Zack & Dave talk about all our 2019 favorites, including MMY comics we read this year, in this holiday special!
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The world doesn’t make sense until you force it to: Frank Miller Comics Profile & Chronology
Daredevil run (1979-1993)
Daredevil
Once upon a time, Daredevil was essentially a proxy of Spider-Man. He was a wisecracking acrobat who used his superior reflexes and his radar to beat up bad guys. Instead of being red and blue, Daredevil was just red. Instead of having web shooters, he had a billy club he swung around on. As a guest star on a Spider book, he was great. But as a solo hero, he was dying on the vine. [Read more…] about The world doesn’t make sense until you force it to: Frank Miller Comics Profile & Chronology
A Look Back At 2019’s War of the Realms!
It’s been an excellent year for Thor. Besides appearing in what is now the highest grossing film of all time as well as being on the roster in the first AAA Avengers video game, Thor was the headliner of the year’s biggest comic book event book, War of the Realms. Like any good comic book event, War of the Realms follows a bombastic battle for the fate of Earth as all of the other Nine Realms of the Asgardian mythos fight against the machinations of Malekith the Accursed.
On top of that however it also pulls double-duty as the finale to writer Jason Aaron’s acclaimed 7 year run on the Thor books starting with 2012’s Thor: God of Thunder through to Jane Foster’s tenure as Thor all while the war slowly built to its crescendo. As the year winds down and Jason Aaron closes off his time with a future-set epilogue over in the pages of King Thor, it’s time now for us to take a look back at War of the Realms and see how it all came together. [Read more…] about A Look Back At 2019’s War of the Realms!
SUPERPOWERS REVIEWED: Prophesy — Part 1
A series in which we attempt to find the single, perfect superpower by reviewing each one on a five-star scale.
This Installment: Prophesy
OPERATIVE DEFINITION:
- Receiving information about the future via super- or supranatural means.
- Distilling that information down into memetic devices to be carried through the lifespan of a culture.
Previously On #93: HBO Watchmen Season One Review!
Like many, I approached HBO’s Damon Lindelof driven Watchmen with heavy skepticism, yet was blown away week after week (for at least seven weeks in a row!) with one of the smartest, most ambitious superhero shows imaginable. [Read more…] about Previously On #93: HBO Watchmen Season One Review!