Yeah, yeah, I know, I’ve said that I hate the word Nerd, but it seemed like a good title for this post, so whatever. ‘The Matrix 4’ Is Happening, Complete With Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Lana Wachowski Yeah, okay, I did not ever expect this to happen. I guess I really shouldn’t be, considering…
Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Mark Bagley Published by Marvel Comics PREVIOUSLY: Spider-Man: Life Story #1 This issue takes place in 1977. As it opens, Peter Parker (now 30 years old) is married to Gwen Stacy and is working as a scientist for Reed Richards’ (Mr. Fantastic of the Fantastic Four) company, the Future…
Written by Chip Zdarsky Art by Mark Bagley Published by Marvel Comics I was immediately intrigued when I first heard about this 6-issue miniseries a couple of months ago. It’s similar to what John Byrne did in his Superman and Batman: Generations miniseries (and its sequels), showing the life of a superhero as if it…
A friend posted this on Facebook last month, I figured I’d post it here today because it’s Wednesday, the day new comic-books are released. And my answer was simple: I’d go back to making single-issue stories the norm, rather the rare exception that they are now. That’s the way it was during my childhood, most…
Written by Geoffrey Thorne Drawn by Khary Randolph Published by Marvel Comics PREVIOUSLY: MOSAIC #3 SPIDER-MAN! In the cliffhanger of the last issue, Morris jumped into SPIDER-MAN! Yeah, that in and of itself is a major spoiler. So if you’ve waiting for the trade on this series and are reading these reviews first, sorry, but…
As an early Mother’s Day present, I took my mother and stepfather to go see this film today. I’m not going to write a full review, there’s a bajillion of those online, by much better writers than myself (like ZAKI HASAN or GIRL ON COMIC-BOOK WORLD) plus if you have even the slightest interest in…
Written by Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, and James Vanderbilt Directed by Marc Webb Released May 2014 Sony Pictures Entertainment Spider-Man is one of my 10 favorite superheroes and the first Spider-Man film starring Tobey Maguire was one of my favorite superhero movies that were based on comic-books. I was underwhelmed with Spider-Man 2…
Written by J.M. DeMatteis Drawn by Mark Bagley Inked by Scott Hanna & Mark Farmer Colored by Electric Crayon Published by Marvel Comics This 48-page one-shot was published in 1995, when Marvel and DC were still open to doing crossovers. Marvel published this one and enlisted a stellar creative team. J.M. DeMatteis, who had written…
Previously: SECRET IDENTITIES ARE COOL! Following up on that previous post, I’ve had a few people tell me that they mostly agree, but that it depends on the character. I certainly agree with that. And there are some characters who can work either with or without them, it just depends on how they’re written. But…
Pencils & inks by John Byrne, colors by namorsubmariner on Deviant Art This would be an awesome crossover. Most inter-company comic-book crossovers take one hero (or team) and pair them with another hero (or team) and then either have them face a combination of each other’s villains, or a brand new villain. Batman and Spider-Man…
I was scrolling through my Facebook feed and I saw that one of my friends had posted the following article, saying that he agreed with it: NO MORE SECRET IDENTITIES: THE TROUBLE WITH ALTER-EGOS by Marshall Lemon Well, I immediately disagreed, just by reading the title. And then even after reading the article, my opinion…
5/SUPERMAN VS. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Written by Gerry Conway &; drawn by Ross Andru (with some help from Neal Adams and John Romita Sr.), released in 1976, this was the 1st official crossover comic between DC Comics and Marvel Comics. There have been many crossovers in the decades since then, some better written and drawn…
I just recently got the large hardcover book THE ART OF TODD MCFARLANE: THE DEVIL’S IN THE DETAILS. It was expensive, but worth it, IMO. It’s a great look into the career of McFarlane and the development of his artwork over the years. I was sort of a backward fan of Todd McFarlane, in that…
Last month I did a post called MY 5 FAVORITE SUPERHERO MOVIES THAT WERE NOT BASED ON COMIC-BOOKS, and I thought this would be a good follow-up. 5/BLADE I don’t think I’d ever heard of this character before I saw this movie. But when I saw it, I was blown away, and I went to…
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…
Yeah, that’s right. I’m a grown man who reads comic books. So? 1) THE ORIGINAL CAPTAIN MARVEL I think I saw this character in the cartoons first & then later in live-action TV series, before ever reading a comic-book. But it automatically appealed to me. I’d already been interested in Greek mythology, so that was…
