Tag: comic book

  • Comic Book Review – The Vision #5

    Comic Book Review – The Vision #5

    There was a discussion on Twitter the other day by some comic creators, about how the phrase that got them to ignore a review the quickest was “nothing happened”.  I would not be surprised if some of those comments were made about this issue of The Vision…but they’d be completely wrong. Now, there’s little action,…

  • Comic Book Review – Black Widow #1 (2016)

    Comic Book Review – Black Widow #1 (2016)

    The best description I’ve seen for this new Black Widow comic is it’s the cold open to a new James Bond movie, but starring our favorite super-spy.  It’s pure action.  Seriously all we learn is, Widow steals *something* from SHIELD and busts out of a helicarrier.  That’s all we know, but it’s A-OK because that…

  • Agent Carter – A Missed Opportunity

    Agent Carter – A Missed Opportunity

    note: spoilers abound for Agent Carter season 2 Agent Carter’s second season just ended, and I’m sad.  There was a lot of fun to be had – Howard’s always good for a laugh, Jarvis is perfect, and their take on Whitney Frost as a villainous Hedy Lamarr was interesting.  One thing that didn’t help was…

  • Comic Book Review – Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat #1

    Comic Book Review – Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat #1

    So I grabbed Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat because I enjoy reading Kate Leth’s commentary on comics and her perspective, and I have to admit it’s more fun than I thought.  Plus, I got a solid sampling of Brittney L. Williams’s art, which works for me (she’ll be doing a Legend of Korra comic in the future).…

  • Should I Read It? Secret Wars (1984)

    Should I Read It? Secret Wars (1984)

    I know what you are thinking – didn’t we just leave this party?  And the answer to that is…complicated.  I am talking about the original Secret Wars from 1984-1985 today, one of the very first big crossover events at the big publishers.  It debuted 32 years ago, though you can’t tell from the May date…

  • Comic Book Review – The Vision #4

    Comic Book Review – The Vision #4

    The fourth issue of The Vision is one of contrasts, something Tom King and the team have mastered so far.  We see the ideal for what Vision was hoping for when all this started.  The kids playing football in the yard (with humorous synthezoid banter reminiscent of Charlie Brown and Lucy), his wife in the…

  • Comic Book Review – Secret Wars 2015

    Comic Book Review – Secret Wars 2015

    Sometimes, the heroes can get a happy ending. That’s my takeaway after reading Secret Wars #9.  Sure, they saved the multiverse, put things back the way they are supposed to be, but Secret Wars really felt like a love letter to Marvel’s first family.  At the end of all things, we get Reed and Doom…

  • Comic Book Review – The Vision #3

    Comic Book Review – The Vision #3

    What weirds out Tony Stark?  It’s not the sight of a female synthezoid in lingerie, though that DOES happen in The Vision #3.  No, what shocks Tony is the lengths Vision is going to in order to bring back his daughter.  Vizh explains that some of her nerves went incorporeal to dodge the Grim Reaper’s…

  • How to Fix the Fantastic Four

    How to Fix the Fantastic Four

    I finally broke down and watched last year’s Fantastic Four debacle. It’s terrible, joyless and soulless in a way no movie with “Fantastic” in the title should be, let alone anything with Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the DNA.  You can’t blame the actors here – we know every one of them can act.…

  • Comic Book Review – The Vision #2

    Comic Book Review – The Vision #2

    King, Walta, and Bellaire do it again, as the second issue of their new series following the Vision’s attempts at family life continues with another dynamite issue.  There’s a lot to take in – Vin nearly strangles a kid at school asking about his sister (who nearly died after the Grim Reaper’s attack in issue…

  • Comic Book Review – Airwolf: Airstrikes

    Comic Book Review – Airwolf: Airstrikes

    Yet another IDW/Lion Forge comic that exists in a strange netherworld between reboot and continuation (much like the previously reviewed Knight Rider), this Airwolf: Airstrikes trade paperback is an anthology of mostly-unrelated stories starring a helicopter that sort of resembles the Airwolf you remember, starring people that at least have the same names as the…

  • Comic Book Review – Knight Rider (Lion Forge)

    Comic Book Review – Knight Rider (Lion Forge)

    I’m fairly easy-going about adaptations, especially compared to the internet at large.  Still, there’s something that doesn’t sit right with me about Lion Forge’s version of Knight Rider.  If you squint, it sort of resembles the source material.  There’s a talking car, and a guy named Michael Knight is driving it.  Aside from that, this…

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