The 7th, and final, issue of Mark Millar’s most recent creator-owned comic-book was released last week. You can read my reviews of the previous issues here: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 & 6 So, this issue picks up where the last one left off. Ormon, the little monkey who is actually an agent of Satan,… [Read more…]
January 2, 2012
The Black Terror is a superhero that exists in the “public domain,” which means that the original copyright and trademarks have expired and so anyone can use the character. For the past few years, Dynamite Comics have been utilizing him, and several other public domain superheroes, in various books, including the Project Superpowers miniseries’, and… [Read more…]
December 9, 2011
I’ve written before that Captain Marvel is #1 on my list of 10 FAVORITE SUPERHEROES. Unfortunately, he’s vary rarely been portrayed correctly in the comics, in my opinion. This is one of those stories that nails it perfectly. Written by Judd Winick and drawn by Joshua Middleton, this was a 4-issue series originally published by… [Read more…]
December 2, 2011
This is a 4-part miniseries published by DC Comics in 2004. I only just acquired it recently, after hearing it being spoken highly of on some message board. And I must say that it is a most excellent story. This takes place in the “real world,” where a young boy has been named Clark Kent… [Read more…]
November 22, 2011
FUTURIUS is a web-based comic-book company that I’ve written about before. Their printed products include the 6-issue miniseries THE DARKLING, & the 15-issue anthology series TALES FROM THE PLEX, of which a story written by yours truly appears in issue #9. Here I’m going to review some of their newer books, the first two written… [Read more…]
October 30, 2011
Well, after 8 months since the last issue, this miniseries FINALLY returns, with 2 issues released this month. So I’ll be reviewing both in this one post. #5 begins with Superior leading a squad of fighter jets into Afghanistan where, @ the behest of President Obama, he takes out the Taliban, dismantling all their weapons… [Read more…]
October 10, 2011
After I picked up the trade paperback that collected the first 6 issues of “H-E-R-O” BY WILL PFEIFFER & KANO, I ordered the remaining issues of the series, and have now read them all. Unfortunately, I have to say that the series didn’t quite live up to it’s potential. The initial premise was that this… [Read more…]
October 1, 2011
DIAL H FOR HERO was one of my favorite comic-books as a young lad. It originally ran as the lead feature in Adventure Comics, and then became the back-up feature in the Superboy series. The concept was about two teenagers, Chris King and Vicky Grant , who found these magic dials with the letters H,… [Read more…]
July 12, 2011
I’ve mentioned a few times before that I like comic-book anthologies (& prose anthologies, too), and this is a particularly nice one simply for the fact that it was written as a tribute to, and helps support, American soldiers. Produced by Clayton Murwin‘s company, Heroes Fallen Studios, this 72-page book features a collection of stories… [Read more…]
May 17, 2011
This issue opens with Tad Scott, the actor who has portrayed Superior in 5 movies meeting with some executives from the movie studio that produces those movies, They tell him that they’ve canceled production on the next Superior film because of this real-life Superior who has appeared. They don’t know if they still have the… [Read more…]
May 17, 2011
So, I was underwhelmed by Superior #1, and then decided to drop the series altogether after I read Superior #2, nevertheless, I found myself @ my local comic-book store to get some other comics on the same week that Superior #3 came out, and I ended up picking it up on impulse. And I must… [Read more…]
May 17, 2011
After I reviewed SUPERIOR #1, I reviewed the subsequent issues on a new comic-book review website, but then the owner went and shut it down without telling me, so they’re all gone. I figured I’d re-write the reviews and post them here. This issue picks up where the last issue left off. Simon has mysteriously… [Read more…]
May 16, 2011
I’m honestly surprised that this crossover hasn’t happened yet. Especially during the 90′s, when Marvel and DC were more open to crossovers, including the big Marvel Vs. DC miniseries that lead to the Amalgam Universe, where Wolverine and Batman were merged as Dark Claw (which was pretty awesome). Back then Batman teamed with Marvel characters… [Read more…]
April 2, 2011
This is another crossover I would like to see. I think I’d want it to be set during World War II, when they’re both relatively new heroes. Plus, that way you can have them fighting Nazis, who are perfect comic-book villains. I’m not sure about the story, perhaps Red Skull has found out the location… [Read more…]
"Mostly harmless."
January 22, 2012
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