‘Comic Books’ Archives
Wonder Woman in Chains, while Siege is a Bloody Yawn
Iron Man 2 trailers are everywhere. Green Lantern and Thor films are shooting now. But, where the hell is Wonder Woman? It's been talked about for years first as solo project back in the early 2000s and then as part of an overall Justice League film. I don't know what the hold up is. Go find a actress who looks good as a brunette and can [...]
Batgirl Is Bulletproof, Hit-Girl Goes Berserk, The Sentry Is A Junkie
Its February and Marvel's Siege rolls on as does DC Blackest Night. But I what caught my eye was what both companies have coming up later this year. Its not another cross-over, but for DC a new universe coming in March. Christened First Wave, they are going for an Art Deco, Pulp, and Noir feel. We'll be presented with an alternate universe [...]
Thor Brings It, Meanwhile Oracle Goes On A Date
Its a new year and I've been felled by the flu or a cold or something. But that actually helped since I was hopped up on over the counter drugs, flat on my back, and getting through my stack of comics over the holidays. What was good? What was bad? Well for starters Brian Michael Bendis continues to warp the Marvel Universe in his own [...]
Clean Shaven or Crumbling Zombies, Necrosha vs. Blackest Night
OK now I feel like an idiot. Here I was last month talking about how original and interesting Marvel's Necrosha crossover seemed. Confined to the X-books, the miniseries is basically using dead characters as an army to plague our heroes. Well over at DC,virtually the same thing is happening in the Blackest Night crossover event. Substitute [...]
Umbrella Academy and Necrosha Deliver as Ultimate Avengers Jumps The Shark
Let's open with a bang, I finally finished Umbrella Academy Vol 2: Dallas. In the liner notes (I don't know what else to call them), writer Gerard Way says that, "Dallas began as an idea for a single-issue adventure, like a great episode of The Twilight Zone or Doctor Who." Well... mission accomplished. They hit a home run with the [...]
Batman Ambushed As Dark Reign Continues Glacial Pacing
Last month, it seemed that a lot of storylines were building to their conclusion. Two standouts are Greg Rucka's Batwoman in Detective Comics and Matt Fraction's Invincible Iron Man. Here's the outstanding art for Batwoman, but more on it later. I'm a little annoyed with the slight revisions to Iron Man. We're now on part eleven of the [...]
Mouse House Ponys Up Cash For Marvel
The big news of the month occurred yesterday, with Disney coughing up $4 billion for Marvel Entertainment. Its not just the comics obviously, its the 7,000 characters in the library that lend themselves to licensing of bedsheets, movies, and videogames. I was laughing as the financial press kept stressing that with this acquisition that Disney [...]
