History of Heroes Reborn #1: Unfinished Business
Heroes Reborn is derided for being an example of the 90’s excess but what if I told you that Heroes Reborn changed the industry forever.
Category: Comics
RIP Nerd Mall- A Requiem for Comic Shops
2021 has been the year I returned to comics. I have written about this in a number of past articles. It was spurned on by buying a collection of Astonishing X-Men last Summer along with checking out HoX/PoX on Marvel Unlimited. That said the biggest factor to me getting back into comics was a new comic shop. Nerd Mall was a comic shop that opened in January of this past year. It was a cool little shop that was still getting its footing with comics. That meant they bought a lot of comics that my old shop would not stock and I got to try out a bunch of new comics. Additionally, the shop opened only a few miles from the school where I teach.
Backlog Journey #10- DC Comics’ 52
This week, I joined Kevin Lainez of The Comic Book Revolution to discuss DC Comics’ 52, the landmark maxiseries from DC Comics in 2005. This series is a major touchstone of mine as it was recent to when I started reading...
Review- Transformers: Beast Wars #3- Trapped In The Spider’s Web
The Beast Wars continue in Issue #3 as the two sides face off.
Review: Magic #1- Planeswalk With Me
Ok, I love to play Magic: The Gathering. Between the competitiveness and general strategy at play, the game is one of my favorite hobbies. That said, I do find the lore interesting, and I had to check out the latest Magic Comic bo
Justice League #59 Promising Start to the Bendis Era
It’s in the Infinite Frontier for DC Comics and the Bendis era on Justice League has officially begun! How well is it, though?
Spider-man Races Against Time: Non-Stop Spider-Man #1 (Review)
What do you get when you pair Joe Kelly and Chris Bachalo on a Spider-man book? You get pulse-pounding, panel-busting action. Non-Stop Spider-man lives up to its name. Synopsis Spider-man wages a street war against drug-dealing and heavily armed hype-beast (people...
Hollow Heart #1 Review
Hollow Heart #1 is self-described as “A queer monster love story about the choices we make between giving our loved ones what they want and giving them what we think they need.” The story is based around two leads: El and...
Review: Wolverine #9- Today Is A Victory Over Yourself Of Yesterday
“Bidding War”Written by Benjamin PercyArt by Adam KubertColors by Frank MartinLetters and Production VC’s Cory Petit I have been told to check out Percy’s Wolverine for some time. It was billed to me as a classic feeling X-book in a sea...
Review: Batman Black and White #2
Batman Black and White #2 “The Unjust Judge”Written by Tom KingIllustrated by Mitch GerardsLetters by Clayton Cowles Background: Batman Black and White is an anthology series by DC comics that features a series of new short stories by industry’s leading writers...