I like this book for every reason that I dislike Red Lanterns.
Sinestro has understandable motivations and purpose -- and he acts on them. What he does isn't always pretty, but at least he does something.
... unlike Atrocitus of the Red Lanterns, who
Read more…Pretty good book, but it's weird that it's a one-shot.
Basically Omega advances the story we've seen in Batman and ... since the death of Damian, and doesn't come to a conclusion. Instead, it sets up the next round of stories.
Which promise to be goo
Read more…Man, I really loved issue #1, which set up all kinds of wheels within wheels, question marks and subterfuge. Plus iy gave a Dick Grayson I could believe in and get behind -- one who wasn't a milquetoast Batman clone, but was instead a veteran espiona
Read more…For those too young to remember, back in the Silver Age when Superman was the best-selling character in comics, everyone wondered why Superman and Wonder Woman weren't dating. Now, Batman is the most popular character, so everyone wants Bats and WW t
Read more…I should've posted this on Saturday, which was the 64th anniversary, but I didn't get to it, so here it is, two days late, the Showa Emperor surrendering: To our good and loyal subjects After pondering deeply the general trends of the world and the
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
Tribune Content Agency
July 17, 2014 -- If you’ve seen a Hercules movie at the theater this year, you saw the wrong one.
That’s a pretty subjective call, especially since I don’t know you. But here are some facts to back it up. T
Read more…A press release you might enjoy:
Looks like this book just came out... Flights of Fantasy: The Unauthorized But True Story of Radio & TV's Adventures of Superman Says Mark Waid:
Read more…The book is well-written, well put-together, detailed without being mind-numbing (okay, to be fair, YMMV
Iron Man #251
December 1989
Cover art by: Herb Trimpe
Story: Wrecked Him? He Nearly Killed Him!
Writer: Dwayne McDuffie
Pencils: Herb Trimpe
Inks: Al Milgrom
I love the look of maniacal glee on The Wrecker's face on that cover.
As I mentioned in
Read more…Could this make for a good "set in one of the worlds of the Multiverse story"?
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…I just heard on the nightly news that movie heart throb and JFK stand-in Cliff Robertson has passed away.
Of course, Spider-Man fans will recognise him as the actor cast to portray "Uncle Ben Parker" in the movies.
I remember him mostly from "PT1
Read more…BEST BETS
CAPTAIN VICTORY AND THE GALACTIC RANGERS #1 (Dynamite, $3.99): One of the late -- and legendary -- Jack "King" Kirby's final creations was Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers, which, sadly, was not one of his best. Captain Victory was
Read more…Most folks know that the Incredible Hulk started as a six issue continuing series early in the silver age from Marvel. But it was cancelled and made room in the schedule for something else.
When the Hulk returned to a regular series, he shared hal
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Marvel's got to work this into a comic somehow.
Read more…This week's book:
Good As Lily
ClarkKent_DC starts the discussion June 22 June 30
Hello, friends! After an unexpected delay, I'm ready to begin the discussion on Good As Lily. This is a young adult graphic novel published by DC in 2007 under its
Read more…Something I thought I'd share from another board...
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"False start"? Sheesh. I guess
Read more…There was a time before Brian K. Vaughn was Brian K. Vaughn, when Marvel's Tsunami line was a thing, and when kids could imagine their parents were actually super villains without being right.
Into this world came Runaways.
This is a discussion o
Read more…By Andrew A. Smith
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Jun 17, 2014 -- Who would guess that happy, frivolous Archie Andrews and violent, bloodthirsty zombies would make a good mix?
According to the afterword in the recently released Afterlife with Archie
