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Marvel’s Fear Itself: More Liberal Claptrap This April?
Actually, Marvel, I don't fear "losing control." Fiscal conservatives will apparently occupy the next Congress (I'll withhold judgment until I see some concrete public policy exit the gates). However,...
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Captain America Trailer: Winning Despite Marvel’s Liberalism
The new Captain America trailer is out – and it’s not half bad. That is, it’s not half bad despite a director who goes out of his way to assure the world that Captain America isn’t trying to embody...
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Marvel’s Fear Itself: You’re Safer in Iran than New York City.
According to Marvel, Iranian immigrants in New York City are "used to living in fear." Not because of the real fear societies they came from in the Middle East...but because you never know when a mob...
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Occupy Wall Street’s New Mascot: Marvel’s Mr. Sinister!
Why is the Occupy Wall Street crowd inadvertently making Mr. Sinister their mascot? Nobody knows, but the "mutant" theme is rather apropos. It was only a matter of time. The “Occupy Wall Street” crowd...
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Samuel L. Jackson Admits He’s an Idiot. Nick Fury Now Slightly Dumber.
Even when Samuel L. Jackson isn’t wearing his Nick Fury eye patch he apparently can’t see correctly. It turns out he only sees the world in black and white. Sad. I really wanted to see The Avengers...
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Barack Obama, Mysterio vs. Paul Ryan, Spider-Man?
From the very beginning, Hope and Change was an illusion. Many Americans bought it, but guys like Paul Ryan are doing their best to expose the charade. When was the last time President Obama talked...
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Avengers vs. X-Men: A sad commentary on our culture
If you ever wondered why superheroes have been increasingly likely over the years to beat the crap out of each other rather than super villains, you're not alone. What was once the occasional story to...
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Spider-Man: War Zone liability thinks small in big situations
A week ago I covered Spider-Man, and how liberal writers have turned him into a walking war zone liability. In a situation where 6 billion lives hung in the balance, the friendly neighborhood...
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Dan Slott’s Spider-Man: World’s Dumbest Super Hero
The ‘Ends of the Earth’ storyline in Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man has severely damaged the character’s credibility, due almost entirely to writer Dan Slott. I took flak from fans for mentioning that...
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Dan Slott stalks comic fan, gets intellectually body slammed
It was only weeks ago that Marvel’s Dan Slott “killed” off Peter Parker in Amazing Spider-Man #700 and handed the hero’s mantle to a villain who wanted to transcend Hitler and Pol Pot in terms of evil...
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Dan Slott slimes ‘gun owners’; Marvel would fire writer for similar tweet...
It was only days ago that Marvel writer Dan Slott talked to Newsarama about internet “dicks.” The comic book “news” site saw nothing ironic about asking the guy who regularly acts like an...
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Dan Slott uses terror attack to mock Christians, play partisan politics
The terror attack in San Bernardino, California, on Wednesday killed at least 14 and wounded 17. As Syed Rizwan Farook and his accomplices attempted to evade police, Marvel writer Dan Slott thought it...
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Invincible Iron Man #8: ‘Ninjas and robots and Rhodey…oh my!’
Say what you want about Brian Michael Bendis, but the man’s self-awareness is better than 95 percent of the rest of the writers employed by Marvel. When he knows a particular story is open to...
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Bendis gives Miles ‘toughest villain yet’: Christian grandmother
The promotional material for the third issue of Brian Michael Bendis’ Spider-Man promised Miles Morales would go up against “his toughest villain yet.” It did not disappoint, as the young hero and his...
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Dan Slott’s Peter Parker: ‘I’m an idiot’ (Fans wonder when recurring theme...
Readers of The Amazing Spider-Man know that a recurring theme under writer Dan Slott’s watch has been Peter Parker’s Sudden Onset Idiocy (we’ll call it SOI), such as forgiving multiple women in his...
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Doctor Strange trailer: Marvel goes mystical for the win
Marvel just released its first trailer for Doctor Strange, and once again the world has been reminded just how laughable it was for Steven Spielberg to say superhero movies are primed to go “the way...
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Mark Waid says Captain America more ‘difficult’ to write now than WWII era …...
Your friendly neighborhood blogger recently picked up Marvel’s “Captain America Anniversary Magazine” in his local comic book shop. The (free) special edition is indeed quite special. Unfortunately,...
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Daredevil, Elektra sizzle under Soule’s and Buffagni’s direction
I never thought a modern Daredevil writer would make me bust into cheesy clichés, but here it is: It’s hot in Hell Kitchen under Charles Soules’ and Matteo Buffagni’s direction! Heck, kudos to color...
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Amazing Spider-Man #12: Slott’s Peter Parker impotent, Alpha Stark cradles MJ
The introduction to the 12th issue of The Amazing Spider-Man informs readers that Peter Parker has returned to New York City to “breathe a sigh of relief” after his recent showdown with the Zodiac...
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Bendis hopes Tony Stark fans take to Iron Riri … because Riri
When Invincible Iron Man fans last left off, writer Brian Michael Bendis led them to believe Tony Stark, James Rhodes, and Spider-Man died in an explosion perpetrated by a mysterious enemy. IIM #9...
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