Nemesis comic book review (read Nemesis)- Mark Millar has done it again; I won’t be surprised if Nemesis gets picked up by a Hollywood studio in a few years [update, 20th Century FOX bought rights]. I’d put the critical acclaim of this hypothetical movie … Continue reading
Which member of The Fantastic Four died in FF 587 (GET IT NOW- ALREADY A COLLECTOR’S ITEM)? Johnny Storm died. The Human Torch is dead. Johnny Storm sacrificed himself to prevent Annihilus from invading Earth through the Negative Zone portal in the Baxter … Continue reading
Chris Claremont was an aspiring actor and Marvel Comics office assistant before Len Wein (Giant Size X-Men #1) handed him Uncanny X-Men #94. The X-Men had been in reprint mode from 1970-1975, but Marvel wanted an international team of heroes … Continue reading
Startling Stories: The Thing – Night falls on Yancy Street (READ) is a 2003 Marvel Comics mini-series featuring the most popular member of the Fantastic Four, Ben Grimm- The Thing. It is written by Evan Dorkin and drawn by Dean … Continue reading
X-Men in the 1960′s: here is a quick overview of the original X-Men in the 1960′s. I have read X-Men 1-42 recently. This is not a review of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, or Roy Thomas. This is about the actual … Continue reading
Marvel G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero review: It’s 1982, and Habro and Marvel Comics pioneered a marketing blitz to relaunch the G.I. Joe toy line from ancient times . No one could have predicted that the comic book would … Continue reading
Which creative team (or writer) had the best Fantastic Four run for Marvel Comics? I just started Mark Waid’s Fantastic Four run, which the message boards at the time had heralded as “the best Fantastic Four run since John Byrne”. … 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
Uber-writer Ed Brubaker and artist Steve Epting’s work on Marvel Comics’ underrated 8-issue limited series THE MARVELS PROJECT is absolutely amazing. I finally got my hands on all 8 issues from a friend, and have to say that Ed Brubaker … 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
