FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics Vol. 3: Audeamus
Simon Oliver, writer; Alberto Ponticelli, artist; Rico Renzi, colorist
Vertigo Comics, 2015
Volume 2 left off with a helicopter sent by the mysterious Mr. Blackwood. But before that story resumes, we ge
Read more…Roughneck
Jeff Lemire
Gallery 13 Books (an imprint of Simon & Schuster), 2017
Jeff Lemire returns to the Canadian setting of his early masterpiece Essex County with Roughneck, a story that initially focuses on retired (and disgraced) hockey star D
Read more…Elsewhere, I got involved in a discussion about Ra's al Mary Sue and the Lazarus Pits. This particular discussion revolved around multiple uses of the pits, whereas I'm pretty sure that at some point it was established that each pit was single use--
Read more…Secret Wars kicks off with Secret Wars #0, a free prologue arriving on May 2, Free Comic Book Day. Copyright Marvel Entertainment Inc.
The first issue of Secret Wars, out in May, will begin the story with the heroes of two worlds failing to stop a
Monsters Unleashed #1 - We get Kid Kaiju's new set up--he's been reloacated by SHIELD, Elsa Bloodstone is his bodyguard. HERBIE has been sent to help educate him, and his group of "monsters" are itching for action--which comes. Story by Cullen Bunn,
Read more…I picked up the first issue of Steve Rogers Captain America today out of curiosity and I have to say it completely caught me off guard.
I generally have a pretty high tolerance for hype, gimmicks, and attempts to stir up controversey or get attentio
Read more…INTRIGUE, ADVENTURE AND DECEPTION TEST THE BONDS OF DC SUPER HEROES AS WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES TEEN TITANS: THE JUDAS CONTRACT ON BLU-RAY TM DELUXE GIFT SET, BLU-RAY TM COMBO PACK, DVD AND DIGITAL HD APRIL 18, 2017
Highly-Anticipated
Read more…kI don't know if Cap plans to continue recapping the week's offerings, but I figure I can at least do the Marvel #1's. So here we go:
Black Panther and the Crew #1 - In order to set up this new group of super heroes, we go back in time to show that
Read more…I quite liked this, I thought it was a good start to Capaldi's last season. The story itself was good, and I liked Pearl Mackie and Bill, I think she has potential. I gather Moffat intended this episode to be a "jumping-on" point for new viewers, a
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
“I’d have gotten away with it, if it wasn’t for those darn kids!”
That phrase is so iconic, some people use it who aren’t aware it comes from the various iterations of the Scooby-Doo cartoons and movies, where
Snotgirl Vol.1 - Green Hair Don't Care
Bryan Lee O'Malley, writer; Leslie Hung, artist
Image Comics, 2017
Snotgirl is Lottie Person, a glamorous fashion blogger--except for the extreme allergies she keeps secret (which explains the snot). So it's
Read more…Just wondering, these comics I can afford, but no comic shop around me carries them and the response when I asked about them at Newburry was sort of lukewarm.
Read more…Story. IMO, a dumb thing for him to do. Even setting aside the politics of it, these kinds of things are always spotted by someone.
Read more…I love to draw. Specifically I love to draw my favourite silver-age covers. I recreate them, drawing them at approximately double the size of the originals (that's A3, or 16.5" by 11.7" for those are interested in that sort of detail). I have no pa
Read more…We begin in 1895, when May Reilly, herself an ancestor of Peter Parker, used her advanced inventing skills to become the "science hero" Lady Spider. There were other spider-themed crimefighters during the early Twentieth Century, including the Spider
Read more…Doom Coalition is, as of this writing, the most recent of the Eighth Doctor’s adventures yet revealed. It immediately follows Dark Eyes and, like Dark Eyes, is a sweeping 16-episode saga told in four parts. I’m always so eager to listen to these that
Read more…Good lord, it's Thursday already! Time to pop out the Captain's Comments for March 22, 2017, while they're still timely! This week's offerings:
• ACTION COMICS #976
• ANNO DRACULA #1
• ARCLIGHT
• BLACK HAMMER #7
• BLOODSHOT REBORN #0
• BRUTAL NATUR
Read more…A thread in the Mr. Silver Age thread (RIGHT HERE) about Lana Lang's occasional little brother reminded me once of something I read about adventure heroes, by necessity, not having much in the way of family. You can't go running off to fight evil in
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
From Batista’s Cuba to modern Florida. From street gangs to dirty cops. From Miami’s upscale neighborhoods to its dirtiest back alleys. From seedy bars to AA meetings.
All those spans describe Dangerous Ends,
