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: Daredevil: Born Again

After “The Dark Knight Returns” & “Batman: Year One” both became a critical and commercial success, Frank Miller returned to Marvel to work on a Daredevil storyline known as, “Born Again.” Suffering from drug addiction and lack of basic needs, Karen Page betrays Matt Murdock by giving away his secret as Daredevil. Suddenly, Kingpin/Wilson Fisk […]

Comics Review: House of M

Now now, this has nothing to do with “House of Mouse.” This is an eight issue limited series titled, “House of M” set within the Marvel Universe. Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff loses her mind which causes her to create a world where mutants are hate humans. Many heroes got their memories altered. Except for my number […]

Comics Review: Darth Vader: Vader Down

After Luke Skywalker blew up the Death Star, Emperor Palpatine demotes Darth Vader leaving a low ranking imperial officer in charge. I consider Robot Chicken’s sketch with Palpatine chewing out Vader on the phone canon. Vader goes on a solo mission to wipe out the Rebel Alliance so he prove himself worthy to Palpatine by […]

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

After “Ghost Rider” earned negative reviews and became a box office success, Sony immediately commenced development of a sequel titled, “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance” with Nicolas Cage reprising his role as the titular character. Film directing duo, Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor took over Mark Steven Johnson’s role as director. The pair are known […]