Star Wars – War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha Writer – Charles Soule Artist – Steve McNiven “Precious Cargo” The next Star Wars comic event is the War of the Bounty Hunters and the prelude issue was released last week. … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Star Wars – War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha
Mile Morales: Spider-Man #25 Writer – Saladin Ahmed Artist – Carmen Carnero I walked over to the Geekadrome Saturday afternoon to look for books I missed on Tuesday and Wednesday. I was looking for Beta Ray Bill #2 but they … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Miles Morales: Spider-Man #25
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Women of Marvel #1 was released yesterday. Did you pick up a copy from your local shop yet? This new comic release got me thinking of a few discussion topics for today’s … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Women of Marvel
Beta Ray Bill #1 (of 5) Written and Drawn by Daniel Warren Johnson Although I added Beta Ray Bill to my pull list awhile back, I really wanted to read this issue, so I bought it while perusing the comic … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Beta Ray Bill #1 (of 5)
Captain America #365 (December 1989) Writer – Mark Gruenwald Artist – Kieron Dwyer I did some dollar bin diving recently and I posted a poll on Twitter asking which comic book I should review next. Of the four comic books … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Captain America #365 (Dec 1989)
Cyclops #1 (July 2014) Writer – Greg Rucka Artist – Russell Dauterman One thing I have noticed on social media over the past few years is the immense hate and vitriol for Scott Summers. One comic book that could help … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Cyclops #1 (July 2014)
BREAKING NEWS – Marvel Exclusively Distributed To Comic Shops By Penguin Random House (bleedingcool.com) Adam Farrar wanted this to be its own discussion thread. He asked for it and here it is. What are your thoughts on this breaking news? … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Marvel Leaving Diamond Distribution
The Legend of Shang-Chi One-Shot Writer – Alyssa Wong Artist – Andie Tong “The Equinox Blade” Shang-Chi is summoned to London by MI-6 liaison Leiko for a mission of grave import – the British Museum recently acquired the Equinox Blade, … Continue reading Comic Book Review – The Legend of Shang-Chi One-Shot
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat! Today’s Discussion – Deadpool’s 30th Anniversary The Merc with the Mouth Deadpool was introduced wayyyyy back in February 1991. He went from villain to anti-hero to hero back to villain for a … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Deadpool’s Nerdy 30
Morbius – Bond of Blood #1 Writer – Ralph Macchio Artist – Tom Reilly In this one-shot, Morbius the Living Vampire discovers his research assistant’s son, Christos Nikos, has days to live. The child is dying of a viral platelet … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Morbius: Bond of Blood One-Shot
Welcome to our Post Mortem conversation about Sean Howe’s Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. Thank you to everyone who has followed along and participated in the discussion during these past 5 weeks. Before we vote on our next Comic Book … Continue reading Comic Book Club: Marvel Comics – The Untold Story (Post Mortem)
Welcome to Marvel Librarian, the new feature covering historic Marvel comics from the point of view of someone experiencing them for the first time. When you think of the Incredible Hulk, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Probably … Continue reading Marvel Librarian vs. the Strangest Man of All Time
Welcome to week five of Comic Book Club! Each week, we will be covering a section of Sean Howe’s novel Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. This week, we are discussing Part V: A New Marvel (p. 377-434). Highlights from this section include: … Continue reading Comic Book Club: Marvel Comics – The Untold Story (Part 5)
Welcome to week four of Comic Book Club! Each week, we will be covering a section of Sean Howe’s novel Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. This week, we are discussing Part IV: Boom and Bust (p. 301-376). Highlights from this section include: … Continue reading Comic Book Club: Marvel Comics – The Untold Story (Part 4)
Marvel Takeover month is drawing to an end…for now. I decided to end January with two of the hottest characters of the mid-80s, Cloak and Dagger. The cover of this issue drew my attention while dollar bin diving and it’s … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Cloak and Dagger #4 (January 1986)
Good morning and welcome to Comic Book Chat Today’s Discussion – Heroes Reborn The Heroes Reborn miniseries event is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. I was in high school when the new iterations of Captain America, Iron Man, Fantastic … Continue reading Comic Book Chat – Heroes Reborn
Writer- J.M. DeMatteis Artist – Sal Buscema “Letting Go” They say you can’t judge a book by its cover. As I was going through the Bronze Age bin at Phantom of the Attic last Friday, I came upon this issue … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Captain America #285 (September 1983)
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Welcome to week two of Comic Book Club! Each week, we will be covering a section of Sean Howe’s novel Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. Now of course, this is not just any ordinary week. This is the moment many of … Continue reading Comic Book Club: Marvel Comics – The Untold Story (Part 3)
Writer – Roger Stern Artist – Allen Milgrom “Chain of Command” If you haven’t figured it out already, Marvel Comics has been the spotlight of my comic book reviews this month, thanks to the inaugural Comic Book Club’s reading of … Continue reading Comic Book Review – The Mighty Avengers #243 (May 1984)
Writer – Kurt Busiek Artist – Pat Olliffe “Shock Follows Shock!” Digging through the dollar bin last Thursday at Eide’s, I found a few more Marvel books to review and one of them was Untold Tales of Spiderman #11. I … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Untold Tales of Spider-Man # 11 (July 1996)
