Batman: Sword of Azrael was hyped to the heavens by Wizard Magazine in 1994. After DC had announced the Knightfall story arc, which culminated with Bane breaking Batman’s back, Wizard (with DC’s prodding) was speculating about Bruce Wayne’s replacement. It … Continue reading
I received this e-mail today regarding the Greatest Fantastic Four runs of all time: I really enjoyed your attempt to bring rigor to the question of comic book run quality in your fantastic four article. Yeah the inputs are entirely … Continue reading
Kree-Skrull War Review (1971-1972) What is the historical importance of the Kree-Skrull War story arc? It started a space war theme in the Marvel Universe (40 years in real time!) that is still referenced today in almost every major title … Continue reading
Although the 1980s marked the most obvious and hyped Marvel crossover events (such as Contest of Champions and Secret Wars), the 1970s had special storylines that could be considered crossover events. So many people have different definitions of what makes … Continue reading
All of DC Comics are being rebooted to #1 in September 2011. DC hyped this up as the mother of all events and Editor in Chief Dan DiDio and Jim Lee truly were optimistic about DC’s New 52 at the … Continue reading
Action Comics Complete Collection review: Action Comics is clearly the #2 “Super” book. So many major events happened in Superman’s namesake flagship title as opposed to Action Comics. This was disappointing. Like virtually all modern day comics, the late 1980s … Continue reading
Kick-Ass Movie Review- If you are a comic book fan, you simply must see Kick-Ass (watch), which is based on the work of Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr. Don’t believe the negative reviews- they are from close-minded critics who don’t … Continue reading
Warning: this article is an informed generalization, okay? As I research all of my comics, I will eventually graph my hypothesis and present evidence either way. As someone who has read entire runs (with no skips) of Amazing Spider-Man, Incredible … Continue reading
Presidential Material #1 Review (Note this was originally written during the 2008 presidential election. Now in 2010, it’s interesting that both President Obama and Senator John McCain are much less popular- neither men are considered to be heroes any longer.) … Continue reading
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