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Marvel Comics, the Untold Story by Sean Howe
The sequel to 2011’s rather unexciting Thor is due to debut in a week so I’m finally getting off my procrastinating fanny to discuss this more interesting book I finished months ago. Normally I’m a bigger DC fan and I find Marvel’s … Continue reading
Where my car gets her name, part two
I found several, good, comparative pictures of the super heroine I named my new car after. Currently her character is in limbo with DC, I had forgotten Vixen was a charter member of the rather bland Justice League International in the 52 reboot. … Continue reading
Super BFFs!
Co-worker and friend Aaron has an older daughter who is just the coolest. She is a sweet, thoughtful person who loves superheroes and ninjas! So when I spotted this shirt at Target, I had to just buy it. If DC … Continue reading
Mini-Adam West Batman with sound effect!
DC Comics has been on a big tear lately to promote the Sixties TV show. I’m not sure if the T-shirt I scored at Hot Topic is part of it but the new comic book called Batman ’66 drawn with Adam … Continue reading
I’m on a shoe Mr. J!
Mostly everyone’s favorite evil, crazy, lovesick henchman Harley Quinn stars on her own Converse Hi-Top Chuck. I’m not sure why Converse chose purple as a primary color when Harley’s costume uses red with black. The artwork is reminiscent of Alan Davis’s style. … Continue reading
Man of Steel: Rental
DC’s cornerstone and oldest character celebrated his 75th birthday, hence yet another reboot after the disappointing Superman Returns, not to mentions Superman III and IV, the latter being the punchline to this joke: What can kill Superman? Kryptonite? No, another sequel? Given the success … 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 Amazing Spider-Man: Worth Seeing
I was originally in the naysayer camp about how it was too soon for the Spider-Man franchise to be rebooted. Rumors/stories abound regarding the contract Sony has with Marvel so there was a cynical element to the complaining; allegedly, Sony can continue … Continue reading
The Dark Knight Rises: Worth Seeing
The Nolan Batman run conclusively ends here but a friend told me it was supposed to as The Dark Knight closed; oddly, I failed to ever finish my review about Dark four years ago thanks to procrastinating. After Prometheus, Rises is … 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
Sky High – Rental
The premise is simple, the trials and travails of high school but it’s a high school for superheroes. Not entirely original and pretty much expected from Disney; the comic book PS238 has been around for over two years and The … 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