When I first heard they were killing off Ultimate Peter Parker, I didn’t think it was the best idea. Why kill off your teenage, continuity free, fresh start Spider-Man before he even reaches drinking age? What was the point of having a blank slate Spider-Man if you’re not going to tell all the stories that can be told, like sending him to...
Welcome Comic Booked fans, month two comes to a close for DC‘s New 52 relaunch and for the most part the titles have been living up to expectations. One title I’ve been impressed with is The Flash, with the first issue playing up Allen’s human side very well. Now with issue two, we see his meticulous need to harness his power and truly become...
I haven’t regularly read any Spider-Man titles for quite some time. I really can’t recall why I stopped reading them in the first place. I’ve always been a DC guy but I’ve always kept up with Spidey. Next to Batman, Spider-Man was one of the first comic books I ever picked up as a kid. When I heard that a new Spidey title was coming out I figured...
A very interesting dynamic between Batgirl and Nightwing is revealed this month. After she is unsuccessful in stopping Mirror from killing his latest victim, Barbara Gordon once again begins to wonder whether she came back before she was ready. Her problems don’t stop with her self-doubt however; Gotham City Police detective Melody McKenna wants Batgirl to...
Marvel’s Point One is an anthology of stories by different writers and artists that teases the story arcs in upcoming comic book series. I didn’t really know what to expect before I read this comic. Would it be more of a marketing tool than a narrative? Would it be worth the 5.99 price tag, or would it feel like a promotional brochure for...
The hit one-shot, The Occultist written by Hack/Slash creator, Tim Seeley, has garnered so much praise that it is now being released as an ongoing series! In this issue, we are introduced to Rob Bailey, who has been granted the powers of a strange book of spells. With great power comes great responsibility, and a whole lot of trouble for Rob. Rob is a normal...
As always, there WILL be spoilers for the issue reviewed here. This book came out over a week ago so it’s my hope that anyone who is reading this has already read it. If you haven’t read it, though…then you might want to stop reading this until you do. I will be talking about the things happening in this issue, specific things, and will be...
I am a slacker! I have been remiss in my reviewing duties lately and have failed you readers by not providing a review of the last four issues of Transformers Ongoing. Here is where I correct my mistake by not only providing you a review of the latest issue; but by also giving you the story thus far recap of the past four issues. IDW’s Transformers Ongoing...
So here we are yet again. Another X-Men relaunch, another revamp of the book’s core concept of mutants at large with superpowers that has become increasingly ropy down through the years since Stan Lee and Jack Kirby originally dreamt up the team book. “Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss.” Given the number of times readers have been through a changing...
The name of H.P. Lovecraft gets bandied about a lot in relation to horror. His influence is palpable in the work of Stephen King, who has been unsparing in crediting the New England cosmic horror author, Charles Stross and even the recent work of Let the Right One In writer John Ajvide Lindqvist has a clear debt to him. Still Lovecraft’s name is most...
Another week gone by and that means another round of Bullet Reviews! This time around we have books from last week and a few from two weeks ago managed to sneak in! Amazing Spider-Man #673! Annihilators: Earthfall #2! Farscape #24! Godzilla #8! Infinite Vacation #3! Journey Into Mystery #630! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3! Exclamation Points! Okay, that last...
Animal Man is proving to be one of the most interesting titles in the New 52. Jeff Lemire is writing Animal Man as less of a superhero and more of a shaman who traverses the spirit world and communes with totemic entities. On top of Lemire’s interesting take on Animal Man as a shamanic figure, Travel Foreman’s art is truly outstanding. This...
What would you do for the ultimate high? That is the question posed by Zenescope‘s latest series, Fly, a compelling look at addiction and power. The drug in the story grants the user temporary powers, in this case the power of flight. Issue five just hit the newsstands (Comics used to be sold there, remember?) and it was a bitter ending for some. Written...
Patrick Stewart once wrote a very memorable introduction to one of the Transmetropolitan trade paperbacks – this was back in the days when Warren Ellis was excitedly telling folks that Picard himself was going to star in a proposed adaptation – where he imagined what would happen if Spider Jerusalem were to read his gushing praise for the book. At best the...
