marvel comics – the agony booth

· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jun 14, 2018

Homicidal steam shovels from outer space: Tales to Astonish #21

The Agony Booth’s Bizarre Silver Age Comics series has been going on for ten years now (with some admittedly long gaps in there), and you may have noticed one thing every installment so far has in common: They’re all about…

Agonizer / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 21, 2017

How to fix Marvel Comics

Marvel has gone from being the House of Ideas to the House of Ideologues, and frankly it’s tiresome.

Agonizer / Comic Books / Text

· by Henrik Magnusson · Sep 7, 2017

3 Luke Cage villains that probably won’t show up on his Netflix show

Cashing in on the blaxploitation fad by tossing a street-smart, jive-talking superhero up against the usual mix of comic book villains, which at the time were mostly campy, color-blind disco rejects.

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· by Henrik Magnusson · May 15, 2017

3 hilariously sexist moments in superhero history

Sometimes it seems like Jor-El sent his son to Earth because he foresaw what a rancid sack of dicks he was going to turn into.

Movies / Text

· by Daniel Dockery · May 10, 2017

Bad Superhero Movie Showdown 2007: Spider-Man 3 vs. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer vs. Ghost Rider

Four American superhero films were released in 2007: an extension of past failure (Fantastic Four 2), a brand new attempt at awful (Ghost Rider), the tragic last gasps of a series that at one point was the shining point of the entire genre (Spider-Man 3), and Underdog.