As much as I love the world of comic books, I haven’t been very into collectibles as an adult. This probably has more to do with complacency than any latent “toys are for kids!” feelings I may be harboring. I mean, I have a Mr. Crabs figure on my book shelf and my wife genuinely asks what toy I want any time she orders from the kids menu at a fast food joint. Toys are fun, collectibles make for great office/home décor, and being an “adult” is extremely overrated. [Read more…] about Marvel Chess Collection Review!
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THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #1 Review: “Go Nuts or Go Home!”
Peggy Carter and Ant-Man may be most prominently flying the flag for Marvel this week but the real pound-for-pound winner is undeniably this book. Operating in some respects as twenty serialized pages as it is a cohesive narrative, the debut issue is the perfect gateway for even the most casual of comic book readers. [Read more…] about THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #1 Review: “Go Nuts or Go Home!”
Agent Carter Season One: “I Am Burdened With Glorious Purpose”
The quote in the headline is one of Loki’s from Avengers, but it aptly fits the new Agent Carter miniseries that aired its first two episodes earlier this week. Despite its cinematic dominance, Marvel’s live action TV game has been inconsistent at best. Agent Carter offers Marvel’s first opportunity since Agents of SHIELD launched in the wake of Avengers to take the live action comic book TV crown from DC Comics. [Read more…] about Agent Carter Season One: “I Am Burdened With Glorious Purpose”
Ant-Man #1 Review!
Nick Spencer strolls into Ant-Man #1 with impressive confidence. With a glance of his past year, it can easily be seen why. Spencer recently ended his seminal series Superior Foes of Spider-Man, a heavily lauded story with art by Steve Lieber. In Ant-Man, Spencer gets right back into telling stories about people as failures. [Read more…] about Ant-Man #1 Review!
X-Men Chronology: Wolverine: Weapon X
To many, the ‘Wolverine: Weapon X‘ series, penned by Jason Aaron, is a last hurrah for Wolverine; a short series that celebrates the truth of the character, just before Marvel began to over-expose him. [Read more…] about X-Men Chronology: Wolverine: Weapon X