I love the Legion of Superheroes. I could — and probably will — write endless posts about how much the Legion has meant to me over the years. I could write about how fascinated I was when I first read about them, how hunting down back issues was so much fun, how fan fic filled…… Continue reading The New Legion Isn’t Working
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Thoughts, opinions, and rants on comic books
Aging Jon Kent Was a Mistake
Let me start with three opinions: 1. Super Sons (Jon Kent and Damian Wayne) was fantastic and I miss both the series and the relationship that those two characters had. I loved that imaginary stories from decades earlier suddenly became real in the DCU. 2. The actual story that aged Jon was bad. It made…… Continue reading Aging Jon Kent Was a Mistake
Peter Parker Must Die!
Peter Parker needs to pull a Barry Allen (but not come back). The world is ending and when the world ends I tend to look for comfort and I find that comfort in the form of comics. I’m sure I’m not alone. As I was rereading some of my favorite comics, I decided to check…… Continue reading Peter Parker Must Die!
Johnnie Walker Blues Part 2: A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Rebel Without a Cause After the dissolution of Force Works and a brief stint fighting alongside the Avengers when they returned to the Marvel universe proper, U.S. Agent next appeared as leader of a group known as The Jury. They were a group of mercenaries originally formed to kill Venom. Walker joined them as they…… Continue reading Johnnie Walker Blues Part 2: A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Johnnie Walker Blues Part 1: The Story of the U.S. Agent
A few years before Superboy, Steel, Cybrog Superman, and Eradicator, before Az-bats, Kyle Rayner, Ben Reilly, or teenage Tony Stark, Steve Rogers stepped down as Catpain America, replaced by a character who had been introduced just a year earlier. This wasn’t the first time that Steve Rogers had put down the shield, but it was…… Continue reading Johnnie Walker Blues Part 1: The Story of the U.S. Agent
The Ewingverse Avengers, Part 3: Ultimate
Ultimate We saw in New Avengers where White Tiger and Power Man ended up after Mighty Avengers, but what about the rest of the team? Well, Blue Marvel and Spectrum join the Ultimates, the first version of this team to exist in the mainstream Marvel U. They are joined by Captain Marvel, Black Panther, and…… Continue reading The Ewingverse Avengers, Part 3: Ultimate
The Ewingverse Avengers, Part 2: The A Stands for Al
New to You One of the best parts of Hickman’s Avengers run is his development of Roberto “Sunspot” DeCosta from a two dimensional, rich hot head New Mutant to a three dimensional, rich leader of the Avengers. The fact that more isn’t being done with him right now is a shame. He’s fantastic and his…… Continue reading The Ewingverse Avengers, Part 2: The A Stands for Al
The Ewingverse Avengers, Part 1: The Mighty
Al Ewing should write the New Warriors. Ewing excels at touching multiple corners of the Marvel U in a single series, something that hasn’t been done well for an extended period of time since the original run of the New Warriors. While I might focus on the Mighty Avengers being a ground level team of…… Continue reading The Ewingverse Avengers, Part 1: The Mighty
Marvel’s Inferno is 30 Years Old
Remember when Marvel’s crossovers were limited in scope and over in just a few months? When they were about stories that had been building for years, sometimes decades? When the event wasn’t slapped on any random issue just to increase sales? I loved those. When the X-Men started what would become an annual tradition of…… Continue reading Marvel’s Inferno is 30 Years Old
Vertigo is ending because we don’t need it anymore.
DC is shutting down their Vertigo line of comics and a lot of comic book fans and professionals are sad to see it go, with good reason: it was a force in the industry. If the history of comics ever needs to be summarized in just a few minutes, Vertigo would surely make the cut.…… Continue reading Vertigo is ending because we don’t need it anymore.
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