Some twenty months after “Brave New World,” the Trials of Shazam mini-series has finally concluded, leaving in its wake a new status quo for the Marvel Family, repleat with name changes, costume changes, and even a few changes in the core members. Oh, and the source of their powers has kind of changed too, I…
Edited to correct a minor, insignificant error Clearly, if I made the decision to purchase X-Force #1 I’m obviously a glutton for some kind of brain-dead punishment. SPOILERS AHEAD, mateys. So Cyclops set up X-Force back during Messiah Complex, because he rationalized to himself that as long as they’re wearing different uniforms and going by…
I can’t be the only one that noticed the Oceanic Airlines advertisements in this week’s Marvel comics. There was one ad on top of a cab in Daredevil, and there was another one behind Apocalypse in Ultimate X-Men. Those things looked so out of place that they were pretty much all I could focus on…
There’s a misguided notion in Hollywood among some circles that bigger is better. The more supervillains you can pack into a big budget summer superhero blockbuster, the more excitement will be generated. If Batman has to overcome not one, not two, but three villains in his new installment of his megapopular franchise, he’ll look like…
Last year was a pretty rough year for comic book superhero movies. Things varied from the laughably pathetic without the laughs Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer to the perhaps worst comic book movie of all time, Ghost Rider. And let’s not forget the franchise killing Spider–Man 3. All in all, I can’t say…
SPOILERS AHEAD! The “Messiah CompleX” X-crossover had me looking forward to each Wednesday, hooked on a weekly story like I hadn’t been since 52. But the finale, while pleasing in some ways, overall left me disappointed. The conflict After one of the kids decided to transport all the sick, wounded and juvenile to Muir Island…
With all this year-end review stuff going on, it’s started me to thinking about just how bad Superman and Action Comics have been this past year. Both shipped fifteen issues apiece, but how many of those were actual relevant stories focused on furthering the overall storyline? Well, for Superman, that number was six; for Action…
[SFX: intro music] JIM DOOM: Hey you know what I was just thinking? DOOM DeLUISE: How could I? JIM DOOM: For about the past 45 years, we’ve been told that mutants are just like humans until they hit puberty. It isn’t until puberty that their “X-Gene” is activated. DOOM DeLUISE: Yeah. JIM DOOM: Well, that’s…
So my roommate goes batshit if anyone says “theory” because a theory has been repeatedly tested, while a hypothesis is the actual conjecture. So I’ve got some little questions and ideas brewing about Messiah Complex that may or may not play out in the last four issues. There are probably some spoilers in here, so…
Last week, the newest issue of “Death of the New Gods” came out, and the mystery is in full swing. New Gods are dying, and somebody familiar and unexpected is doing the killing. So far, we’ve been given several clues within the pages of DOTNG, along with a few from “Countdown to Final Crisis,” though…