When I saw the cover for Fantastic Four #570, with the new creative team of Jonathon Hickman and Dale Eaglesham, I was more than a bit put-out by what I saw — namely a ripply-muscled Reed Richards in short sleeves. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last Friday’s edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer had an advance obituary of sorts. It was a story about how a comic like the lushly illustrated serial strip, Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant, just can’t survive in today’s newspaper climate. From the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Having read the first two issues of Marvel Divas, I have to say that my primary complaint is that they’re too flat. Seriously. These characters are almost devoid of any depth whatsoever. I know this was supposed to be a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, I’m feeling pretty stupid right now. I mean, for quite a while I’ve been writing in this blog about my excitement about the upcoming Blackest Night event. It’s been on the horizon for some time, and I gotta say, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #2 Creative team: Story by Ivan Brandon; art by Marco Rudi When I attended Alma College, we had kind of a Saturday-night ritual. After coming home from the parties and the non-stop bacchanalia that was my […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dr. Doom and the Masters of Evil3 Creative team: Written by Paul Tobin, art by patrick Scherberger This four-issue limited series had tons of potential. The opening issue had stellar dialogue and Scherberger’s art (as highlighted above) was refreshing and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Battle for the Cowl #3 Creative team: Story/Pencils by Tony S. Daniel; inked by Sandu Forea Well, it’s official. Nightwing is the new Batman. And, if you think about it, that makes Jason Todd the new Joker. Think about it. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Writer: Gail Simone Pencils: Nicola Scott Inks: Doug Hazlewood Colors: Jason Wright Letters: Travis Lanham Between the two major villain-centric titles being offered by Marvel and DC, it’s impossible to pick the better series. Thunderbolts consistently delivers a stunningly realistic […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Magnum Opus arc of Thunderbolts has quickly turned into tone of my favorite passages in this outstanding series. Fan-fave Deadpool is the central attraction as a new team of T-bolts — replacing the old team / current Dark Avangers. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Wait. Wha–? What happened to Faces of Evil?! For some reason, I thought this was supposed to be a monthly title that told stories from the villains’ point of view. I must have been getting this confused with DC’s other […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…