We get the wrap-up to the "Monks Trilogy", with Bill helping the Doctor escape from captivity. The Doctor's manipulation of Bill was somewhat reminiscent of the way the Seventh Doctor would sometimes manipulate Ace.
The Monks were defeated awfully ea
Read more…I've started this thread for issue reviews of comics from the Silver and Bronze Ages that were by published companies other than Marvel and DC. Comics I currently have in mind to write about include issues of Charlton's Blue Beetle (pre-Ditko) and So
Read more…I am a fan of Marvel’s “cosmic” characters but I haven’t been following them for some years now (not since 2004, I reckon). I’ve tried to keep my mind in over the years [including Thunderbolts #100 (2006), the Civil War: The Return one-shot (2007) an
Read more…If you lived in the Marvel Universe during the Silver Age and you wanted to join the Avengers, you had to be a super-hero, or a super-villain who promised, cross your heart, to reform---the Assemblers were take-your-word-for-it sort of guys---then pa
I've never heard of the strip, but the sudden change to an Archie-sort of style after the Spirit adventure wrapped up yesterday is a bit jarring and intriguing.
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Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
The proudly quirky Guardians of the Galaxy return for Vol. 2 May 5, doing what they do best: Taking second-tier Marvel Comics characters and making them awesome.
Yes, Star-Lord and the rest will also save the
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Angel Catbird Volume 1
Margaret Atwood, story; Johnnie Christmas, illustrations; Tamra Bonvillain, colors
Dark Horse Books, 2016
Renowned author Margaret Atwood has come to comic books late in her career--but in her Introduction she says she's a lon
Read more…Cable #1 - Cable tracks bad men throughout ancient times. Story by James Robinson, art by Carlos Pacheco.
I doubt I shall ever warm up to Cable. After all, his power has always seemed to be big guns, and that's not something I'm really into. The setu
I've never been to Comic-con and likely never will, but if there was one I would go to, it would be this one, just to get this 2017 convention yearbook!
Bruce Timm cover stolen from Mark Evanier's Newsfromme.com website.
Read more…I realise you’re not generally big followers of British comics, but I need to flag up a notification I received last week of the sad death of Leo Baxendale.
Leo Baxendale was a very important artist who was intimately involved in the changes that hap
Read more…A continuance of the previous story, prompting the same complaint as that one, i.e., people who were capable of this kind of stuff wouldn't need to do it. Plus this whole business of seeking "consent" is nonsensical, as though the three commanders o
Read more…This starts out like a cross between Doctor Who and the Da Vinci Code. This business of an ancient text that contains some horrific secret has been the making of a thousand crappy novels, and I don't really like it much better, here. To my mind, we'r
Read more…In which our heroes discover the horrors of space capitalism. The show's always tended to use evil capitalists as heels, even going as far back as "Planet of Giants" in the Hartnell Era. This attempts felt a little heavy-handed.
It's also an interest
Read more…Ben Reilly Scarlet Spider #2 - Ben continues to get himself set up in Las Vegas, while Kaine tries to catch up to him. Story by Peter David, art by Mark Bagley.
I know this isn't everyone's cup of tea, but as I have no particular attachment to any of
Flash had its season premiere last night! Spoilers are to be expected in this thread, but I'll put in a picture of Flash traveling through time to give people a chance to turn back.
OK, everyone up to speed? Good.
I have mixed feelings about this
Read more…Just for fun, what would be the least useful super power you could have? It could be one possessed by several superheroes and villains, or one that's not been used.
To start, I'll suggest pre-cognition. While it seems as if it might be nifty to be
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Instrumental
Dave Chisholm
Z2 Comics, 2017
With Instrumental trumpeter/composer/cartoonist Dave Chisholm presents a black and white morality tale about a struggling young trumpeter and bandleader--with an accompanying soundtrack. There have been pre
Read more…I used to be a huge fan of the comic strip Dilbert. I found it to be funny and inventive. Eventually, however, it seemed to me that it fell into the same pattern that many successful comic strips fall into. That is, Scott Adams developed a stable of
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