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
Action Comics #1 Review- DC’s New 52, What Was Old is New Again. Grant Morrison and Rags Morales have the honor of producing the most famous comic book issue number of all time: Action Comics #1. It’s a great responsibility, … Continue reading
FLASHPOINT REVIEW: I admit that I did not read FLASHPOINT until the event completed. My buddy dropped off all 61 crossover issues and I was so engrossed with them I read them all in around 3-4 days. Plotwise, FLASHPOINT is … 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
So I read a cute story by Karl Kesel (a true pro, it wasn’t his fault that he had to use the sliding time-line) in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual 37 (read) about the – ahem- first meeting between Captain America … Continue reading
Is Stan Lee overrated? That seems to be a talking point for comic book geeks, who freely take pot-shots at classic writer Stan Lee, since creators like Alan Moore, Erik Larsen, Gerald Jones, and others have gone on the record … Continue reading
Batman and Robin #8 review: Blackest Knight Park 2. It’s Batman vs Batman in England. Turns out the “Bruce Wayne” that Dick Grayson tossed in the Lazarus Pit was really a dead clone made by Darkseid during FINAL CRISIS. Continue reading
Batman and Robin #7 review- Blackest Knight Part 1-This was delayed by DC for MONTHS (my BandR #6 review was in November) because the editors didn’t want any spoilers before Blackest Night #6 (I guess the return of Bruce Wayne). … Continue reading
Batman and Robin #6 review: Written by Grant Morrison and drawn by Philip Tan (one “l” and one “p” in “Philip”). Just in case you’ve been under a rock, Grant Morrison spearheaded DC’s bomb of the year FINAL CRISIS, and … Continue reading
