Jun 5, 2013

Locke & Key is a very eye-catching comic book full of mystery and fantasy about a house, magic keys, the family that lives there, and the evil that conspires against them. Everything is going well for the Locke family, but one day, Sam Lesser and his accomplice attack them.  The two thugs want to get something Rendell Locke (the father) has.  They fail to...

Jun 4, 2013

Marvel Comics announced the return of Kick-Ass on June 5th!   The return of Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl is no surprise considering the ending to Kick-Ass 2.  Since Mark Millar has said this is the final chapter in their saga we can expect the bullets to fly, the curse words to sail, the action to be even more over the top, and the blood to pour. Kick-Ass and...

Jun 4, 2013

Scarlet Spider is a kind of philosophical thought experiment seeking to understand where the heroic quality lies.  The Scarlet Spider is primarily a costume; the people of Houston name him based on the color and nature of the costume.  To Kaine it is a reluctantly bestowed mantle, but he hasn’t discarded it.  On a deeper level, being a clone of Peter Parker,...

May 31, 2013

How can I not talk about this issue?  It’s Geoff Johns’ final issue on Green Lantern after writing the title for 9 years.  The ideas Johns added to the entire Green Lantern mythology are important and defining. Bringing back Hal Jordan.  There’s no denying that Hal never really stood out among Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and even Aquaman,...

May 30, 2013

DC’s New 52 has done some amazing things and some not so amazing things since it’s relaunch in 2011.  This was a line wide revamp and relaunch by DC Comics, in which all of their existing titles were cancelled, and fifty-two new series debuted with new number one issues.  A large publishing event following the conclusion of the “Flashpoint”...

May 23, 2013

Daredevil #26 : The Man Without Fear by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee This is such an excellent issue. Excellent, excellent! Brilliant! So much that it upsets me because I don’t understand how Waid and Samnee can be that good. When Marc Waid is in sync with a character (as he was with the Wally West Flash), he is the best writer in superhero comics in the world....