Marvel Comics
Alpha Flight #4: Hooray! Alpha Flight has been upgraded to an ongoing series! The series has been great so far, but #4 takes a slight dip in quality. Mostly due to the backstory of the main villain.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Reviews for Buffy: Season 9 #1, Daredevil #3, Demon Knights #1, and more
Another week, another massive pull list. And I love you guys so much, I keep trying out new DC books to review as well. Week 2 of the DC wasn't as great as Week 0/1. Marvel had some brilliant books, but also some below average ones as well. In the words of Leroy Jenkins, LET'S DO THIS.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The nuDC report, Weeks 0-2.
I based my opinions in the following report from reading numerous DC #1s, and reading reviews from IGN and Comic Book Resources (CBR), who I think have some of the most detailed and analytical reviews of comics.
This is the start of new column, report, whatever you want to call it. It will come every other week, giving plenty of time to get sales figures. It's a little different this week, as the report covers three weeks.
The massive DC reboot is upon us. As a fan of the comic medium, I wanted it to succeed. I'm a Marvel fanboy, but anything that gets interest in the medium, I'm fine with it. Going into this, I knew that I would be reading books that I already picked up (Flash, Green Lantern, Batman, pretty much whatever Grant Morrison is writing), and only planned on picking up one new series, Aquaman. Two weeks in, I have started reading four more series.
This is the start of new column, report, whatever you want to call it. It will come every other week, giving plenty of time to get sales figures. It's a little different this week, as the report covers three weeks.
The massive DC reboot is upon us. As a fan of the comic medium, I wanted it to succeed. I'm a Marvel fanboy, but anything that gets interest in the medium, I'm fine with it. Going into this, I knew that I would be reading books that I already picked up (Flash, Green Lantern, Batman, pretty much whatever Grant Morrison is writing), and only planned on picking up one new series, Aquaman. Two weeks in, I have started reading four more series.
Justice League was a good, if safe, start to the reboot (DC Comics)
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Reviews for Action Comics #1, Red Skull #3, Swamp Thing #1 and more
Some big names in DC finally make the appearance this week, and it's a very strong start to their revamp. Marvel also had a strong week. I don't think I was really disappointed by one comic this week, something that hasn't happened in a while. Ok, enough out of me, lets get onto the reviews!
DC Comics
Sunday, September 4, 2011
I'm on Facebook!
I finally created my own Facebook page. Please Like the page, and I'll be posting all the links to my blogs there.
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Friday, September 2, 2011
Reviews for Angel & Faith #1, Flashpiont #5, Justice League #1 and more!
It's a legendary day in comic history. DC is rebooting their entire line. And Buffy Season 9 started as well. So lets get started shall we?
Dark Horse
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Marvel Super Hero Island: A Love Letter to the 90's.
Anyone who has been to Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure has been to the Marvel Super Hero Island part of the park. As a nerd, it's my favorite part of the park. So it comes to my surprise that I didn't realize before.....this is a massive tribute to Marvel comics of the 90's.
Why do I say this? It's evident when walking into the section from the front of the park. We see the 90's Fantastic Four costume. There is also the bright colors that surround the section. While recent comics still have bright colors, it's to an almost comical extreme. The X-Men featured have their 90's Jim Lee inspired costumes on.
In the Adventures of Spider-Man ride, it features villains that were popular in the 90's. I don't need to mention anyone beyond Scream, but there is also Hydro-Man (someone who has been all but absent of late in the comics), and the original Hobgoblin. Electro and Doc Ock are still popular, but they site the 90's angle well.
The Hulk ride has some terrible 90's looking animation during the pre show line. That doesn't detract from the awesomeness of the ride.
Thankfully the comic shop isn't stuck in the 90's. It had some great stuff, including a great Avengers shirt (which I bought).
Here is a borderline terrible picture I took, but it's the only one that I took in the area.
Why do I say this? It's evident when walking into the section from the front of the park. We see the 90's Fantastic Four costume. There is also the bright colors that surround the section. While recent comics still have bright colors, it's to an almost comical extreme. The X-Men featured have their 90's Jim Lee inspired costumes on.
In the Adventures of Spider-Man ride, it features villains that were popular in the 90's. I don't need to mention anyone beyond Scream, but there is also Hydro-Man (someone who has been all but absent of late in the comics), and the original Hobgoblin. Electro and Doc Ock are still popular, but they site the 90's angle well.
The Hulk ride has some terrible 90's looking animation during the pre show line. That doesn't detract from the awesomeness of the ride.
Thankfully the comic shop isn't stuck in the 90's. It had some great stuff, including a great Avengers shirt (which I bought).
Here is a borderline terrible picture I took, but it's the only one that I took in the area.
Property of Kevin Finnigan
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Miles Morales is Ultimate Spider-Man
Marvel, via IGN
Marvel recently announced that the new Ultimate Spider-Man would be a new character, named Miles Morales. As any person who has been around comics longer than a day knows, many people weren't to happy with this decision. These people were the minority, but they were the most vocal part of the community. A lot of racism came out of the woodwork, but there also came something else. Some logical arguments about race in comic books.
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