Floyd Lawton – AKA Deadshot – just made his big screen debut in Suicide Squad, played by Will Smith. I haven’t seen the film yet – hell, I’ll be honest, I haven’t seen any of the DC Extended Universe movies yet, but the idea of Will Smith playing a comic book villain is enough to […]
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First Appearance: Captain Boomerang
When you think about it, it wasn’t that long ago that a massive amount of comic book fans were unsure if a character like Thor would work on the big screen. Think about that for a second. Iron Man and Nolan’s Batman movies were already bringing new attention to the genre, but a huge amount […]
Suicide Squad and the Reviews
I have seen dogs re-eat stuff that had more brains than some of the reviews of Suicide Squad. Review after review trots out half-baked considerations of plot or expectation. They say where their expectations aren’t met but I don’t think they could explain why they weren’t met. For example, they missed the centerpiece of the […]
DC Firsts: SUICIDE SQUAD #1
As we gear up to watch DC’s villains hit the silver screen this month with Suicide Squad, we at Blastoff are taking a look back at some highlights of the title’s past. Last time, we checked in on the current Rob Williams run, which is heavy on the Harley – always a good thing. Now, […]
The State of the Suicide Squad
At the time of writing this, I have not seen the Suicide Squad movie. Despite the geek Internet throwing down in another vicious argument about a DC movie, I remain skeptically excited to check it out. Will Smith is maybe the most likeable leading man around, Margot Robbie’s Harley has been amazing in each of […]
The Blastoff Art Gallery – Suicide Squad
A new month brings a new banner from our fantabulous Artist-in-Residence Elena Casagrande, inspired by both David Ayer’s upcoming film and John Ostrander and Luke McDonnell’s classic ’90s comics series. Click for a closer look, won’t you?