Archive for the ‘Marvel Comics’ Category
Monday, July 14th, 2008
Shhh... it's a Secret Invasion! All Some of your questions will be answered.
Allen: My big complaint with this issue: nothing happened. Really. How did this issue advance the plot at all? There were entire pages and scenes which did nothing but remind us that ...
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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
Here's a blast from the past, courtesy of a Marvel Bullpen Bulletins inside Avengers (volume 1) #71, 1969:
The only reason I even noticed this was the fact I'd just read Beau Smith's terrific Busted Knuckles column, and his good-natured challenge to Marvel and DC to "give the readers one full ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Astonishing X-Men #25 might be the twenty-fifth issue of this series (twenty-sixth if you could the Giant-Size issue), but for all practical purposes, it might as well be the first. This issue serves as a fresh introduction to largely the same cast we've been reading about previously -- though ...
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
Batman (arguably) places higher on the fanboy scale than Superman[1], but why? If comics specialize in wish fufillment and escapism, you can't get granted a much cooler wish than being bulletproof and able to fly, agreed?
Thing is, once you get beyond the first few pages of a Superman story, you ...
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
It's fairly obvious from my reviews that I'm the least studious and analytical[1] of the Thunderdog stable of writers (all three of us), but I am trying to get a little better at the critical review, especially when discussing DC and Marvel's duelling Big Thingies.(See? I'm getting better already.) Despite ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Discovered while researching yesterday's now-legendary Tuesday 10[1]:
While this particular Bullpen Bulletin (from Avengers #71, December 1969) also saw Stan trumpeting an upcoming Jim Steranko romance comic, "a hearts-and-flowers assignment for one of our love books", we prefer to see this crystal ball as half-full.
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[1]Why's it legendary? See that post's comments, ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Novelists don't always make a graceful transition to the comic/graphic novel form, but veteran crime author Victor Gischler makes the jump look easy, delivering this solid one-shot and whetting our appetites for his upcoming Punisher MAX arc. Avoiding rookie struggles for the most part, he seems natural at giving the artist ...
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Ironically, this punk is spared having to actually hear Nighthawk screaming, "Why do you scumbags always turn and run from Batman and not from me? Why, dammit?! WHY?!"
Ready your kitchen table, for Bahlactus is coming for your stuffing.
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Supreme Power #4, by J. Michael Straczynski, Gary Frank and Jon Sibal (Marvel ...
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Friday, November 9th, 2007
There are those who don't think highly of Sal Buscema's pencils or Klaus Janson's inks. I'm not one of them, especially when directed by Chris Claremont and Len Wein to illustrate this:
EDIT: Now with 2 different pictures!
Bahlactus is swingin' a much better ball and chain than you.
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From Defenders #19, by ...
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Friday, October 26th, 2007
During a single three-issue run of Avengers, Jim Shooter cut right to the chase and made Count Nefaria an outright ass-kicker. Wonder Man? Take a seat.Captain America? Meet Wonder Man. And give me your best extraneous outburst.Thor? You got something to say here? Nefaria didn't think so.Vision? You're apparently a ...
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