The summer blockbuster season has started! Iron Man 3 has premiered, and it is a great start to Marvel Phase 2. Taking place after The Avengers film, the story is still independent of all the other features, but has ties to the previous Iron Man films as well as The …
Recently, Marvel has released Marvel Unlimited for iOS which means that, for a fee, the Marvel Comics library is at the disposal of users on most Apple platforms (and Windows PC’s too). More on this later, but I say this first because it has given me a chance to read …
Saturday morning cartoons were always one of my fondest memories. That moment of waking up and seeing a new episode featuring favorite characters was enough to have me not sleep in on my day off of school. One of those great shows that I looked forward to was Batman Beyond. …
It’s almost the end of February, but still the beginnings of 2013. What a perfect time to talk about Marvel’s phase 3 of movies. Wait…phase 3? We’ve not even started phase 2 movies! While Iron Man 3, the first of Marvel Studios’ phase 2 movies, is yet to premier, the …
Hello everyone! There has been a little bit of a stir among comics fans with the recent prequel to the upcoming video game featuring DC Comics characters. I will warn you that this commentary will have some spoilers of the comic, so if you do not want to have any, …
I’ll admit it’s a little backwards to start talking about Batman Beyond starting with the most recent incarnation of this franchise. This digital comic is not the first appearance of the futuristic dark knight. Rather, this series is based on a popular cartoon show. I’m sure there will be more …
Movies and TV shows are not the only outlet that comics are spilling into. There have been video games in the past that are based heavily on comics. But, a game yet to be released has the comics world abuzz as there is a prequel to set up the fighting …
Hello! It’s 2013, and Marvel’s revamp of all their comics is almost totally complete. One of the final components is in place: The Superior Spider-Man. Wizard Victor did a great job at setting up this ground-breaking comic. In Amazing Spider-Man #700, the comics world said good-bye to the Spider-Man we …
There’s been stories of that age old question of if you could go back in time and tell your past self what lies ahead, would you do it and what would happen as a result? In All New X-Men, a new comic series by Marvel, the question is, if you …
Watcher Wednesday ventures into new territory as today marks the first entry about DC Comics! In the past we’ve focused on Marvel and its branches of media. Today marks the first look at the other big comics company with its television interpretation of Green Arrow. Arrow, the CW tv series, …
Marvel is plowing ahead with a revamp of the main books of their comics and universe. One mainstay is Iron Man, but the team of Kieron Gillen and Greg Land are going to have a new perspective on the playboy scientist. In a recent interview they likened Tony Stark, the …
The Avengers…The long awaited culmination of several Marvel films. It’s also been one of the most anticipated films of all comics’ history. So, how did it stack up? Take this all as my opinion, as I’m sure there will be others to follow. But, I have been a long time …
It’s not summer yet. I can tell because as I write this it is raining fairly heavily. The other way I can tell is because the blockbuster movies are not out yet. As more and more previews emerge, it’s harder to keep the anticipation down for the upcoming Marvel films. …
One of the biggest areas of the Marvel world is the X-Men. This team has been around since the 60′s and it’s still going strong. But, their world has changed quite a bit. Life is not as simple for the mutants as it once was. Even now…well now meaning comics …