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
Hulk 24 Review: The Final Chapter in the Red Hulk Saga, brought to you by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuiness. I had blogged and podcasted when this Who is Red Hulk storyline took Marvel Comics by storm, and I went … Continue reading
Avengers: The Origin Review: I had let these comics just stack up, as I was not motivated to read a retelling of something every Marvel fan already knows: Loki had used the Hulk to get to Thor, and his plan … Continue reading
Amazing Spider-Man 639 Review: Part 2 of One Moment in Time, this time with no reprint gimmicks, Joe Quesada once again scripted his explanation and details for One More Day (the controversial storyline which reboot Spider-Man’s wedding). Without further ado, … Continue reading
Marvel Comic Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada has returned to kick off his 4 issue run to explain why and how Mary Jane and Peter Parker were unable to get married, i.e. how Mephisto changed Marvel’s time-line. Amazing Spider-Man 638 (READ) is … Continue reading
Civil War got me back into following the Marvel Universe, although I collected Civil War much after it was published. It lead to Iron Man turning heel, the death of Steve Rogers, Spider-Man unmasking, and a bunch of new Avengers … Continue reading
Continuing the saga of the end of the Marvel Universe, Jim Krueger and Alex Ross once again teamed-up for a DEEP and philosophical take on Marvel metaphysics and religion. Without Earth-X, this series in inaccessible. And sadly, even if the reader … Continue reading
