Action Comics #311: When Supergirl almost banged her horse
“If this isn’t an incredibly messed up metaphor for child grooming (with an added icky layer of pseudo-bestiality), I don’t know what is.”
Category: Comic Book Review
Rocket Raccoon, Iron Fist & the new comic book auteurs
“For the most part, it seems Corporate likes keeping their talents easily labeled and given clearly-defined jobs these days. Which is why two books (one currently being published, one coming pretty soon) caught my attention.”
Marvel’s Transformers G1 Comic (1984-1991)
“While people today may automatically think of the dumb, annoying Michael Bay films (starring the dumb, annoying Shia LeBeouf) when they think of the Transformers, the comic book series proved that something dramatically intriguing can be mined out of its premise.”
The new Ms. Marvel is amazeballs
“She has brown skin, a small bosom, and narrow hips. She’s so drastically different from the usual pinup-style comic book Barbies that it’s almost hypnotic.”
Secret Avengers is what Agents of SHIELD should have been
“It feels distinctly like the beginning; that one day, the name Ales Kot will be associated with something huge and fantastic, and we’ll look back at early issues of Secret Avengers and recall how we knew he was destined for greatness all along.”
VIDEO: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: the manga
Sofie returns to an oldie but a goodie as she nears the end of Miyazaki March, looking at the Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind manga that was the source of the movie of the same name, and thus also the catalyst for Miyazaki's movie career.
World’s Finest Comics #155 “Exit Batman-- Enter Nightman!” (part 2 of 2)
“Even by the bonkers rules of Silver Age superheroes, how does this make any sense? Beat up a superhero, get his sidekick? What the hell? Do superheroes usually operate according to the rules and customs of prison inmates? If so, Robin has just become Nightman’s bitch.”
World’s Finest Comics #155 “Exit Batman-- Enter Nightman!” (part 1 of 2)
“Even by the bonkers rules of Silver Age superheroes, how does this make any sense? Beat up a superhero, get his sidekick? What the hell? Do superheroes usually operate according to the rules and customs of prison inmates? If so, Robin has just become Nightman’s bitch.”
Action Comics #176 “Muscles for Money!” (part 2 of 2)
“Action Comics #176, cover dated January 1953, features Superman being an unbelievable dick, even by Superman standards. He alienates all of his friends, completely trashes his own image, and deliberately turns public opinion against him for rather unimpressive reasons. I almost think the writer came up with this story just for a laugh, never thinking it would actually ever see the light of day.”
Action Comics #176 “Muscles for Money!” (part 1 of 2)
“Action Comics #176, cover dated January 1953, features Superman being an unbelievable dick, even by Superman standards. He alienates all of his friends, completely trashes his own image, and deliberately turns public opinion against him for rather unimpressive reasons. I almost think the writer came up with this story just for a laugh, never thinking it would actually ever see the light of day.”
Lois Lane #9 “Superman’s Mystery Song!”
“In general, attempts to shoehorn real-life celebrities into comics are pretty disastrous, and have the unfortunate side effect of dating the issue before it even hits the presses. Doubly so when the famous person is already dated in and of himself.”
Jimmy Olsen #93 “The Batman-Superman of Earth-X!”
"Having read through a handful of issues, I can confirm that the actual stories are just as baffling and nonsensical as the covers. If you told me Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen was a deliberate postmodern deconstructionist take on the superhero genre, I’d have no trouble believing it."
Batman #147 “Batman Becomes Bat-Baby” (part 2 of 2)
"With the arrival of The Dark Knight, the second Christopher Nolan-helmed Batman movie, Albert asked me to take a look at a past Batman comic. But of course, this site being what it is, I knew he didn't have in mind Knightfall or A Lonely Place of Dying. Oh no. I got to look into the distant past of the Bat-franchise. And it's a scary, scary place."
Batman #147 “Batman Becomes Bat-Baby” (part 1 of 2)
"With the arrival of The Dark Knight, the second Christopher Nolan-helmed Batman movie, Albert asked me to take a look at a past Batman comic. But of course, this site being what it is, I knew he didn't have in mind Knightfall or A Lonely Place of Dying. Oh no. I got to look into the distant past of the Bat-franchise. And it's a scary, scary place."
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