Tag Archives: Marvel Comics

Avengers: Endgame: Must See

Posted on June 7, 2019 by Steve

It’s safe to finally discuss Endgame since I think the Spider-Man: Far from Home trailer revealed a major spoiler. So far I have to say, it was quite a perfect, climatic ending to a string of 20-plus movies spanning over 11 years; even bigger … Continue reading →

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Captain Marvel (Marvel): Worth Seeing

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Steve

MCU gambles on an obscure character again but doubles down on setting the story in the recent past, probably to match the soundtrack filled with overplayed crap better. Cynical jab aside, Marvel succeeded again in making an excellent film centered around a … Continue reading →

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Farewell to two titles and the return of the Fantastic Four

Posted on December 31, 2018 by Steve

After 40 years, Elfquest wrapped up with Cutter and his allies achieving their final quest. What that was, I have no idea, I stopped reading the comics way back in high school when issues showed up at irregular intervals and I … Continue reading →

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RIP Stan Lee

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Steve

I would be super negligent if I didn’t write about Stan “The Man” Lee. He was a huge part of my childhood. Every day in Macomb, IL, rushing home to catch the Spider-Man cartoon on channel 44 (Chicago) and if I … Continue reading →

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Worth Seeing

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Steve

The last Marvel movie for 2018 and it had its work cut out given the monumental events from Infinity War. In short, Ant-Man 2 delivered. It was also the second part of my birthday double feature! We return to the misadventures of … Continue reading →

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RIP Steve Ditko

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Steve

Steve Ditko is another famous artist who helped make Marvel Comics a big deal, namely through his co-creation/drawing of Spider-Man. If I recall correctly (and I hope my friend who actually draws comics can chime in), Stan Lee chose Ditko … Continue reading →

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Deadpool 2: Rental or Streaming

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Steve

Mostly everyone’s favorite wise-cracking, fourth-wall breaking hero returns and this time he has to save a mutant teenager from himself and time-traveling anti-hero Cable. It falls into the same trap all sequels do by adding more characters but thankfully, half … Continue reading →

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Avengers: Infinity War: Must See*

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Steve

* Must See for us who are fans of superheroes; other it’s Worth Seeing. Infinity isn’t exclusively an Avengers movie, it’s the ten-year culmination of what Marvel Studios has been working on since 2008’s Iron Man and hinted at with the … Continue reading →

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Black Panther: Must See

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Steve

The next chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe focuses on Black Panther and the hidden nation of Wakanda. If you recall two years ago, Black Panther made his debut in Captain America: Civil War as he sided with Iron Man’s team … Continue reading →

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Spider-Gwen action figure!

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Steve

Marvel’s toy licensee finally made a new run of Spider-Gwen figures and I scored mine from Rogues Gallery. Gwen Stacy is a favorite because the team behind the character and story line have done more than just reverse the genders … Continue reading →

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Michael Rooker

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Steve

Michael has been a frequent guest of Austin’s WizWorld but I decided to finally meet him because I seriously enjoyed his portrayal of Earle from The Walking Dead. At the beginning, he was a cartoon character, the redneck racist sowing discord … Continue reading →

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Krysten Ritter

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Steve

Currently Krysten is best known as Jessica Jones on Netflix (a show I need to restart) but for me she was Jesse’s ill-fated girlfriend Jane on Breaking Bad plus I remember her in Big Eyes. Krysten was stopping through Austin to promote … Continue reading →

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Thor: Ragnorak: Worth Seeing

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Steve

I know this movie came out a couple weeks ago and 90 percent of my review was written but I had derailed by life. If you haven’t seen this, check it out. If you have, comment on where you agree … Continue reading →

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RIP: Len Wein

Posted on September 10, 2017 by Steve

Man, I need to catch up on all the other things I have in queue to write about, otherwise my site will just be a Nerdy Obituary blog. However, I can’t let the passing of comic book writer, editor and … Continue reading →

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Happy 100th Birthday to Jack “King” Kirby

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Steve

Here’s to the guy who is responsible for numerous characters in the big two which changed the industry. For many, Jack was the art side (and to some extent writing) for Marvel’s breakout success  with their early titles: The Fantastic Four, … Continue reading →

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