Morbius #1 Review "Midnight Son" So... Marvel NOW! and it's infinite wisdom gave the living vampire, Morbius his own book, despite how you feel about it. And despite the preview in The Amazing Spider-Man #699.1, they decided to recap his sob story again in this issue. Morbius leaves his superhero filled city in search of a new place he could live, and possibly make a … [Read more...]
The Amazing Spider Man #700 Review
The Amazing Spider Man #700 Review I write comic book reviews often, and I feel I do a pretty good job at not spoiling anything about the book to my small audience of readers. Spider-Man #700 has proven to be one of the most difficult books to talk about, as of late, without revealing any spoilers. I understand the interwebs have essentially exploded with rumors and spoilers … [Read more...]
Django Unchained from Vertigo.
Django Unchained #1 Review Quentin Tarantino's Django film doesn't actually come out until this Christmas, but for the comic book masses and those who want to intake everything Tarantino, Christmas has come early. Django Unchained #1 from Vertigo Comics hit store shelves today, and according to the foreword from Tarantino himself, this comic is the movie's original and … [Read more...]
Welcome to Murder World
Avengers Arena #1 Review "Worse Things" Teenage super heroes have teenage super hero sized problems these days. Stripped from the Avangers Academy, impressionable young teens must murder all of their peers in order to survive a madman's psychotic fantasy. Avengers Arena is supposed to be the Marvel version of Battle Royale meets Hunger Games. Fortunately, it sits … [Read more...]
Wanted: Cable and X-Force
Cable and X-Force #1 Review "Wanted" This week Marvel NOW! brings you an X-Force book, and to not get it confused with January's Uncanny X-Force, they added Cable to the title. Pretty sneaky them guys there. If you've been reading Marvel at all, you know there was some kind of battle royale between the Avengers and X-Men, some girl named Hope tried to contain the … [Read more...]
Avengers Wake the World
Avengers #1 Review "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" "Avengers World" "Wake the World" Have you ever felt like you just have to try? You don't want to fail, but you know deep down you have no choice but to fail. The Avengers are "Earth's Mightiest Heroes" and they're going against a power much greater than anything they've ever seen before. Earth has been attacked, well, if making … [Read more...]
Thunderbolts Enlisted!
Thunderbolts #1 "Enlisted" You remember the original Thunderbolts? It seems so long ago when a rag tag bunch of villains got it in their heads to fool the entire universe into thinking they were the good guys. Then things dragged along, they got "real" talent, and then were not Thunderbolts but Dark Avengers, and confusing what-nots like that. Well it appears that Marvel … [Read more...]