Written by Fred Van Lente and Greg Pak Art by Ben Oliver It’s Election Day in Canada and a day off for the members of Alpha Flight until each of them are called into action by Department H. Rolling blackouts … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Alpha Flight 0.1 (May 2011)

Writer –Peter David Artists – Dale Keown and German Peralta In the miniseries Future Imperfect, the Hulk was transported to the future and met his future self, an evil, despotic ruler that called himself the Maestro. This limited miniseries by … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Maestro #1

Writer – Brian Reed Artist – Eric Battle Jake Gallows, the Punisher of 2099, is sent back to the past to eradicate the cancer plaguing the streets of New York City – superheroes. He has no love lost for superheroes. … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Timestorm 2009- 2099 #1 (April 2009)

Writers – Dave Ross, Dann Thomas, and Roy Thomas Artist – Dave Ross How much of the 1990s can be contained inside one comic? We are going to break that down as I discuss Avengers West Coast #93! Dr. Demonicus … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Avengers West Coast #93 (April 1993)

Writer – Walt Simonson  Artist – John Buscema This week is a double shot of the Avengers! This issue is an official Inferno tie-in starring Edwin Jarvis – the last Avenger? That’s right! The Avengers have disbanded and Edwin is … Continue reading Comic Book Review – The Avengers #298 (Dec 88)

Art and Story by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz One of the earliest comic book reviews I did for the Avocado was J2 and the future of the Marvel Universe under the MC2 imprint. Today we will be taking a … Continue reading Comic Book Review – A-Next #10 (July 1999)

Spider-Men Hardcover Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Sara Pichelli Spider-Man is down on his luck. He has zero luck with the ladies and the NYPD try to arrest him after the Webslinger successfully apprehends two thieves before they … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Spider-Men

Long before Peter Parker and Eddie Brock were hosts to the symbiote Venom, Mike Costa, Ron Lim, and Mark Bagley introduce us to the First Host! During the Kree- Skrull War, a mighty soldier named Tel-Kar used the symbiote in … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Venom-First Host TPB

Marvel Zombie One-Shot (October 2018) Writer – William Prince Artist – Stefano Raffaele In this post-apocalyptic story, the Marvel Universe is split between the undead horde of zombies, consisting of former super villains and the living, superheroes consisting of Spider-Man … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Marvel Zombie (Oct 2018)

A while back, I reviewed the first issue of Guardians of the Galaxy by Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw. I recently completed the first volume of their run. I had this series on my pull list but like other fellow … Continue reading Comic Book Review -Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1 – The Final Gauntlet

What If? Fallen Son Written by Marc Sumerak Drawn by Trevor Goring In the Marvel Universe, Captain America fought Iron Man in the war over the Super Human Registration Act. Captain America surrendered to end the fighting. As he was … Continue reading Comic Book Review – What If? Fallen Son (February 2009)

Name a superhero the Hulk has tussled with since his birth in the desert of the American Southwest…I’ll wait. I’ve previously reviewed the Amazing Spider-Man fighting the Jade Giant. Today we look at an unlikely hero taking on the Incredible … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Cable #34 (August 1996)

Writer – Peter David Artist – Greg Land. Dr. Strange and Spider-Man share burgers and milkshakes at a Howard Johnson in the heart of New York City. Dr Strange tells Spider-Man how a man disguised as a reporter for the … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Symbiote Spider-Man – Alien Reality #2 (of 5)