Monthly Archives: February 2007

Puny Banner, Puny Me

Welp, I finally saw him. Since March of last year, Bruce Banner has been missing from his own book as much as the Hulk’s been missing from the Marvel Universe. The last time he was on panel at all was during the mission that SHIELD devised to trick him into space. When [...]

Iron Kids

First thing one of my fellow employees says to me this morning is, “So, Marvel going to issue an apology?”
Why he’s asking me, I don’t know. At this point the folks at the House of Ideas are just fine with their Brave New World and at this point, there’s nothing to do but wait [...]

… but with a Wimper

If there is one thing that high school taught me is that, if you like your friends and want to get along with a majority of people, DO NOT talk about religion or politics. Plain and simple, people on the whole marry themselves to these beliefs above all others. You can convince someone [...]

You Mean There’s MORE? - Preview Reviews for 2/21

Well folks, here we are: Civil War #7 eve.  Can you sleep?
In just a few hours (hopefully less if UPS shows up at the store on time), we’ll have the start to the end of the Marvel tent event of the summer.  Just this issue… then Civil War: The Confession, Civil War: Battle Damage Report, [...]

Reach Out and Touch

The first time a ‘Real Live Professional’ ever wrote me was to correct that fact I’d called him Paul. I was mortified.
The second time was Lea Hernandez, commenting on something I wrote enough for me to go and find the nearest person and rave at them for this wonderful note I was left. [...]

*ding ding!* A WINNER!

I thought it was pretty smug for JMS to have Tony Stark and Peter Parker turn and look at you the viewer as they give a half-hearted excuse for an editing error during the Other.

Recently, I wasn’t alone in thinking Bendis got a little smug with a panel crowing his acheievments in putting a slim [...]

Newer than New

Because New was just not New enough, we’re going to have the Mighty Avengers which looks like more of your casual Avengers team (though something about the lineup and it’s presentation is still getting under my skin. Can’t put a finger on it, so for now I’m not going to say word one until [...]

All You Need to Know: New Avengers #27

Hey, remember Echo?
Sure, we all do!  She’s that really cool Native American chick who’s deaf and was intro’d by David Mack and given this really interesting story about identity and overcoming your past and had some fantastic art and oh yeah, she’s Ronin.  Ah well, it was a good idea while it lasted and at [...]