Tuesday 10: Top 10 Superhero Origins

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Comics flow through a marketplace so fickle and so resistant to innovation that getting off on the right foot is damn near essential to any sort of success. While certain comics have been able to overcome a non-descript opening story (Daredevil came to mind while breaking out this list), ...

Tuesday 10: Bad Nineties Costume Redesigns

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

I'm sure by now you've seen the sure-to-be-temporary Alex Ross redesign of Captain America debuting in January. It's not a bad design, I think, if a bit overdone with Ross' fondness for metallic materials; I actually like the callback to Cap's original shield in the ...

Lame-ass Avengers Assemble (Or Remain Dead): The Bottom 10

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

After some exhaustive research (read: marathon bathroom session where my only companion was George Perez' 30th Anniversary Avengers poster), I arrived at a starting point for thinning Earth's Mightiest Heroes & Others Dressed In A Similar Manner. 10. The Swordsman: That lavender getup is just your first clue that this isn't Marvel's ...