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Black Panther #2: Perhaps Ta-Nehisi Coates should have written a T’Challa...
Black Panther #2 was released in comic shops across the nation on Wednesday, but it is beginning to feel as though Ta-Nehisi Coates would have been better off writing a novel called T’Challa instead....
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Spider-Man #4: Bendis reveals Morales’ secret identity — to ‘Goldballs’
Superheroes tend to place a high value on their secret identities, and Miles Morales is no exception to the rule. Unfortunately, the fourth issue of Brian Michael Bendis’ Spider-Man shows the hero...
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Civil War II: Did Marvel learn from previous debacle?
Marvel’s Civil War II doesn’t kick off until June, but readers have been given teasers with a release on Free Comic Book Day and Civil War II #0. The question many fans are asking now is: Did Marvel...
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Nick Spencer calls Republicans ‘evil,’ Marvel, industry ‘journalists’ yawn as...
Imagine you are a Marvel editor on Steve Rogers: Captain America, which comes out Wednesday. You’re hoping the book sells well despite the new costume looking like something from Marvel’s NFL Superpro...
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‘Captain America #1’: Nick Spencer turns hero into Hydra agent with Tom...
Your friendly neighborhood blogger wrote a piece of satire in January 2015 that involved Marvel Comics turning Red Skull into Captain America. Fast forward in time to May 25, 2016, and the company...
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Molina’s Amazing Spider-Man 1.5: Car crash scene a perfect metaphor for story
Jose Molina’s latest installment of The Suddenly Atheist Spider-Man was released on May 25, and fans of the wall crawler will be glad to know the he apologized for being “less than respectful” to the...
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Daredevil #7: Charles Soule running laps around Marvel peers
The seventh issue of Charles Soule’s Daredevil came out on May 25, and once again the man has churned out a solid piece of work. If writing comic books were a race, then it is safe to say that Mr....
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Tom Brevoort tries Hydra Captain America spin-job, Newsarama goes full toady
One of the reasons this blog began reviewing the comics industry years ago was because the mainstream “news” outlets almost always serve as a mouthpiece for whatever bilge the creators dish out. If...
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Dan Slott’s Amazingly Immature Spider-Man makes protégé Miles Morales...
It would be incredibly hard for any comic book to steal headlines from Marvel’s Hydra-loving Captain America these days, but the latest issue of The Amazing Spider-Man gives it the old college try in...
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Bendis debuts ‘Iron Maiden’ in Iron Man #10 while Tony goes deep undercover
Brian Michael Bendis’ Invincible Iron Man has employed a cloak and dagger sensibility for ten issues now. Readers have more or less been treated to a solid tale of corporate espionage, but at some...
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Civil War II #1: Rhodey’s death a missed opportunity
Marvel Comics’ Civil War II officially kicked off on June 1 with James Rhodes … kicking the bucket. Fans were given a hint of his fate in late may with Civil War II #0, but writer Brian Michael Bendis...
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Mystique ‘choke’ ads upset Rose McGowan, Fox weirdly apologizes to the world
This blog argued on May 21st that modern feminism “is a congeries of contradictory rules and regulations, which allow elites to wallow in self-congratulation for behavior that would earn others...
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‘Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #1’: Gage offers reprieve from Slott fare
Civil War II: Amazing Spider-Man #1 came out on Wednesday, which gave Marvel fans an opportunity to see how everyone’s favorite wall crawler reacted to the Inhuman prognosticator at its core. It is...
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Daredevil #8: ‘Blind Man’s Bluff’ starts strong, teases Spider-Man team-up
It is fitting that Daredevil #8 takes place inside a Macau casino because readers must be wondering how long Charles Soule’s creative hot streak is going to last. “Blind Man’s Bluff” kicks off a new...
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Amazing Spider-Man #14: Dan Slott puts ‘lipstick on a Regent-pig’
Marvel scribe Dan Slott hit a home run with 2015’s Renew Your Vows, but the feat happened despite the creation of a lame villain — Regent. ASM #14 attempts to once again elevate the character into...
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Spider-Man PS4: Insomniac’s Bryan Intihar gets Peter Parker better than ASM team
Spider-Man video games have a dubious track record. Your friendly neighborhood blogger doesn’t play many video games these days, but over the years I have made time for the web slinger’s adventures....
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Civil War II #2: ‘Torture’ Stark duplicates dumb mistakes from 2006
It was one month ago that this blog asked if Marvel’s Civil War II would avoid the kind of mistakes made during 2006’s first Civil War event. Mark Millar and others turned Tony Stark into a Dick...
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Dan Slott: ‘Politicize the f–k’ out of tragedy, ignore 5th Amendment to strip...
Marvel writer Dan Slott recently let it be known that he really doesn’t like it when Christians pray after Islamic terror attacks, but this week he made it clear that exploiting raw emotions after a...
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Nick Spencer’s Hydra-Cap #2: Brevoort’s ‘not a gimmick’ line a lie for quick...
It was one month ago that Marvel executive editor Tom Brevoort and writer Nick Spencer asserted to the world that Captain America’s “Hail Hydra” moment was “not a gimmick.” Sure, they responded to...
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Black Panther #3: Plodding, pretentious book thrills … author’s aunt, bores...
Marvel took a leap of faith by giving a man with zero experience writing comic books the reins to Black Panther. Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates is primarily known for his academic work and political...
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