Spider-Man Clone Saga Actually has a Paperback Book I was looking through my comics and came across the 90’s Spider-Man Clone Saga. You know the one with the Scarlet Spider / Ben Reilly who replaces Peter. The killer clone Kaine, Scrier, Judas Traveller and all the rest. Looking back, I wonder if you...
One thing I noticed in recent Dynamite Comic books is that they now refer to Daredevil by his given name. Not just ‘Devil as they have been calling him before. My theory on why this change happened is quite simple. I think they were afraid to use the name Daredevil outright because of...
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=30572 The new host of Venom is Flash Thompson. My thoughts besides the surprise is that I’m surprisingly actually cool with it. He was a soldier back in the Vietnam days. Of course that was in the 1960s, but it’s established as a part of his character. He will operate in black op...
It looks like the original Kraven the Hunter has Returned from the Grave! This shows how comics, or those run by corporations, are nothing but “the illusion of change”. The way Kraven, who was just a mortal died is without a doubt definite. There is no other way around that. I could see...
My thoughts of Marvel killing off a member of the fabled Fantastic Four? Call it a jaded view, but: “It DOESN’T MATTER” is my view. Cause if you’ve been reading long enough, you would know from the bottom of your heart that whoever is “killed” will eventually return to life in the Marvel...
The above is a picture I found online of the new Spider-Man reboot movie costume they are going to use. WTF?! What doesn’t Hollywood get? Why mess with an iconic costume that they clearly got right in the first three movies? That clearly DOES NOT look as cool as the Ditko designed original....
With the Avengers movie next year and with two Avenger character movies this year. I thought I’d reminisce and take a look back at Avengers #1 where it all started. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. In that first issue: Thor / Iron Man / Hulk / Wasp / Antman all joined...
http://icv2.com/articles/news/19231.html Wizard Magazine has been canceled! The same goes for it’s spinoff Toyfare. I used to buy Wizard from the start. I even got the first issue. I have over 130 of them in fact. Yet the last few years I quit buying it. Cause the prices went up and I get better...
One topic not rarely talked about in comic books is what are the religious beliefs of the characters we follow? With rare exceptions, most characters religion are not discussed, talked about or known. OR if the topic does come up, it’s rare and not a long term story idea associated with that...
X-men First Class got one bit of of the actress casting right and that’s White Queen. Played by January Jones. She’s never been on a show that’s held my interest. But not only does she have a fantastic sounding unique name. Almost sounds like her name is a comic book character! But looking...
DC Comics has dropped the Comics Code. (But the exception will be the Vertigo line which still has it.) Like Marvel, DC will use their own system. I’m not sure about you but I grew up on Marvel / DC Comics that had that code logo. A few years ago Marvel dropped it....
The above is a press release photo of the X-men First Class movie. It’s supposed to take place before the X-men movies we saw. My first thought looking at it was: Other then White Queen and Mystique, I did not know who the rest of the X-men characters were supposed to be! I...
Anne Hathaway has been cast as Catwoman in the next Batman Film ‘Dark Knight Rises’. For once I wholeheatedly agree with a casting decision. I think she’s a fantastic choice. (And I was a fan of hers way back when she was on the TV series Get Real. Anyone else remember that show?)...
Does anyone else remember the days when it was only Eddie Brock as Venom? Before they messed the Brock character up years ago? I thought as a concept that’s all you needed for the character. It’s what made Venom so popular. While Venom is still popular in recent years, I don’t think the...
The Walking Dead Compendium 1 Just read The Walking Dead Compendium volume 1, it collects issues 1 to 48 of the comic book series. I’ll confess knowing of the title for years. But I never bought a single issue! But this volume was too good a deal to ignore. The issues are in...
I’d like to congratulate Todd McFarlane, Image and company on Spawn #200. It’s a milestone comic because outside the big two companies of Marvel and DC comics it’s tough to have a book last this long. It shows that first off the company is still around. That itself is a milestone for Image....
When I saw the trailer for the NBC show The Cape last year, I thought it looked like crap. Something about it just was not clicking with me. Well, last weekend I watched the first two episodes of The Cape, and it was painful to sit their and watch it all. It was...
‘DC Comics Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle’ by Daniel Wallace It’s an expensive book if you bought it at cover price. But this DC Visual guide is just what I was looking for. Basically it goes year by year from the beginning of DC Comics and with visual pictures, they tell you...
For those of you who were comic fans since the early 1990s it’s great to see how popular Deadpool has become the last few years. I was around and got the first issue listed above of Deadpool. It also featured the first appearance of Domino. Another key Marvel figure. And the third guy...
I was a big fan of Valiant Comics back in the early 1990s. And something fans might not have known were that three of the main characters, Doctor Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter and Turok were actually characters owned by another company. They were on loan from Gold Key comics. But other characters Valiant...
When it comes to American Comic books, I must ask a question: What do the following mainstream superhero characters all have in common? Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Daredevil, Fantastic Four, Dr. Strange, Sub-Mariner. That’s just a small list taken from the Golden and the Silver...
Call this a jaded comic post if you want. But does Marvel really expect any fans to buy into this, excuse the word, bullshit! This is the Ultimate Spider-Man version that Marvel plans to kill just so you know. Not the regular Spider-Man version. But do you really think for one nanosecond that...
