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Tag Archives: Marvel Comics
Happy Tenth Anniversary Rogues Gallery!
After being Dragon’s Lair Round Rock for six years, the DL owner sold off this branch to Randy and David and probably some other investors…then they renamed their store Rogues Gallery, probably in honor of the Flash. I didn’t get … Continue reading
Spider-Man Homecoming: Worth Seeing
Third time is a charm! Well, I did like the Sam Raimi trilogy, even when Peter Parker went all Emo, allegedly. I thought the shift in his behavior thanks to the symbiote was effective. Anyway, right off his brief appearance … Continue reading
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Must See
The superhero team from 2014 I thought wouldn’t succeed, due to their obscurity, is back. This time the focus is on Starlord/Peter’s father. This isn’t a spoiler because you see it in the commercials/trailers. All the humorous infighting is there, Drax … Continue reading
Happy Free Comic Book Day 2017 (#15)!
The oldest of the nerd high holidays turned 15 this year and the selections were pretty good. My shop (Rogues Gallery) had enough to let everybody has 10 titles. Since I’m a subscriber with my tastes, I mostly picked up … Continue reading
Logan: Worth Seeing
The finale of the Wolverine trilogy and Hugh Jackman’s last performance as the most-popular X-Man; same goes for Patrick Stewart playing Professor X. It’s also their best portrayals but I readily admit I’ve never seen the previous two films so I guess … Continue reading
Marvel wises up on digital downloads
Thanks to Star Wars and a chance to get in on the ground floor with new, female-centric super heroines (Spider-Gwen, Hellcat) I had been letting Marvel titles back into my life. The big boost was their digital offerings; the comic was … Continue reading
Doctor Strange: Worth Seeing
Marvel did it again with their recycled origin story! Hero is a jerk/no-goodnik, hero has humiliating experience, hero goes through the process of learning new powers and hero gets skilled enough to defeat the villain. Could be a synopsis of Iron … Continue reading
Captain America: Civil War: Must See
Let’s hear it again for the Marvel Express Train of Success! If you think Civil War was going to be the end of the streak…nope. In many ways this corrects the “repeat” complaint I did have over Ant-Man (Iron Man 1) and Age of Ultron … Continue reading
Iron Man 3: Worth Seeing
Any movie with the number three in its title screams “SUCK!” in my mind. Namely The Hangover 3, Lethal Weapon 3, Doctor Dolittle 3. There are exceptions which whisper “mediocre,” like Star Trek III, Spider-Man 3. Iron Man 3 was leaning toward the former … Continue reading
The Avengers: Worth Seeing
Joss Whedon achieved what I consider a Herculean task in making this movie. There could only be two outcomes: really impressive or incredibly awful. He had to harness and integrate three characters from successful features, one with poor results (twice) … Continue reading
Fantastic Four not that Fantastic – by Jose
While I am not a fan of the comic book, I am somewhat familiar with the basic storyline. This movie appeared to be good from all the trailers, but in my opinion failed to deliver. It was all exposition of … Continue reading