Anticipation! Dread! An overriding desire to just see it finally over and done! It’s not so much that the long-awaited conclusion to Marvel’s 2015 mega-event succeeds in pressing the obvious buttons (it does) but where it truly excels is in its Fantastic propensity for the inventively subtle and delightfully unexpected. Capital “F” for a reason. [Read more…] about SECRET WARS #9 Review: “All. The. Marbles.”
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SECRET WARS #8 Review: “Still Doing That, Huh?”
There’s something to be said about losing mystique once insight is gained into a process. Let’s face it- upon seeing the man behind the curtain pull his levers, the show is basically over. Here, it’s the public foreknowledge that this issue and its immediate predecessor were once intended as one giant forty-something-page monster offering. Although the current installment’s got the “monster” part down no problem, it just doesn’t stack up the same. [Read more…] about SECRET WARS #8 Review: “Still Doing That, Huh?”
SECRET WARS #7 Review: “War Ensemble!”
No more preamble! No more talking heads! Well, okay, a lot less talking heads. Either way, Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic and company’s epic is back on- with emphasis on the “EPIC”. Big time! [Read more…] about SECRET WARS #7 Review: “War Ensemble!”
Marvel vs. DC TV: Agents of SHIELD and The Flash
It’s no secret, but we are lucky enough to have more comic book TV than ever before. I wouldn’t quite call it a golden age, but it’s certainly a budgetary surplus, and with gems like iZombie, Daredevil, and, suddenly, The Walking Dead, there’s a lot of genuinely great TV based on comics. [Read more…] about Marvel vs. DC TV: Agents of SHIELD and The Flash
UNCANNY X-MEN #600 Review: “Exit Intervention!”
After months of publisher-enforced delays, the concluding chapter of writer Brian Michael Bendis’s X-saga finally hits. Also doubling as a six hundredth issue celebration with a bevy of guest artists, it’s indeed a noteworthy milestone but is it worth the wait? [Read more…] about UNCANNY X-MEN #600 Review: “Exit Intervention!”