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Green Arrow #27 - A Review
With Green Arrow #27, Jeff Lemire continues to expand the mythos of the New 52 in unexpected and enjoyable directions. Perhaps the biggest surprise in this issue is a brief interlude where the...
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Girl of Steel - A Fan Film Review
Recently, I had a chance to watch a short Man Of Steel inspired fan-film - Girl of Steel.How was it? To sum it up in three words, professional but disappointing.The technical execution of this film is...
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Arrow Episode Guide: Season 2, Episode 10 - Blast Radius
For a summary of the episode guide layout & categories, click here.PlotFive weeks have passed since The Arrow's altercation with a mysterious man in a skull mask and Roy Harper's exposure to...
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Batgirl #27 - A Review And A Musing On Everything Wrong With DC Comics Today
Batgirl #27 veers away from the on-going saga of Barbara Gordon's personal problems and into the strange reality of Gothtopia. Gothtopia, we are informed in an opening blurb, is a version of Gotham...
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Arrow Episode Guide: Season 2, Episode 11 - Blind Spot
For a summary of the episode guide layout & categories, click here.PlotAfter Maya Resik dies shortly after her visit to St. Walker Hospital, Laurel Lance becomes convinced that Sebastian Blood is...
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Doctor Who: Touched By An Angel - A Book Review
In 2003, Rebecca Whitaker died in a traffic accident. Eight years later, her husband Mark is still grieving and unable to move on with his life. Then one day he receives a battered old envelope. An...
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Thoughts on Shroud of the Avatar - Release 2
The second Alpha-release of Richard Garriot's Shroud of the Avatarwent live this weekend, offering a look at more features of the eventual game release. So what amazing options did this release...
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HelioCon 2014
I hadn't heard of HelioCon 2014 until about two weeks ago. Terry Parr of ShoNuff Studios told me about it, knowing that I was a big fan of one of the guests of honor - Linkara of Atop The Fourth Wall....
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Conan The Barbarian #24 - A Review
It would be fair to say that I haven't been enjoying the monthly Conan The Barbarian title of late. Indeed, Dark Horse Comics's adaptation of the final portions of Robert E. Howard's Queen of the Black...
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Batman #27 - A Review
Batman #27 continues the on-going epic that is Batman: Zero Year. The Riddler - in his first public caper - has knocked out all the power in Gotham City in the wake of an oncoming hurricane. The...
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Legends of Red Sonja #3 - A Review
Legends of Red Sonja continues to be one of the best bargains for your comics-buying dollar. This third issue offers up a trio of stories, all dealing with the theme of vengeance. The first story...
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Invaders #1 - A Review
Most of what I know about the Golden Age of Comics came about because of one writer - James Robinson. It was his work on Starman, JSA and the mini-series The Golden Age that fueled my interest in the...
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Arrow Episode Guide: Season 2, Episode 12 - Tremors
For a summary of the episode guide layout & categories, click here.PlotAs Laurel Lance continues to sink deeper into an alcohol-fueled downward spiral and Moira Queen considers a run for office as...
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Conan And The People Of The Black Circle #4 - A Review
The final issue of this adaptation of Robert E. Howard's People of the Black Circle proves to be as problematic as the previous chapters. Unlike most of other writers to handle the Conan comics since...
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Earth 2 Annual #2 - A Review
Earth 2 Annual #2 reveals the background of the second man in this world to call himself Batman. There is little more I can say than that without giving away the whole game and I refuse to do that....
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Li'l Sonja #1 - A Review
A Red Sonja comic aimed at kids?A RED SONJA COMIC AIMED AT KIDS?!What color lotus are they smoking in the offices of Dynamite Entertainment that made anyone think this was a good idea? More, what foul...
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Doctor Who: Ten Little Aliens - A Book Review
Deep in the heart of a hollowed-out asteroid, The Doctor and his companions - socialite Polly Wright and sailor Ben Jackson - stumble into the middle of a military exercise. More, they stumble across...
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I Wear The Black Hat - A Book Review
I was introduced to Chuck Klosterman by a dear young lady (thanks Emily!) and have been a fan ever since reading Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs. For those unfamiliar with Klosterman, he's an essayist...
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Arrow Episode Guide: Season 2, Episode 13 - Heir To The Demon
For a summary of the episode guide layout & categories, click here.PlotSara Lance returns to Starling City, just in time to save Laurel from dying of an overdose. But there is more than meets the...
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Dallas Sci-Fi Expo 2014 - Saturday, Part One
Dallas Sci-Fi Expo was a bit more of an ordeal than it should have been this year. At least, Saturday was.I am not sure this could have been avoided given their usual venue of the Irving Convention...
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