering, this is the Old 52 versions of these two heroines.
That's important, because it means they're both wearing fishnet stockings -- which I'm guessing is the reason someone got the idea to pair these two characters, and why the
Read more…I like that Geoff Johns has grafted a motivation to Barry Allen. If you've missed it, it's that Barry's mother was killed by a blur, and his father was convicted for the murder and went to jail. So he became a forensic scientist because he's obsessed
Read more…I'm puzzled really, I expected Power Girl and Huntress to show up and neither of them did. In fact this sort of wrapped up a lot quicker than I thought it would. Marella shows up to help, not for the world army or anything but for Batman, a hint of
Read more…This book stars "G.I. Zombie," which alone caused me a wry smile -- back in the long-ago time, it was G.I. Robot in World War II. Time -- and fads -- change.
Anyway, this zombie isn't in combat at all -- he appears to be involved in a modern-day Home
Read more…I have no idea why DC sent me this for review, since they haven't sent me any others for a long time, so I have no idea what's going on.
But you know what? It's a good little issue. It moves several plots along that I know nothing about, but the char
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Marvel's got to work this into a comic somehow.
Read more…The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has release "Working With Libraries! A Handbook For Comics Creators." This booklet explains ways for comics creators to gain advantage in having their works selected by librarians.
http://cbldf.org/2014/07/cbldf-rele
Read more…I’m a bigger fan of Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier individually than I am of their long-running co-creation, but I find Groo pleasant enough to read from time to time. I bought this one for the mix of funny (Aragones) and realistic (Tom Yeates) art
Read more…This is turning out to be a better book than I thought it would. I picked it up because I was interested in Zatanna, having hated it when they canceled her solo title, but after a rough start they use her well here. I wasn't too impressed with the Fo
Read more…Using the power of the Time Gem, the present (?) incarnation of Thanos contacts his previous self (circa Captain Marvel #33) and tells him (and us readers) everything we need to know to enjoy Jim Starlin’s upcoming OGN. It’s nothing we haven’ seen be
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BATMAN ‘66 MEETS GREEN HORNET #1 (DC Comics, $2.99): If you're old enough (or watch Boomerang), you'll know that Green Hornet and Kato guest starred a couple of times on the 1966-68 Batman TV show. (Green Hornet was also a TV show running c
Read more…Back in 2007, I picked up a copy of John Ridley’s “The American Way.” A TPB which collected an 8 issue Wildstorm mini-series. I’m not sure what prompted me to pick it up. Maybe a positive review or Ridley’s involvement in the film “Three Kings.” In
Read more…So, we've discussed Hulk vs. Superman ad infinitum, and we're pretty sure that if Superman chose to, he could win the fight from outer space with heat vision.
However, what about Doomsday? Would this be anywhere close to an even fight? The monste
Read more…We're three issues into this weekly DC megaseries. It started with chaos and violence in the Free Comic Book Day issue 0. There was a lot of action -- and one gloriously creepy moment -- but with the dystopic 35-year future didn't have a lot of emoti
Read more…I enjoyed the first issue. Clear artwork and an intriguing non-linear chain of events. Good storytelling all around. Set in the '30s, black and white, with a Universal Studios moster movie feel. won't say it was decompressed, but it did end all too
Read more…Thing #1)This isn't really about the series - for aught I know, it's in all of the DC books this week, it just happens that this is the DC book I bought this week. Anyway, what it is is a house ad for the latest way DC is mis-handling the character o
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