About Jason Motes

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Jason's earliest memory is of watching 'Batman,' followed shortly by a memory of playing Batman & Robin with a friend, which entailed running outside in just their underwear and towels as capes. When adults told them they couldn't run around outside in their underwear, both boys promptly whipped theirs off and ran around in just capes. Jason's father gamely agreed to read him comic books as bedtime stories instead of 'Snow White.' (Super Friends being his favorite.) Jason saw all of the original Star Wars movies (and Indiana Jones and Superman and Star Trek...) in the theaters. Yes, he is old. And grew up in the most GEEKTASTIC decade ever, the 80s, devouring a steady diet of GI Joe, Transformers, Masters of the Universe, Princess of Power and (best of all) Jem! (It totally counts as sci fi! They had a sentient computer that projected holograms!) Jason has studied literature, journalism, film history and has a degree in creative writing (and a minor in psychology) from the University of South Alabama. He has worked as a technical writer and proofreader. These days, most of his creative energy goes into his blog and writing for this site! He lives with the cutest puppies ever.
Favorites: JJ Abrams' Star Trek, original Trek, original Star Wars, Super Friends, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, The Wonder Twins, Dazzler, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Spider-Woman, Isis, 1966 Batman series, Y: The Last Man, Fables, The Walking Dead, anything by Ray Harryhausen, Batwoman, 90s Starman and as I said, Jem totally counts!
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

Jason Motes

  • Comic Book Review: ‘Demon Knights’ #0

    Posted Saturday, September 15th, 2012 06:00 pm GMT -4 by
    This issue reveals the origin of Etrigan the Demon and his bond to human Jason Blood.  In Hell, lowly Etrigan struggles and fails to make it as a Rhyming Demon.  Instead, he vows to rebel. On Earth, Jason of Norwich is laboring in the service of Merlin as a scribe, but instead...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Team 7′ #0

    Posted Saturday, September 15th, 2012 02:00 pm GMT -4 by
    Team 7 is DC’s latest re-invention of a Wildstorm concept and may actually have the best shot at actually succeeding in the New 52, as it is populated with several established DC headliners.  Set five years in the past, John Lynch (from ‘Gen 13′) briefs some...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Wolverine and the X-Men’ #16

    Posted Friday, September 14th, 2012 06:00 pm GMT -4 by
    Man, this new tween Hellfire Club gives me the creeps!  They’re possibly the most twisted, depraved sick-os in the Marvel Universe and they haven’t even hit puberty yet!  After a brief encounter with Cyclops and his Phoenix Force, they wind up in prison… the...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘He-Man and the Masters of the Universe’ #2

    Posted Thursday, September 13th, 2012 07:00 pm GMT -4 by
    This re-imagining of the classic Mattel toys and Filmation cartoon series continues, as Beastman returns to Skeltor in the conquered Castle Greyskull with his (figurative) tail between his legs. This is following the beat-down he suffered at the hands– and ax– of...
  • A Strange Rumor About ‘Thor: The Dark World’ SPOILERS

    Posted Wednesday, September 12th, 2012 10:00 am GMT -4 by
    This isn’t “news” so don’t take it as such, but someone named Roger Wardell tweeted two messages, indicating that Marvel was courting Viggo Mortenson for a role in one of their Phase 2 movies (i.e. everything coming after ‘Avengers’) and that...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Fairest’ #7

    Posted Sunday, September 9th, 2012 03:43 pm GMT -4 by
    In this installment, writer Matthew Sturges and artist Shawn McManus reveal a story from the past; in 1946 Hollywood, Beast is on the trail of Lamia, a magical monster on a killing spree.  He narrates the tale in a letter to Beauty and quickly reveals that his struggle with...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Ultimate Comics Spider-Man’ #14

    Posted Friday, September 7th, 2012 12:30 pm GMT -4 by
    Last issue, Miles arrived at a rendezvous point to find three surprises– Peter Parker’s Aunt May, Gwen Stacy and Captain America.  While Miles was able to convince May and Gwen that he only wanted to use his powers for good and to honor Peter’s legacy, Captain...
  • Is Wonder Woman Soaring Back To Television?

    Posted Thursday, September 6th, 2012 07:30 pm GMT -4 by
    Adrianne Palicki as Wonder Woman in last year’s pilot, which was not picked up. Just one year after NBC passed on the David E. Kelley-helmed pilot starring a lonely Wonder Woman in the modern world, Vulture reports that the CW has ordered a script for a new Wonder Woman...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre’ #3

    Posted Thursday, September 6th, 2012 06:00 pm GMT -4 by
    This issue opens with Laurie experiencing an acid trip and the artwork perfectly embodies that, with one page laying the panels out in a spiral.  The lettering, by Carlos M. Mangual makes things perfectly clear, though.  This sequence nicely summarizes the book thus far, before...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘New Crusaders – Rise of the Heroes’ #1

    Posted Thursday, September 6th, 2012 04:00 pm GMT -4 by
    Almost like clockwork, every few years some publisher or another attempts to relaunch the Mighty Crusaders, a group of super heroes originally published by Archie Comics (though often under sub-imprints like Mighty Comics and most famously Red Circle Comics, which is utilized...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Worlds’ Finest – Huntress and Powergirl’ #0

    Posted Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 04:00 pm GMT -4 by
    In this issue, we flash back to the time when the title pair were just training to become heroes.  Catwoman takes Helena as Robin out to foil a robbery.  She’s a bit clumsy at first, but she comes through.  Bruce isn’t happy, but Selina uses her persuasion to calm...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Earth 2′ #0

    Posted Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 02:06 pm GMT -4 by
    It’s Zero Month for DC with each of their titles getting a flashback issue to flesh out the events that happened prior to the first issues of the New 52 books. This issue focuses on and is narrated by Mister 8, Terry Sloan.  In the old continuity, Sloan was the Golden...
  • Superman and Wonder Woman: One Week Later

    Posted Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 01:00 pm GMT -4 by
    The cover of Justice League #12 drawn by Jim Lee So it’s one week later and the dust has settled a bit, so what are we taking away from DC’s decision to pair up two of its biggest names, Superman and Wonder Woman, in a romantic fashion?  Initial reaction from fans...
  • ‘Avengers’ #1-3 Covers Reveal Partial Team Line-Up

    Posted Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 08:00 pm GMT -4 by
    Click to enlarge! Avengers #1, 2, 3 Covers by Dustin Weaver The first three covers for the upcoming ‘Avengers’ series reveal part of the team’s 18 member and counting lineup. Drawn by artist Dustin Weaver, the cover reveals the not-surprising-at-all movie cast,...
  • Comic Book Review: ‘Before Watchmen: Minutemen’ #3

    Posted Monday, September 3rd, 2012 04:00 pm GMT -4 by
    Writer/artist Darwyn Cooke continues fleshing out the spaces between panels of ‘The Watchmen’ embellishing the times of The Minutemen. The book opens in the 1960s, on the verge of the publication of Hollis Mason’s whistle-blowing tell-all “Under the Hood”....