Archive for the ‘Comic Books’ category
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Comic Book Review: ‘Sword of Sorcery’ #3
Princess Amaya continues to experiment with her new magical powers, under the tutelage of Elzere, a tough brute from the House of Citrine. She quickly discovers that she has the ability to create solid objects out of mystical energy. She also reveals some powers that startle... -
Comic Book Review: ‘Captain Marvel’ #8
Last issue, Captain Marvel joined forces with the ex-Captain Marvel, Monica Rambeau to inspect several missing vessels off the coast of New Orleans. The pair (accompanied by reporter Frank Gianelli, a former associate of Carol’s from her Woman magazine days) locate the... -
Comic Book Review: ‘Batwoman’ #15
Batwoman and Wonder Woman continue battling Medusa, but in the meanwhile, this issue focuses on Maggie Sawyer and her continued search for the missing Gotham children. (Not to gripe, but these children went missing in the first issue of this series, well over a year ago! ... -
Comic Book Review: ‘Wonder Woman’ #15
This issue introduces Milan, yet another of Zeus’ bastard children, this one gifted with some kind of power related to sight. It isn’t clear, but it would seem to be a precognitive power or an ability to see beyond normal vision. Whatever it is, Milan considers... -
Stan Lee Gets into the Holiday Spirit
Stan Lee’s World of Heroes just posted a new video, featuring Stan’s own rendition of the 12 Days of Christmas. See all of your favorite Marvel characters in delightfully cartoonish situations as Stan Lee wishes you a Happy Holiday. And yes, that is Stan Lee singing. Well,... -
DC Loses The Rights To Doc Savage, The Spirit and The Avenger
DC Comics Publisher Dan Didio confirmed via Facebook that the publisher has lost the rights to three pulp characters, Doc Savage, The Avenger and most notably The Spirit. His simple statement read, “Sorry to say but none of these characters are still at DC but here’s... -
Concept Art From Unproduced ‘TMNT’ Movie Reveals New Characters
Everyone came down hard on Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes for changing integral part of TMNT mythology when it was announced that they were working on a new turtles movie simply called ‘Ninja Turtles’, but did you know that back in the day, one of the franchise’s... -
What’s On Comic Book Stands – December 19th
Here is the list of new comics, trade paperbacks and more shipping on 12/19/2012. As always, check with your retailer for availability, as not all releases may be on sale in all areas at the same time. One of the best new books of 2012 continues with issue #8 of Image Comics’... -
Comic Book Preview: ‘Captain America’ #2
The next issue of Rick Remender and John Romita Jr.’s Marvel NOW collaboration with the Star-Spangled Avenger comes out next week. If you were like me, then you didn’t really take an immediate liking to ‘Captain America’ #1, but maybe these preview pages might convince... -
New DC Nation Trailer – Shows Return On Jan 5
After unceremoniously yanking the DC Nation block of programming from the air just hours before new episodes of Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice were set to air in October, then failing to fill fans in on why, Cartoon Network has finally thrown viewers a bone... -
Comic Book Review: ‘Avengers Arena’ #1
Three months ago, it was announced that writer Dennis Hopeless would be throwing sixteen of the Marvel Universe’s young heroes into one of Arcade’s sick games where only one may leave alive. Featuring members of the Avengers Academy, the Braddock Academy, the Runaways, and... -
‘Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2′ Coming January 29th
Batman must battle old friends and foes on two fronts in the epic animated conclusion to Frank Miller’s masterpiece ‘Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2′, the next entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Produced by Warner... -
Comic Book Review: ‘Before Watchmen – Rorschach’ #3
While I was lukewarm on issue one and two of ‘Rorschach’, the latest issue has quickly catapulted to my second favorite title that I’m reading under the ‘Before Watchmen’ banner after ‘Nite Owl’. Issue 3 brought a lot of things together and prepared us for the finale... -
Comic Book Review: ‘Iron Man’ #4
In my last ‘Iron Man’ review, I mentioned that heroes, like ogres, are like onions and have layers. In issue #3, we saw a compassionate layer, but in this issue, Tony Stark shows a darker side than we’re used to. In fact, it almost seemed as if he was an entirely different... -
Comic Book Review: ‘Ame-Comi Girls’ #3
The first villain takes center stage in this issue, as the origin of Duela Dent is revealed. In case you hadn’t already figured out that this is a total parallel Earth, the point is hammered home with this tale which eschews Duela’s entire origin in favor of making...



















