Archive for the 'Superhero' Category
Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Superpowers interview with Alex Ross. The new series from the creators of Earth X. New series from Dynamite Entertainment. The first book I got from Dynamite was Lone Ranger, which I really enjoyed a lot. This seems to have a lot of energy which is a good thing. And the fact that it’s got both [...]
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Justice League | The New Frontier Animated movie is hitting shelves next year, and I’ve got to say based on this little preview clip, I’m actually intregued to buy the book this week and really looking forward to seeing the movie. It’s the first DC animated movie that I want to watch and it’s nice [...]
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
Mary Jane. Aunt May. Uncle Ben. I couldn’t save any of you. Never had the power. Never could handle the responsibility. When I’m buried beside you, will you tell me . . . why you lied to me?
Spider-Man: Reign, from writer and artist Kaare Andrews, is a powerful and [...]
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Sunday, October 22nd, 2006
You are heroes. More than me. Maybe one day you’ll look around and you’ll see the world like I have to, and you’ll know I did the right thing. Or at least you’ll understand why I did it.
Secret War, a masterpiece by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Gabriele Dell’Otto, is the [...]
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Friday, September 1st, 2006
Tell me Batman, you let one Robin die. Want to go for two?
Batman: Hush is a dark and captivating tale by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Jim Lee. Batman: Hush takes you from the darkest corners of the Dark Knight’s mind to the deepest depths of his soul as he faces his toughest [...]
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Saturday, July 8th, 2006
In light of the new Superman movie I thought it good to try and review a couple of recent books that actually make for a good read with the “boy in blueâ€. As you can expect DC has been slowly but surely building up it’s back catalogue of stories for consumption by the masses in [...]
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Thursday, July 6th, 2006
He had not turned his back on us. He stands in the sky . . . faith rewarded. He is returned . . . and – dear God. The threat of Armageddon hasn’t ended. It’s just begun . . .
Kingdom Come, a DC Elseworlds masterpiece by writer Mark Waid and artist Alex Ross, is the [...]
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Tuesday, June 27th, 2006
Can be found here. I remember when the trailer for Spider-man 2 came out and I thought it was the best thing since sliced cheese. See the problem with this particular trailer is that it’s got me excited in the same way the last one did. My only problem with this situation is that SM2 [...]
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Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
So I was having a bite to eat on a lazy sunday afternoon, I flip on the tube (which I assure you is very rare unless I’ve got something specific I would like to watch), and what do I see, The Flash movie from the early to mid nineties. The series has always had a [...]
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Monday, May 22nd, 2006
Grant Morrison is a very tough act to follow. When he’s on fire he’s better than most writers in the comic book field, when he’s not on fire, he’s just really really weird. Unfortunately for Joss Whedon, Grant was firing on all cyclinders for his run on New X-men. He just made the X-men that [...]
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