Comics Review: The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes

1963 was a big year for Marvel. Spider-Man starred in his main series after making his debut in “Amazing Fantasy” #15. Notable heroes and villains made their debuts including Iron Man, Hulk, Ant-Man/Hank Pym, The Wasp/Janet Van Dyne, Doctor Octopus, Magneto and the X-Men. One team in particular were assembled in response to the Justice […]

Comics Review: Daredevil: Guardian Devil

Fresh from making “Chasing Amy,” Kevin Smith (one of my favorite filmmakers) worked on two projects. First, “Dogma.” A religious comedy set in the View Askewinverse (featuring Jay and Silent Bob) as I considered his best work besides “Mallrats.” Second, “Guardian Devil” An eight-issue Daredevil storyline focusing on the character who looks after a random […]

Comics Review: Marvels

Inspired by Spider-Man appearing in “The Electric Company,” Alex Ross began drawing at the age of three. During his childhood, he drew his favorite superheroes from Marvel & DC. By the time Alex turned sixteen, he was influenced by illustrators, Norman Rockwell & Salvador Dali. His drawing abilities improved. Alex’s art style is best described […]

Comics Reviews: Ultimate Fantastic Four: Doom

Taking place after the Fantastic Four acquired their powers in a teleporting accident, Reed Richards works on a project to permanently remove the FF’s powers so they can resume their normal lives. Meanwhile, Reed’s friend/colleague, Victor Van Damme disappeared after experiment went wrong. He becomes Doctor Doom and vows revenge towards Reed, the Storm siblings […]

Comics Review: Ultimate Fantastic Four: The Fantastic

Ultimate Fantastic Four’s first storyline, “The Fantastic” was officially published in 2004 (same year HBO’s Deadwood aired) becoming a commercial success. The series ended in 2009. As you already know, the MCU’s Fantastic Four will join forces with The Avengers and my favorite team, the X-Men to square off against Doctor Doom in “Avengers: Doomsday.” […]

Comics Review: Spider-Man: Great Power

“Spider-Man: Great Power” was officially published in 2014 (same year Guardians of the Galaxy came out) as part of a paperback line, “Marvel Epic Collection.” I already talked about Spidey’s history in my review of the 2002 film. As you already know, Tom Holland will reprise his role in “Spider-Man: Brave New World.” He and […]