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Comic Reviews— Game of Thrones #1-6; The Avengers Prelude: Fury’s Big Week

Posted: May 26, 2012 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

In September 2011, I decided to start reading comics. I had been wanting to get into comics for a while, but I had no clue where to...

DC’s New 52 Round-up: Issue 4, week 1

Posted: Dec 14, 2011 \| 2 comments \| Forum Discussion

In September and October, we took it upon ourselves to review all first issues in DC Comics’ reboot of their entire comic line....

Review of DC Comics’ New 52: The Flash

Posted: Oct 13, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

The Flash is one of those quintessential superheroes that we’ve all heard about. (Well, most of us anyway.) He’s usually...

Review of DC Comics’ New 52: Resurrection Man

Posted: Oct 11, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Mitch Shelley is Resurrection Man, a character I wouldn’t describe as a superhero in the traditional sense. He doesn’t go out and...

Review of DC Comics’ New 52: Static Shock

Posted: Oct 10, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Static Shock reminded me of nothing more than Spiderman: an intelligent, young, funny, and self-conscious superhero. This young...

Review of DC Comics’ New 52: Batwing

Posted: Oct 10, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Set in the city of Tinasha, within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Batwing offers us something different than your general...

Review of DC Comics’ New 52: Animal Man

Posted: Oct 8, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

I’ve been postponing reading the first issue of Animal Man. Why? Because it has a horrible cover. The cover is bloody and abstract,...

Review of DC Comics’ New 52: Swamp Thing

Posted: Oct 7, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Out of all the DC first issues I have read or reviewed, Swamp Thing would have to be my favorite. Alec Holland, former botanist and...

Review of DC Comics’ New 52: I, Vampire

Posted: Oct 6, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

I, Vampire tells the tale of Andrew Stanton, a vampire who has been keeping humanity safe from his kind for hundreds of years through...

Review of DC Comics’ New 52: Voodoo

Posted: Oct 5, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Priscilla Kitaen is Voodoo, one of the more unconventional protagonists featured in DC’s New 52. She earns this name by merit...

Review of DC Comics’ New 52: Blackhawks

Posted: Oct 4, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Personally, I had never heard of Blackhawks before this reboot. As far as I knew, a Blackhawk was a type of military helicopter or...

Review of DC Comics’ New 52: The Fury of Firestorm: Nuclear Men

Posted: Oct 3, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

This is the second time I have experienced a DC 52 reboot comic book starting with a torture scene. This time, however, it is not the...

Review of DC Comics’ New 52: All-Star Western

Posted: Oct 2, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Gotham City has apparently always been a criminal haven. Even back in the times of petticoats and top hats, Gotham was a messy place....

Review of DC Comics’ New 52: Aquaman

Posted: Oct 1, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

Poor Aquaman. Even within the DC multiverse he is a laughing stock. When he apprehends some criminals in the first issue, the cops...

Review of DC Comics’ New 52: Batman and Robin

Posted: Sep 30, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

I’ve been a fan of Batman for a long time, relatively speaking, so I was curious to see what they would be doing with the various...

Review of DC Comics’ New 52 – Blue Beetle #1

Posted: Sep 28, 2011 \| No comments \| Forum Discussion

The first issue of DC Comics’ Blue Beetle reboot introduces or reintroduces us to Jamie Reyes, a relatively average teenager...

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