In “Batman” #644, the conclusion to the “War Crimes” story-arc reveals that Doctor Leslie Thompkins could’ve saved the life of Spoiler, who died during the much lambasted mini-series “Wargames.” Instead, Dr. Thompkins let Spoiler die on the slab, hoping that her death would make Batman give up his war on crime, finally seeing that the…
A quick scan of blog-dom shows that either I’m the only one still watching NBC’s Heroes, or nobody else caught what I thought was a classic comic book reference. In Monday’s (11/27) episode, Nikki’s father returned to visit her, Micah and D.L. This happened six months before the regular events of the series (it was…
Really? This is what I choose to be thankful for on Thanksgiving? Well, yes (though my wife, my family, my dog and a million other things come before Mr. Brody on the list). In case you missed it, the first issue of Red Menace came out yesterday. It’s written by Brody (along with Paul DiMeo…
What do you look for in a comic book store? For the longest time, I had only two options, and my decision was largely based on geography. But I soon came to realize that my weekly comic stop shop was not only convenient – it’s a good store. I’ve moved within the past few weeks,…
Plenty of times in the past year, the big shots at Marvel and DC have been looking over their publishing schedule and seen an upcoming release – often one of the biggest books on the horizon – and decided the publication was so esteemed as to be deserving of a variant cover or special cover…
About a week ago, Doom DeLuise wrote about why he hates Heroes. Most of his arguments were valid. The show is over-hyped. The show is over-marketed. The characters are derivative. The show’s an obvious rip-off of Lost. But that doesn’t mean the show isn’t fun to watch. Sometimes the show can get a little stupid,…
When writing that previous post on The Vault of Michael Allred, it got me thinking about that select group of creators whose work I will buy no matter what. It takes a good period of stellar output with few to no bumps in the road to earn that kind of trust, but I have a…
Without any doubt, my favorite comic book creator has always been Michael Allred. In the early 90s, when I was doing my best to get into comic books thanks to various friend and family influences, I gravitated toward the X-Men and Wolverine stuff as programmed. I enjoyed it, and it satisfied whatever entertainment craving I…
To preface this rant, let me make something clear. I know next to nothing about Worldstorm. I read Wildcats back when I was a kid, along with a boatload of other worthless nonsense that was coming out at the time, so I don’t exactly remember all of it. I also read the “Captain Atom: Armageddon”…
So this is the first one of these here thingies I’ve ever participated in. The freakish positioning of J. Jonah Jameson’s right hand just screamed out at me. This one comes from Chris over at 2 Guys Buying Comics. I believe the general rule is the dirtier the funnier, right?