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Stumptown #1 – Carrie, Tara, Kate, Renee, and now, Dex!
Posted by: Maggie_C on: November 5, 2009
I know we’ve said it about a billion times, but we’ll say it again; Greg Rucka knows how to write for the ladies (both characters and readers). Rucka’s latest Oni Press book, “Stumptown,” kicked off this week, and it doesn’t disappoint. Rucka is well known as the “chick guy”; he’s one of very few writers [...]
World’s Finest #1: That’s Not Nightwing (Yes, It Is)
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: October 30, 2009
Ever since World’s Finest debuted in 1941, DC Comics has had a comic chubby for Superman/Batman team-ups. I mean, granted, they go well together what with all the differences between Bruce and Clark. But when I heard DC’s plan to bring back a World’s Finest limited series I was confused. I mean, Bruce is dead [...]
Web of Spider-Man Vol. 2 #1: I Thought the 90s Were Over?
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: October 22, 2009
Last week, Marvel relaunched the old Web of Spider-Man title and, well, the results are a bit strange. Basically, the book is a collection of three unrelated short stories by three different sets of authors and illustrators that draw heavily from characters and events of the 90s (you know, the decade where Marvel had to [...]
Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra: It’s All in the Roots
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: October 21, 2009
As I said in my last post about Greg Rucka’s female characters, I’ve been hunting for a copy of his four-issue run on Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra for a while now. I finally came across a copy earlier today, in a discount bin at my favorite hometown comic shop. I snapped it up and immediately [...]
X-Babies #1: AWWW!
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: October 16, 2009
Recently, Maggie picked up the first issue of the new X-Babies run (no doubt influenced by our recent encounter with X-Babies enthusiast, J.J. Kirby). To be honest, the concept kind of put me off. I mean, what could Gregg Schigiel write about them that hadn’t been covered in 1998′s X-Babies: Murderama or 2000′s X-Babies: Reborn? [...]
CAPED: The Boys, Rated PG-13
Posted by: Maggie_C on: October 16, 2009
We’ve all had dickhead bosses, but how do you deal when your dickhead boss happens to be a superhero? Jimmy Lohman (yes he’s a redhead) desperately wants to be an intrepid TV news reporter. Unfortunately, the only job he can land is Assistant to washed-up reporter Grant Godfried, who just happens to moonlight as the [...]
BOOM! Relaunches Uncle Scrooge, Injects It With Awesome
Posted by: Maggie_C on: October 9, 2009
BOOM! Studios is doing an amazing job getting comics into the lollipop-stickied hands of kids again. They’ve got licenses to the Pixar pantheon, the Muppets, and the classic Disney characters. I skipped Mickey & Friends (my kid brother’s only two years old, I’ll read the TPB to him in a year or so), but I’m [...]
Die Hard: Year One: Yippee Ki-Yay, Mother-!
Posted by: Robert Bazz on: October 6, 2009
1976 was a hell of a year. Taxi Driver was released in theaters, Parliament released the Clones of Dr. Funkenstein, and John McClane joined the NYPD. But really we don’t know squat about what he did before Severus Snape totally ruined his Christmas. Fortunately, the folks who’ve decided to fill in the gap are BOOM! [...]
Spider-Woman: Can Jessica Drew Carry an Ongoing Solo Title?
Posted by: Maggie_C on: September 30, 2009
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There isn’t much going on at Marvel that I’m interested in right now, which isn’t terribly surprising. Marvel tends to be a boy’s club (said the female comic geek) and even though I’m sure Marvel Divas is fine if you’re into that sort of thing, I’ll start buying what Marvel markets to women when they [...]
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