As a movie, Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) is an okay action movie, World War II period piece, and Nazi pulp film, albeit it’s in the Marvel Universe, which contains advanced technology, Gods, and other comic book themes. My … Continue reading
Mark Waid and Barry Kitson’s 2000-2004 Empire mini-series blew my socks off when I first read it, and I had read it three times since them. Empire holds up each time. The premise is one that could never work in … Continue reading
Amazing Spider-Man update. As regular readers know, I have read every Amazing Spider-Man comic book that was ever published. I just thought I’ve give a quick update of what’s going on in Amazing Spider-Man, since I can no longer give … 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
Who had the best Fantastic Four run? Who had the worst Fantastic Four run? That was the question I wanted to answer myself as opposed to believing the talking heads and parrots with no perspective or hands on knowledge of … Continue reading
Well, after posting my Best Fantastic Four Creative Runs graph, as promised I finished Mark Waid’s Fantastic Four run, and added it to the total. However since Mark Waid pulled off the impossible: 30 issues, averaging 3.5 stars, I had … Continue reading
I had created a TalkShow 16-minute podcast reviewing Amazing Spider-Man #624, written by Mark Waid. It discussed how Peter Parker is now screwed due to his relationship with J. Jonah Jameson. It never published. A week later Amazing Spider-Man 625 … Continue reading
Amazing Spider-Man #614 review: Hall of Fame comic book writer Mark Waid continued The Gauntlet storyline, which featured Electro becoming a “Power to the People” hero due to the financial crisis and recession. In ASM 614, the citizens of New … Continue reading
Amazing Spider-Man #613 REVIEW- First of all, Happy Thanksgiving everyone. My buddy George The Comic Book Fan got me this week’s pulls. He had been worried all week that the comic book deliveries wouldn’t come in because of Thanksgiving, but … Continue reading
Amazing Spider-Man #612 review, Part 1 of The Gauntlet Begins, written by comic book ICON Mark Waid and drawn by Paul Azaceta. If you have been following my Amazing Spider-Man reviews, you are probably thinking: why the heck does Damian … Continue reading
