So, it’s finally here!  As noted on the cover “The Unlikeliest Hero” gets his own book… a series no one thought would ever happen.  Yet here it is, Vibe #1, starring the break dancing, Latin stereotype from the reviled “Justice League Detroit” one of the least successful revamps in comic history.  So how did it [...]

“With great power comes great opportunity.” That’s not quite how the saying went that brought Peter Parker to being such a role model to the super hero community, but it’s the advice that we read in the first issue of Alpha: Big Time. The problem here though is it’s not exactly Spider-Man giving him advice. [...]

Continuing the trend of getting to know these new members of the Avengers roster in Jonathan Hickman’s excellent new Marvel NOW! series, the latest issue focuses on arguably the most mysterious member of the team, Captain Universe. After her appearance in ‘Avengers’ #3 lead to the surrender of Ex Nihilo and his crew, we finally [...]

What better time to celebrate the worst films of the year than to hold the event on the night before Hollywood honors the best? The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation did just that when they held their annual Razzie Awards Saturday night. Leading the way with 11 nominations was the final chapter of the vampire/teen angst [...]

The time has come that ‘Game of Thrones’ fans have been waiting for! The official trailer for Season 3! The trailer was unveiled during Friday’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ show and unlike the behind the scenes images and featurettes HBO has released in the past, this trailer is entirely made of footage from the upcoming season! [...]

With Marvel bringing in the cosmic level of characters back into the forefront to promote Guardians of the Galaxy, it was only a matter of time before we once again saw Nova grace the page. The problem though is that the last Nova, Richard Rider, is dead. Who is taking up the cause? How can [...]

Last issue, in a nice “day in the life” tale, Carol was given the startling news that she had a brain lesion that meant that she could never fly again.  In this issue, she has to deal with that.  She laments on how much she loves flying, how it provides a zen calming element to [...]

Here it is– the arrival of a new super team for the DC Universe!  Steve Trevor and Amanda Waller note that the other Justice League has grown to hard to work with and have decided to put together a new group that they have a better handle on, Green Arrow, the new Green Lantern (Simon [...]

At first glance, one might get the impression that Dan Slott was slipping into a funk with ‘Superior Spider-Man’. After all, how could a villain like Massacre headline the next story arc of this great title following the great character-establishing tale that came before it? Well, don’t underestimate the Spidey-office, because they had more up [...]

SPOILER ALERT: This is a full episode recap, so if you want to avoid spoilers, please watch the episode first! Black Beetle and The Reach Scientist catalog the losses they sustained from Mongul’s attempted invasion, losing over half of their secret attack fleet as well as the earth’s discovery that they had an attack fleet [...]

This.  Issue.  Was.  EPIC!!!  This was just a big super hero throw down, gorgeously drawn and very nicely wrapped up one of the first big crossovers of The New 52.  At the same time, the book is narrated by Aquaman, giving it a nice intimacy. Now that the heroes are all on the same page, [...]

Things come to a head… in a bar, as Wonder Woman, Lennox and Orion return and confront Zola, Hera (now a mortal), Strife, Dionysus and Ares.  Strife is always entertaining, but things get tense when Zola attacks Ares only for the god of war to turn the tables.  However, Ares and Diana come to a [...]

If there was any doubt that comic books can have an economic impact, then look no further than auction houses. On February 22, Heritage Auctions put up the original cover art for ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ #121 and it sold for a whopping $268,875! The 1973 original cover art that was auctioned is a pencil and ink [...]

Fox’ decision to hire Mark Millar to oversee their Marvel properties seems to be paying off. Not only has the lauded comic book writer making sure that there is cohesiveness among the films but it looks like he’s also making sure fans know that the job is getting done! In a tweet on Friday, February [...]

When it comes to advertising for ‘Iron Man 3’, it’s natural to revolve campaigns around Robert Downey Jr. and Tony Stark. The Marvel Cinematic Universe started with him and now Phase Two will start with him again. But now we get a glimpse at some of the other characters that will inhabit the Armored Avenger’s [...]