Injustice: Gods Among Us #15 - A Review
Injustice: Gods Among Us is currently the highest-selling e-comic in the world. And that was before the long-awaited video game came out! I put this down to the excellent writing of Tom Taylor, which...
View ArticleConan The Barbarian #15 - A Review
Last month, I wrote a fair bit about Robert E. Howard, his view of women and the thin line between chivalric Romanticism and sexism. This was inspired, in part, by a story that centered upon the...
View ArticleJustice League #19 - A Review
It is a credit to Geoff Johns' skill as a writer that he manages to do in two pages what Scott Lobdell and Judd Winick failed to do in two years - make Jason Todd into a sympathetic figure. This is...
View ArticleArrow #29 (Web Comic) - A Review
Arrow #29 is an enjoyable issue that fills in the blanks of what happened off-camera in a previous episode of the Arrow TV series. If Shado Of The Past has a flaw past its' pun-ishing title, it is...
View ArticleArrow Reviews: Season 1, Episode 20 - Home Invasion
For a summary of the episode guide layout & categories, click here. Plot Deadshot is on the prowl again in Starling City and John Diggle is ready to bring him to justice, despite a threat from...
View ArticleDoctor Who, Series 7 - Episode 10 - Journey To The Centre Of The TARDIS.
THE QUICK, SPOILER FREE REVIEWThis is one Journey where everyone involved should have stayed home. The script reads like someone trying to write a Douglas Adams novel and failing miserably. This...
View ArticleLittle something for the Blue Beetle and Young Justice fans...
... because I can't believe nobody had done this one yet.
View ArticleInjustice: Gods Among Us #16 - A Review
Injustice: Gods Among Us #16 is a problematic book At the very least it's problematic for me as a critic, as I can't discuss its' flaws without discussing certain details of this issue's ending and...
View ArticleArrow #30 (Web Comic) - A Review
Patient Zero, this week's web comic, allows Arrow to do its' own spin on the Outbreak style of medical thriller. A virus as lethal as it is rare starts to wind its' way through The Glades, getting...
View ArticleThe Movement #1 - A Review
I've been looking forward to The Movement #1 and dreading it in equal measure. I've been looking forward to it because Gail Simone is one of my favorite writers and the idea of a superhero team...
View ArticleArrow Reviews: Season 1, Episode 21 - The Undertaking
For a summary of the episode guide layout & categories, click here. PlotAfter The Hood's raid on a corrupt accountant's office yields a money trail that seems to point to Walter's kidnappers,...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts On Iron Man 3 As Reviewed By Someone Who Never Saw Iron Man 2
* I never saw Iron Man 2 as it came out during the middle of my One More Day inspired boycott of all things Marvel, before I decided it was more effective if I limited it to all things Spider-Man....
View ArticleDoctor Who, Series 7 - Episode 11 - The Crimson Horror
THE QUICK, SPOILER FREE REVIEWI don't know if Mark Gatiss wrote this as a pilot for a spin-off series for Madame Vastra and her entourage but it would work quite well in the capacity should the BBC...
View ArticleSuperman Free Comic Book Day Comic & A Man Of Steel Theory (SPOILERS)
WARNING: This column contains information that may possibly spoil the upcoming Man of Steel movie. Read no further if you wish to remain unspoiled!Superman: Last Son of Krypton - Special Edition...
View ArticleFree Comic Book Day 2013 and Texas Frightmare Weekend 2013.
It was a busy weekend, to put it mildly.Friday night, I went to a party at Texas Frightmare Weekend - the American Southwest's largest Horror-themed convention. My theater troupe,Amber Does Dallas,...
View ArticleInjustice: Gods Among Us #17 - A Review
Several months ago, a rather prominent American lobbyist declared that "the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." Now, ignoring the opinions of various self-defense...
View ArticleRed Sonja: Unchained #2 - A Review
Red Sonja Unchained #2 continues the epic tale started by fantasy author Peter V. Brett in the Red Sonja: Blue one-shot. Despite this being only the third issue of the storyline, Brett has kept the...
View ArticleArrow #31 (Web Comic) - A Review
Titled "No Way Out", Arrow #31 goes to the streets of Starling City for its' story. Our focus this week is on Tony - an out-of-work family man, who has taken a job as muscle for a local loan shark...
View ArticleArrow Episode Guide: Season 1, Episode 22 - Darkness on the Edge of Town
For a summary of the episode guide layout & categories, click here. PlotWith The Undertaking about to begin, Malcolm Merlyn is covering his tracks and killing everyone involved in the creation of...
View ArticleAquaman #19 - A Review
Aquaman #19 has much to admire. Perhaps too much. Involved stories with expansive casts are the bread and butter of Geoff Johns but I can't help but think he's biting off more than he can chew with...
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