Let’s get this out of the way, right up front: I don’t know very much about Aquaman. I’ve read a few arcs here and there, and I like the character well enough, but I’m not well-versed on the character’s history by any means. I have noticed something pretty strange in recent times, though. It seems […]
These days, a DC Comics event is synonymous with a shift in reality and continuity. All of the big company-wide crossovers in recent times have dealt with that, from Flashpoint which jump-started the New 52 universe, to the mish-mash of realities that was Covergence, and now in the current DC Rebirth that attacks the idea […]
DC Universe: Rebirth #1 reintroduced Wally West, who has finally broken through time to land in a world that has forgotten him. Tethered to the DC Universe by Barry Allen, who remember Wally at the last moment, Wally and Barry begin to tackle the mystery of who changed the world and why. Wally remarks that […]
When reviews hit for X-Men: Apocalypse, it wasn’t looking great for Fox’s mutant franchise. Critics were giving it lower marks than even 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand, which nearly brought the series to a screeching halt until 2011’s First Class, which kicked off this latest trilogy of period-piece X-Men films. I loved First Class and […]
Introducing the Horsemen of Apocalypse! X-Men: Apocalypse, which debuted this past weekend, saw Fox’s X-Men franchise launch their own very different version of the Horsemen than we originally saw in the comics: Storm, Magneto, Psylocke, and Archangel. In honor of their apocalyptic debut on the big screen, let’s take a look back at their first […]
Introducing everyone’s favorite intangible teen, Kitty Pryde! I read X-Men #129 as a part of The Dark Phoenix Saga trade paperback, which is of course a must have for any X-Fan. Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s landmark story had a huge impact on Marvel Comics – so much so that fallout from this story still […]
That right there is maybe the worst title ever, but I just can’t help myself. It’s a self-control issue. Anyway, there aren’t many people who need to be convinced that Brian K. Vaughan is one of the best comic book writers in the game. Y: The Last Man has reached legendary status, Runaways has […]
A lot of the buzz surrounding Captain America: Civil War centers on Tony Stark. He’s been Marvel’s most likable hero, their wiseass in an iron suit. Their billionaire, playboy, philanthropist who can make us laugh with a rapid fire barrage of quips and then move us to tears with a rare moment of vulnerability. (Uh, […]
Are the New Avengers coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? It seemed that way at the end of Avengers: Age of Ultron. Many of the Avengers were off on their own adventures, and Captain America famously ended that film by (almost) calling his new team of Avengers to assemble. With Cap and Black Widow leading […]
Last time, I revisited Marvel Comics’ Civil War event, which put longtime Avengers Iron Man and Captain America at odds with each other. The conflict between these two heroes split the Marvel Universe in two, sending a ripple effect through their entire publishing line. As their on-screen counterparts prepare to duke it out in Captain […]
I have a confession to make… I love event books. So many folks are so tired of Marvel and DC crafting these annual (now maybe even twice-annual) superhero events that they have a name for it: event fatigue. Look, obviously it sucks when an enjoyable title suddenly becomes a tie-in to an otherwise unrelated series, […]
Okay, so this was originally going to be a real review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but if you’ve been on social media in the last two weeks, I think we can all agree that we’ve had enough of that. Whether you hate it or love it, it’s one of these weird cultural […]
After watching and digging the Justice League Unlimited episode based off of Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons’ classic Superman tale, For the Man Who Has Everything, I figured I’d see what else the series has to offer. Blastoff’s comics historian, Scott Tipton, recommended I check out two episodes – one that shows the lighter, adventurous […]
