Collecting Profile: NFL Superpro
It is football season. To honor that I will blog about NFL SuperPro. This Marvel comic book came out in 1991 and lasted for 12 issues. It is about an ex-NFL player, Phil Grayfielf, who got involved in an...
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Review: BATMAN UNIVERSE #2 Continues To Be Bat-Tastic
Editor's Note: Spoilers and the ramblings of a madman ahead. DC Comics (w) Brian Michael Bendis (a) Nick Derington (c) Dave Stewart Have you ever read a comic you couldn’t put down? Once you...
The Full Run: FINAL CRISIS #2
After a first issue that stretches back to the beginnings of the DC Universe, Final Crisis #2 kicks off by going international. From tying into Morrison’s Seven Soldiers of Victory to the next strike against...
Singles Going Steady for the Week of 8/7/2019
Singles Going Steady is Comics Bulletin’s weekly single issue review roundup. This week sees a duo of books from top-tier creative teams, but with different results. Lois Lane #2 (DC Comics) (w) Greg...
What Looks Good for the Week of 8/14/2019
Full disclosure: my birthday falls on Wednesday this week. So here's to all the books I get to celebrate with as I get a year closer to my AARP membership! The Flash #76 (DC Comics) (w) Joshua Williamson...
The Full Run: FINAL CRISIS #1
Comic book events are designed to be welcoming to new readers, or at least those with a cursory knowledge of a given publisher’s universe. They embrace a broad strokes approach to storytelling, capturing big...
Singles Going Steady 7/24/2019 – Move Over Xavier, Hickman is Here
For the first time in a good long while, the X-Men are at the forefront of the comic community's consciousness - and for good reasons too! Jonathan Hickman's much anticipated run has begun, but that's not all...
San Diego Comic Con July 2019
Hi. I attended my first San Diego Comic Con last weekend. I attended Thursday and Friday only. I wanted to share my experience at this comic con. Disclosure, I attended as a volunteer. What did I do...
Singles Going Steady 7/17/2019 – Silver Age Bliss Starring Jimmy Olsen
With some other projects in the works, there wasn't time to review many of this week's books. However, we still managed to enjoy some Silver Age bliss and a tech-noir mystery. Superman’s Pal Jimmy...
The Full Run: Final Crisis – Prologue
If there are two overarching themes found in the works of Grant Morrison, they are metatextuality and all stories matter. Both of them can be found in the pages of Final Crisis, arguably the most polarizing...
Collecting Profile: Batgirl
Batgirl first appeared in Detective Comics 359 (January 1967) published by DC Comics written by Gardner Fox and drawn by Carmine Infantino She is the daughter of police commissioner James Gordon....
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Review: Batman Universe #1 Is One Of The Best Batman In Years
DC Comics (w) Brian Michael Bendis (a) Nick Derington (c) Dave Stewart When It was previously announced that Brian Michael Bendis was making his way over to DC Comics I turned and told my friend,...
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Review: Amazing Spider-Man #25 Tempers Expectations
Marvel Comics (w) Nick Spencer (a) Ryan Ottley, Humberto Ramos (i) Cliff Rathburn (c) Laura Martin Nick Spencer and the rotating team of Ryan Ottley and Humberto Ramos… and Chris Bachalo too have...
Critical Mass: Are We Over-Analyzing Superhero Comics?
One topic that’s been popping up on a more frequent basis is the idea of “Batman is terrible.” I get it. Batman has been thought of in recent years as a Republican power fantasy: a rich white guy with...
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Review: Giant Size X-Statix Is X-Cellent
Marvel Comics (w) Peter Milligan (a) Michael “Doc” Allred (c) Laura Allred There are more X named, and mutant based teams in the Marvel Universe than fingers and toes on a mutants body. To name them...