As a Chicago Bears fan, there’s such a low bar for quarterback play that even the slightest signs of skill require rapturous applause. The Bears are notorious for a long lineage of untalented underachievers, which means that when the likes of a Grossman or a Trubisky (#itgetsbetter?) actually complete even a 15 yard out, you better stand and yell like we won the big one. There’s no telling when it might happen again. [Read more…] about State of Marvel Netflix: Luke Cage & Iron Fist Season Two Reviews!
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I Can Legacy Clearly Now #13 – Luke Cage #166: Circus of Life
Luke Cage #166, by David F. Walker and Guillermo Sanna, is one of the strongest Marvel Legacy opening chapters yet.
In addition to tackling seemingly impossible real-world injustices – in a way Walker proved uniquely skilled on Nighthawk
with artist Ramon Villalobos – Luke Cage #166 checks off all the essential Legacy boxes. [Read more…] about I Can Legacy Clearly Now #13 – Luke Cage #166: Circus of Life
Luke Cage (Netflix) Review!
In retrospect, it’s completely baffling that it took nearly a decade of Marvel Cinematic Universe stories for an action scene to be choreographed to the Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Bring Da Ruckus.’ It’s not even the specifics of the 36 Chambers, so much as the sudden realization that hip-hop has had zero part in the MCU to date. [Read more…] about Luke Cage (Netflix) Review!
Best 5 Luke Cage Comics To Read With Netflix Luke Cage
With Luke Cage’s very own Netflix series dropping today, the third hero (fourth season) in Marvel’s Netflix Defenders, it’s never been a better time to start exploring Luke Cage comics.
The first season of Cage’s first live-action solo series is being pitched as The Wire
set in the Marvel Universe, which is both delightfully ambitious and absurdly overconfident. [Read more…] about Best 5 Luke Cage Comics To Read With Netflix Luke Cage
Iron Fist Reading Order – Where to Start With Iron Fist?
Iron Fist is a fascinating Marvel Comics character, born during the height of 70’s Kung Fu obsession, smoothly transitioning into the best partnership in Marvel with Luke Cage, and punching his way back into relevance with a delightfully supernatural reinvention of Kung Fu for the 2000’s.
Due to his “fringe” status, and later creation (compared to the major Marvel heroes of the 1960’s) reading through Iron Fist appearances is reasonably palatable endeavor. Most fans today will point you straight to Immortal Iron Fist
(and with good reason), but that approach will miss out on Chris Claremont and John Byrne comics (the creative team responsible for the X-Men’s Dark Phoenix saga
, among other greats), as well as a perpetually underappreciated Heroes for Hire run during the 80’s. [Read more…] about Iron Fist Reading Order – Where to Start With Iron Fist?