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Review: Wonder Woman Earth One is the essence of the character
Review: Wonder Woman Earth One is the essence of the character
In honor of the release of Wonder Woman: Earth One volume 2 this week, here’s my original review of the first volume.
I was prepared to hate Wonder Woman: Earth One.
The early commentary online wasn’t kind. Grant Morrison seemed to be setting the bar awfully high for himself in his interviews, and Yanick Paquette is an artist whose work has always had a cheesecake element to it. How would they…
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Avengers (v1) #319-324, "The Crossing Line" is one of the best Avengers stories of all time.
Avengers (v1) #319-324, “The Crossing Line” is one of the best Avengers stories of all time.
I had only dabbled in Avengers comics when Avengers #319 was released.
I jumped in with issue #300 and the formation of a new and, to be honest, god awful team. I stuck around for a bit after that because the line-up evolved to include not just Captain America, who I liked, but also Quasar, and eventually She-Hulk and the Black Panther. But even then the book seemed to lack direction.
I knew who…
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I don't have strong enough words for this
I don’t have strong enough words for this
Our friends’ 11 year old son passed away this morning. He had been fighting cancer for a long time. He and his family had been fighting so hard for so long that the fact that this is how that story ended fills me with unbearable rage.
We weren’t close to his family and most of our interactions happened via social media. They live in Los Angeles, which we left nine years ago.
But they are…
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A Eulogy for The Magicians, Part 2: Magic Comes From Pain
A Eulogy for The Magicians, Part 2: Magic Comes From Pain
What a silver fucking lining, right?
It’s kind of a tricky concept and one which is thrown around on the show with far too little explanation or examination.
Does it mean that every single magician is always in pain? Are those who are in more pain thus more powerful magicians? What does studying have to do with it?
I think that the pain is meant as a trigger for the magic, allowing someone to…
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A Eulogy for The Magicians, Part 1: The Space Between
A Eulogy for The Magicians, Part 1: The Space Between
When Quentin finds his way to Brakebills University, he has spent his life trying to reconcile two worlds, the one around him and the one in his head.
The one around him is dark and depressing. In the first season, the real world is shot in shades of dark blue, grey, and black. Existence is drab. It’s depressing. And it’s often overwhelming.
But for Quentin there’s another place, one that’s full…
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The New Legion Isn't Working
I love the Legion of Superheroes.
I could — and probably will — write endless posts about how much the Legion has meant to me over the years. I could write about how fascinated I was when I first read about them, how hunting down back issues was so much fun, how fan fic filled my head with the release of each new issue.
I can’t even begin to describe how much the Five Years Later era meant to me.
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Aging Jon Kent Was a Mistake
Aging Jon Kent Was a Mistake
Let me start with three opinions:
1. Super Sons (Jon Kent and Damian Wayne) was fantastic and I miss both the series and the relationship that those two characters had. I loved that imaginary stories from decades earlier suddenly became real in the DCU.
2. The actual story that aged Jon was bad. It made no sense that Clark and Lois would let him go off with Jor-El even if Lois was going with him…
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Peter Parker Must Die!
Peter Parker Must Die!
Peter Parker needs to pull a Barry Allen (but not come back).
The world is ending and when the world ends I tend to look for comfort and I find that comfort in the form of comics. I’m sure I’m not alone.
As I was rereading some of my favorite comics, I decided to check in on some of the characters I’ve since stepped away from, in this case Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-man.
One of the…
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Johnnie Walker Blues Part 2: A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Johnnie Walker Blues Part 2: A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Rebel Without a Cause
After the dissolution of Force Works and a brief stint fighting alongside the Avengers when they returned to the Marvel universe proper, U.S. Agent next appeared as leader of a group known as The Jury. They were a group of mercenaries originally formed to kill Venom. Walker joined them as they were sent after the Thunderbolts.
True to form, however, U.S. Agent would end up…
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Johnnie Walker Blues Part 1: The Story of the U.S. Agent
Johnnie Walker Blues Part 1: The Story of the U.S. Agent
A few years before Superboy, Steel, Cybrog Superman, and Eradicator, before Az-bats, Kyle Rayner, Ben Reilly, or teenage Tony Stark, Steve Rogers stepped down as Catpain America, replaced by a character who had been introduced just a year earlier.
This wasn’t the first time that Steve Rogers had put down the shield, but it was the first time he’d been fired.
It also wasn’t the first…
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The Ewingverse Avengers, Part 3: Ultimate
The Ewingverse Avengers, Part 3: Ultimate
Ultimate
We saw in New Avengers where White Tiger and Power Man ended up after Mighty Avengers, but what about the rest of the team?
Well, Blue Marvel and Spectrum join the Ultimates, the first version of this team to exist in the mainstream Marvel U.
They are joined by Captain Marvel, Black Panther, and Miss America.
They are meant to be a team that solves the big problems, that are proactive,…
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The Ewingverse Avengers, Part 2: The A Stands for Al
The Ewingverse Avengers, Part 2: The A Stands for Al
New to You
One of the best parts of Hickman’s Avengers run is his development of Roberto “Sunspot” DeCosta from a two dimensional, rich hot head New Mutant to a three dimensional, rich leader of the Avengers. The fact that more isn’t being done with him right now is a shame. He’s fantastic and his friendship with Sam “Cannonball” Guthrie is wonderful.
At the end of the previous New Avengers…
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The Ewingverse Avengers, Part 1: The Mighty
The Ewingverse Avengers, Part 1: The Mighty
Al Ewing should write the New Warriors.
Ewing excels at touching multiple corners of the Marvel U in a single series, something that hasn’t been done well for an extended period of time since the original run of the New Warriors. While I might focus on the Mighty Avengers being a ground level team of heroes, the kind who are focused on fighting in the streets and in their communities, Ewing never…
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Marvel's Inferno is 30 Years Old
Marvel’s Inferno is 30 Years Old
Remember when Marvel’s crossovers were limited in scope and over in just a few months? When they were about stories that had been building for years, sometimes decades? When the event wasn’t slapped on any random issue just to increase sales?
I loved those.
When the X-Men started what would become an annual tradition of an event, I was on board. Mutant Massacre started just after I began reading…
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Vertigo is ending because we don't need it anymore.
Vertigo is ending because we don’t need it anymore.
DC is shutting down their Vertigo line of comics and a lot of comic book fans and professionals are sad to see it go, with good reason: it was a force in the industry. If the history of comics ever needs to be summarized in just a few minutes, Vertigo would surely make the cut.
I noticed something on Twitter as everyone was making lists of their top Vertigo books: 90% of the titles listed were…
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Redefining a Universe: DC's "Legends" Crossover, Part 6
Redefining a Universe: DC’s “Legends” Crossover, Part 6
And, lo, there was an ending. And it was good. That it’s ending. The actual story? Well, that’s a mixed bag.
Justice League #261
Vibe is dead. Steel is dead. Everyone else has quit. But J’onn J’onzz is still alive and kicking and he’s after revenge.
So is Vixen. Steel’s death has forced her into action. She tracks Ivo to his lair, but is beset upon by a number of androids. Fortunately,…
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Redefining a Universe: DC's "Legends" Crossover, Part 5
Redefining a Universe: DC’s “Legends” Crossover, Part 5
Welcome, welcome, to the penultimate edition of our stroll down memory lane. We’re into month five of Legends. Things get serious! More tie-ins! And a rather boring event starts pushing us towards some great new beginnings.
Justice League #260
It’s only getting worse for the Justice League.
The Martian Manhunter faces off against the android that spared Gypsy. The android’s rationale is…
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